Grand Stade Ris-Orangis – design description

New stadium in the outskirts of Paris is the result of FFR (French Rugby Federation) not finding understanding with Stade de France and thus chosing to build a stadium of their own to hold games and compete for entertainment events with the venue from Saint-Denis.

In February 2013 Populous were announced as designers and their concept has been shown. Stadium is to have retractable roof and sliding pitch.

Total size of the project is estimated at 133 hectares as an extensive commercial complex is to be built alongside the stadium.