Stade du Hainaut

Stade du Hainaut
Location Quartier Nungesser
Valenciennes
Owner Valenciennes Métropole
Operator Valenciennes Métropole
Capacity Football: 25,000 [1]
Concerts: 40,000
Construction
Built 6 May 2008
Opened 26 July 2011
Construction cost 75 million €
Architect Michel Macary and Aymeric Zublena
Tenants
Valenciennes FC

Stade du Hainaut is a multi-use stadium in Valenciennes, France. It is used mostly for football matches and hosts the home matches of Valenciennes FC. It has replaced the Stade Nungesser as VAFC's home stadium. The stadium has a capacity of 25,000 spectators for football matches, but its capacity can be extended to 35,000 for concerts.

The stadium was constructed at a total cost of 75 million euros.[2] It contains 2,600 club seats and 16 luxury boxes. It has two giant video screens, each 48 square meters in size. Its roof contains 1,800 tons of steel.

Grand opening

The stadium's grand opening occurred on the evening of 26 July 2011, for a friendly football match between Valenciennes FC and Borussia Dortmund. The visitors prevailed 1-0 before a club-record crowd of 22,778.[3]

  1. ↑ http://www.worldofstadiums.com/europe/france/stade-du-hainaut/
  2. ↑ http://www.lequipe.fr/Football/breves2011/20110726_222131_belle-fete-et-defaite-pour-va.html
  3. ↑ http://www.lequipe.fr/Football/breves2011/20110726_222131_belle-fete-et-defaite-pour-va.html

Coordinates: 50°20′54.2″N 3°31′53.8″E / 50.348389°N 3.531611°E / 50.348389; 3.531611

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