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Key facts<\/h3>\n

Club: Olympique Lyonnais | Opening: 2016 | Capacity: 59,186 seats<\/p>\n

History & Description<\/h3>\n

Groupama Stadium, also known as Parc Olympique Lyonnais, Parc OL, or Grand Stade OL, is the recently opened new home of Olympique Lyonnais. It replaced Stade de Gerland<\/a> as Lyon’s home ground.<\/p>\n

Lyon had been looking to build a new stadium from as early as 2007, but saw earlier proposals delayed due to local opposition and a lack of funding because of the financial crisis. The project received the final push when France got awarded the Euro 2016<\/a> tournament and Lyon got selected as a host city.<\/p>\n

Lyon received their building permit in February 2012, and later that year building works kicked off. Delays however postponed the expected completion date from the summer of 2014 to January 2016.<\/p>\n

Parc Olympique Lyonnais officially opened on 9 January 2016 with a league match between Lyon and Troyes (4-1).<\/p>\n

The stadium has a capacity of 59,186 seats, of which about 6,000 business seats and 105 lodges. It came at a cost of roughly \u20ac600 million, including almost \u20ac190 million for improvements in infrastructure.<\/p>\n

During Euro 2016<\/a>, Parc Olympique Lyonnais hosted four group matches, the round of 16 match between France and Rep. of Ireland (2-1), and the semi-final between Portugal and Wales (2-0).<\/p>\n

In 2017, the stadium was renamed Groupama Stadium following a 3-year naming rights deal with insurance firm Groupama.<\/p>\n

Groupama Stadium has been selected to host the 2018 Europa League final<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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