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Key facts<\/h3>\n

Club: Lille OSC | Opening: 2012 | Capacity: 50,000 seats<\/p>\n

History and description<\/h3>\n

Stade Pierre Mauroy, earlier referred to as\u00a0Grand Stade Lille M\u00e9tropole, was built to provide Lille OSC with a new and modern home.<\/p>\n

Lille’s original home was Stade Grimonprez-Jooris, where they played until 2004 when they moved away to Stade Lille-M\u00e9tropole in the hope of redeveloping Stade Grimonprez-Jooris. Plans led to nothing though, and the club instead focused on building a new stadium at a site close to Stade Lille-M\u00e9tropole.<\/p>\n

Plans for the new Grand Stade Lille M\u00e9tropole were approved in 2008 and construction began in 2010. Construction came at a cost of approximately \u20ac300 million. The stadium\u00a0officially opened on 17 August 2012 with a league match between Lille and Nancy (1-1).<\/p>\n

In the summer of 2013, the stadium was renamed Stade Pierre Mauroy following the death of the former mayor of Lille and prime minister of France.<\/p>\n

Stade Pierre Mauroy was one of the playing venues of the Euro 2016<\/a> Championships, hosting four group matches, a round of 16 match, and the quarter-final between Wales and Belgium (3-1).<\/p>\n

Stade Pierre Mauroy is a multifunctional arena that can be converted from a football stadium to a large concert venue or smaller indoors sports or concert arena. It is equipped with a retractable roof, which can be opened or closed in about 30 minutes.<\/p>\n

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