{"id":4204,"date":"2012-03-08T17:19:44","date_gmt":"2012-03-08T17:19:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.stadiumguide.com\/?p=4204"},"modified":"2014-10-04T10:28:24","modified_gmt":"2014-10-04T10:28:24","slug":"ray","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.stadiumguide.com\/ray\/","title":{"rendered":"Stade du Ray"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Club: OGC Nice | Opening: 1927 | Closing: 2013 | Final capacity: 17,415 seats<\/p>\n
Stade du Ray was the home of OGC Nice for over 90 years until the club moved to the new Allianz Riviera<\/a>. The stadium opened on the 30th of January 1927 and was further developed in the late 1940s.<\/p>\n The record attendance of Stade du Ray stadium was set in 1952 when 22,740 people attended a match between Nice and Racing CP.<\/p>\n The stadium got expanded with a new main stand in 1979, followed by a new stand at the opposite side in the mid 1990s.<\/p>\n Further minor improvements were made after Nice promoted to Ligue 1 in 2001, however Stade du Ray still hardly met safety requirements and the club needed dispensation from the LFP to keep playing their home matches at the stadium.<\/p>\n During the 2000s Nice started exploring the possibilities of reconstructing Stade du Ray at the same site, however once France got awarded the\u00a0Euro 2016<\/a>\u00a0tournament and Nice considered as one of the playing venues, the focus shifted to building a new stadium altogether.\u00a0<\/p>\n Nice played their last match at Stade du Ray on 1 September 2013. The league fixture against Montpellier ended in a 2-2 draw. The Nice municipality is currently exploring the options of what to do with the site of Stade du Ray, which is set to get demolished.<\/p>\n