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Euro 2016
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Lyon: Further delay for Stade des Lumieres
Olympique aren't beating around the bush – they still have no idea when their new stadium will be ready. For the time being official delivery time has been switched from first to second half of 2014.
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France: Third stadium sponsored by Allianz
After naming rights contracts in Germany and Australia the insurance giant bought another stadium name. This time in France and with quite an original name – Allianz Riviera. “L’Equipe” report.
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France: Toulouse cuts costs ahead of Euro 2016
No capacity increase for Stadium de Toulouse – maybe even a small decrease. No concert configuration. All this to save some 45% as the city runs out of resources.
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Euro 2016: Second stadium redevelopment abandoned
No Euro 2016 games for Lens – this disturbing news has been announced at a public meeting on Wednesday. Lens is the second city after Nancy to back out, leaving France with only 9 host venues.
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Warsaw: Largest game of that kind
Euros have already been played at stadiums with roof covering the pitch. But never before was the attendance as high as in Warsaw’s opening game of Euro 2012. Crowd yesterday stood at 56,826 people.
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France: Bordeaux stadium given building permit
Which of course is great news for Euro 2016 and Girondins, but to spoil the joy an appeal has already been filed. It will consume some time, but is unlikely to put the project on hold – “Sud Ouest” predicts.
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New designs: How Euro 2016 venues will NOT look like
Today we take you on an unusual journey across France to see rejected bids for Euro 2016 host venues. They may have lost, but surely are worth a closer look!
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Paris: PSG wants to rebuild Parc des Princes
New Qatari president of PSG suggests the club will opt to completely rebuild the ground and raise capacity to 60,000. Second choice would be less impressive renovation of current stands. Moving to Stade de France wasn’t named as any option – info-stades.fr suggests.