Stade de France. Seating plan. Metro
Stade de France is hosting most top international soccer and rugby games played in France. Located north of Paris, Stade de France is reachable by metro from downtown. Stade de France was Paris 2024 Olympic Stadium, hosting the Olympics and Paralympics athletics competitions. Tickets, seating plan, metro, hotels. Sporting events in Paris.
Stade de France seating plan
The Stade de France seating plan shows the most frequent configuration of the stadium. It helps you understand the seating categories and determine which tickets to buy. The seating plan can be adapted to the specific needs of the staged event.
Stade de France best seats seating plan
The Stade de France web site "where is my seat" page has an interactive map showing the view from a specific seat. Advice for best seats for soccer matches, rugby matches and concerts is provided. Where is my seat.
Stade de France visit
Stade de France can be visited. Follow the official tour guide and discover the behind-the-scenes of France's biggest sportive and music venue.
During a one-hour tour, follow the route taken by the athletes, wander through the changing rooms. Stroll alongside the pitch. Tour information.
Event tickets can be bought through the web site.
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Stade de France is close to Paris
Stade de France metro
Seating 80 000 people, Stade de France is Paris' main stadium and a top venue for sports and concerts. Stade de France is four kilometers north of Paris in Saint-Denis. Locate Stade de France on Paris map.
Paris metro: RER B La Plaine Stade de France metro station, RER D Stade de France Saint Denis station.
Stade de France parking: due to heavy traffic jams, it is discouraged to come by car to Stade de France. In case you do, book your Stade de France parking in advance.
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Stade de France was Paris 2024 Olympic Stadium
Stade de France was transformed into the Olympic Stadium of the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games, after three decades of hosting France’s biggest sports events.
Capacity: 77,083 spectators. Athletics: 100m (women’s / men’s), 200m (women’s / men’s), 400m (women’s / men’s), 800m (women’s / men’s), 1,500m (women’s / men’s), 5,000m (women’s / men’s), 10,000m (women’s / men’s), 400m Hurdles (women’s / men’s), 3,000m Steeplechase (women’s / men’s), 4x100m Relay (women’s / men’s), 4x400m Relay (women’s / men’s / mixed), High Jump (women’s / men’s), Pole Vault (women’s / men’s), Long Jump (women’s / men’s) , Triple Jump (women’s / men’s), Shot Put (women’s / men’s), Discus Throw (women’s / men’s), Hammer Throw (women’s / men’s), Javelin Throw (women’s / men’s), Decathlon (men’s) Heptathlon (women’s), 110m Hurdles (men’s), 100m Hurdles (women’s), Rugby Sevens (women’s / men’s), Para athletics (track events)
Rugby World Cup France 2023
The Rugby World Cup France 2023 was officially launched on September 8 2023, with France’s victorious opening match against New Zealand in Stade de France. It ended on October 28 with the final won by South Africa against New-Zealand in Stade de France too.
20 nations, including South Africa, England, Wales, New Zealand, Australia, Ireland, Japan, France, Scotland, Italy, Argentina and Fiji participated to the World Cup. 49 matches were played in 9 stadiums during 51 days.
10 matches including 2 quarter finals, the semi-finals and the final took place in Stade de France. Rugby World Cup 2023 web site
Rugby is played in Stade de France
History of Stade de France
As the organizor of 1998 Soccer World Cup, Paris needed a world class stadium in addition to Parc des Princes, the home stadium of Paris Saint Germain soccer club.
The spectacular Stade de France was inaugurated in January 1988 with a France/Spain soccer game. Stade de France was the venue of France 98 World Soccer Cup final (France Brazil), 2007 Rugby World final (South Africa England) and many other famous games.
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Stade de France detailed history
The Stade de France is the largest French stadium with 80,698 seats in a football / rugby configuration. It is located in the Plaine Saint-Denis district in Saint-Denis, in the northern suburbs of Paris. It is the work of four architects: Michel Macary, Aymeric Zublena, Michel Regembal and Claude Costantini. The architecture of this stadium is inspired by the Worldport of the American airline Pan Am which was located at the John-F.-Kennedy International Airport in New York4.
It was inaugurated on January 28, 1998 by Jacques Chirac, President of the Republic, during the France - Spain football match. Built for the needs of the 1998 Football World Cup in France to replace the Parc des Princes considered too small, it was also designed to host various sporting events: football, rugby, athletics, motor racing. It can also host concerts, major shows and entertainment (snow dream and the beach at the stadium). Its capacity varies between 75,000 (athletics) and 80,698 seats (football, rugby) and concerts can bring together up to 96,000 spectators thanks to retractable low stands.
It is the first stadium to have hosted a FIFA World Cup final (in 1998) and a Rugby Union World Cup final (in 2007). In 2019, he was joined by the Nissan Stadium in Yokohama, which hosted the final of the Rugby Union World Cup after hosting the 2002 FIFA World Cup.
It was the scene on July 10, 2016 of the final of the European Football Championship. It hosted the final of the 2000 Champions League and that of 2006. It is the Olympic stadium for the athletics and rugby seven events of the 2024 Paris Games, and has hosted a second final of the Rugby World Cup on the occasion of the 2023 edition.