Capacity Football : 5438 places Year built 1966 | Phone +33 4 78 35 35 48 | |
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Address 270 Avenue Andrei Sakharov, 69009 Lyon, France Similar Stade Gaston Petit, Stade Louis Dugauguez, Stade Marcel‑Tribut, Stade de la Colombière, Stade La Martine | ||
The stadium Duchère or Balmont stadium or the stadium-Balmont Duchère, is a Stadium located in the 9th arrondissement of Lyon in the neighborhood 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 Rink hockey club de Lyon.
Since 2012, the Stephane-Diagana Athletic Hall is located nearby.
History
The opening of the stadium took place in 1966 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