Stade de Gerland
Lyon, France
35,029
recorded capacity
1 block = 1,000 placesoutline continues to Stade de France, 81,338
Stade de Gerland in Lyon was a venue of the FIFA World Cup in 1938 and 1998. It is one of two with artificial turf among the 70 stadiums in France with a recorded surface.
It opened in 1926. The nearest listed stadium is Matmut Stadium, 3.4 km away.
- Listed for
- Football
- Tenants
- Lyon OU
- Surface
- Artificial turf
- Position
- 45.72° N, 4.83° E
Where it stands in France
- Stade de France46,309 more81,338
- 6 more listed stadiums
- Stade Bollaert-Delelis3,194 more38,223
- Allianz Riviera1,149 more36,178
- Stade de la Beaujoire289 more35,318
- Stade de Gerland35,029
- Stade Chaban-Delmas567 fewer34,462
- Stadium de Toulouse1,879 fewer33,150
- Stade de la Meinau2,729 fewer32,300
- 65 more listed stadiums
From the record
- Owner
- City of Lyon
- Opening order in France
- joint 23rd of 79, earliest first
- Share of listed capacity in France
- 2.0%
- Latest renovation or expansion
- 2017, more recent than 43 of the other 56 listed stadiums in France with such a year
- Compared with the median in France
- 2.0 times the median capacity of 17,897 across its 79 listed stadiums
- Opened in the 1920s in France
- 14 of the 79 listed stadiums, this one included
- Also opened in 1926 in France
- Stade Marcel Picot, Stade Marcel-Deflandre
- Nearest larger listed stadium
- Parc Olympique Lyonnais, 12.5 km
- Listed stadiums within 10 km
- 1
Chronology
- 1926 Opened
- 1938 FIFA World Cup venue
- 1960 Expanded
- 1980 Expanded
- 1998 Expanded, FIFA World Cup venue
- 2017 Renovated
Nearest listed stadiums
- Matmut Stadium · east11,805 places, opened 20113.4 km
- Parc Olympique Lyonnais · east59,186 places, opened 201612.5 km
- Stade Geoffroy-Guichard · south-west41,965 places, opened 193145.1 km
- Stade Lesdiguières · south-east12,000 places, opened 191192.4 km
- Stade des Alpes · south-east20,068 places, opened 200892.6 km
Source: Wikipedia, Stade de Gerland.