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Stade de France

For the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games, the Stade de France, the country’s largest stadium, will transform into the Olympic Stadium after three decades of hosting France’s biggest sports events. Built in Saint-Denis, the Stade de France was designed by architects Macary, Zublena, Regembal and Costantini. It was created for the 1998 Football World Cup held in France.

Since the World Cup, this multi-sports arena has continued to host the biggest sporting events organised in France, from the World Athletics Championships in 2003 to the 2007 and 2023 Rugby World Cups and the Euro 2016 Football Championship. Each year, it stages the matches of the French national football and rugby teams, as well as some of the biggest concerts by French and international artists.

The Stade de France, located in the Plaine Saint-Denis district of Saint-Denis in the northern suburbs of Paris, is the largest stadium in France, and was inaugurated on 28 January 1998 by Jacques Chirac.

Built to host the sixteenth edition of the Football World Cup in the summer of 1998, its 80,000-seater arena is a major venue for football (Euro 2016), rugby (2007 and 2023 World Cups) and athletics (2003 World Championships).

It is easy to reach by public transport: RER D and B, metro lines 12 and 13, tram 1 and 8 and several bus lines.

Because it was designed as a multipurpose stadium, the Stade de France will be the setting for many athletics and Rugby Sevens competitions of the Paris 2024 Games.



Legacy

After the Games, the Stade de France will resume its duties of hosting the country’s biggest sporting and cultural events. It will continue to be the home of the French national football and rugby teams, and regularly host the major national finals for these two sports.