Duchere Stadium

Duchère Stadium

Exterior View of the Stadium.
Duchère Stadium
Address 270, avenue Andreï-Sakharov
69009 Lyon
Coordinates 45°47′16″N 4°47′51″E / 45.7879°N 4.7976°E / 45.7879; 4.7976
Capacity Football : 5438 places[1]
Construction
Built 1966
Tenants
AS Lyon-Duchère
fr:Rink hockey club de Lyon



The stadium Duchère or Balmont stadium or the stadium-Balmont Duchère, is a Stadium located in the 9th arrondissement of Lyon in the neighborhood fr:La Duchère.

Third in the Lyon area by its capacity (after Stade Gerland and Matmut Stadium), It hosts multiple disciplines: football, athletics, Rugby Union, Rugby League, and American Football, etc.

Since autumn 2000, roller skaters can benefit from a speed ring of 400 meters. This is the stadium of the football club of AS Lyon-Duchère (football) and the fr:Rink hockey club de Lyon.

Since 2012, the Stephane-Diagana Athletic Hall is located nearby.

History

The main stand, the track and the football field.

The opening of the stadium took place in 1966[2] on the site of the former Fort Duchère. In 2013, the athletics track was upgraded; the new track, upgraded at a cost of 1.75 million euros, was inaugurated in presence of the discus thrower Robert-Michon Melina[3][4]

References

  1. ↑ Guy Borgé (1987). Champion, ed. Lyon: passé et présent sous le même angle. Crispini(illustrator). p. 72. ISBN 9782051008709..
  2. ↑ "Stade de la Duchère - Lyon"..
  3. ↑ Michael Augustin (26 September 2013). "Duchère : le stade de Balmont aux normes interrégionales"..
  4. ↑ "La piste du stade Balmont de La Duchère inaugurée". 29 September 2013..
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