Stade de France is the national stadium of France, located just north of Paris in the commune of Saint-Denis. It is the sixth-largest stadium in Europe.
Stade De France, is a multi-purpose stadium located in Saint-Denis, just north of Paris, France. It is used mostly for association football matches, rugby union matches and music concerts, hosting the home games of the French national football and rugby teams.
Opened on 28 January 1998 with a friendly match between France and Spain, it was built for the 1998 FIFA World Cup. The seating capacity of the stadium is currently set at 80,698. The stadium was designed by Michel Macary, Aymeric Zublena, Michel Regembal, and Claude Costantini and had a construction cost of €290 million.
A UEFA category four stadium and one of the biggest stadiums by capacity in Europe (the biggest in France), Stade De France hosted several matches of the 1998 FIFA World Cup, including its final, as well as the 2000 and 2016 finals of the UEFA Champions League. It also hosted the 2003 World Athletics Championships. By its twentieth birthday, Stade De France had welcomed more than 20 million spectators. The stadium was one of the venues for the 2024 Summer Olympics, which France hosted.
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