Euro 2016 D - 100 : focus on the 21st century stadiums
2 March 2016 - Events - France
France is building a new generation of stadiums in preparation for UEFA Euro 2016 that will give host cities state-of-the art sports and entertainment venues for decades to come. Just 100 days from the launch of Euro 2016, VINCI, which has rolled out its design-financing-construction-operation and maintenance expertise in this area in Paris, Nice, Lyon and Bordeaux, takes stock of these 21st-century stadiums.
VINCI Stadium manages four stadiums in France: the Stade de France in Saint Denis (near Paris), the Matmut Atlantique in Bordeaux, the Allianz Riviera in Nice and the MMArena in Le Mans. The Allianz Riviera in Nice, built and managed by VINCI under a 30-year partnership contract, and the Matmut Atlantique were built in preparation for hosting UEFA Euro 2016 matches. Including the Stade de France, where the opening and closing matches will be played, 16 of the European soccer championship matches will be played in stadiums managed by VINCI Stadium.
To encourage the new uses of the “connected stadium”, VINCI Stadium has equipped the Saint Denis, Bordeaux and Nice stadiums with Wi-Fi HD infrastructure. It is also developing a smartphone application that will further add to spectator experience and will be available from the first half of 2016.
Für alle neuen „Smart Stadium“-Anwendungen hat VINCI Stadium die Stadien in Saint-Denis, Bordeaux und Nizza mit WLAN HD ausgerüstet und eine Smartphone-App entwickelt, die ab dem ersten Halbjahr 2016 für eine noch reichhaltigere Zuschauererfahrung sorgt.
What is a Euro 2016 stadium?
Ten stadiums in France will host Euro 2016 matches. Eight of them are currently in construction or being upgraded to meet UEFA's 3- and 4-category criteria, the strictest in the ranking defined by UEFA regulations for stadium infrastructure.
Use this interactive image to discover the key capacity, comfort and safety criteria for 3- and 4- category stadiums.
Matmut Atlantique in Bordeaux
The highlight of the year was the opening of the new Bordeaux stadium, which became the Matmut Atlantique through a naming contract signed with the Matmut insurance group for a period of 10 years. This 42,000-seat stadium designed by architects Herzog & de Meuron was built in less than three years (for the works on site) by VINCI and Fayat, which are equal shareholders in the concession company under a 30-year partnership contract. The stadium is one of the biggest concrete-and-steel structures to be built in France, a technical option that combines a light architectural design with a rapid build and well-contained construction costs. The Matmut Atlantique hosted the first match of its resident club, Girondins de Bordeaux, on 23 May 2015.
Watch the video below and discover backstage in a stadium with unique architecture :
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Ten stadiums hosting UEFA Euro 2016 matches in France
Three stadiums built by VINCI to cater for UEFA Euro 2016, in Bordeaux, Lyon and Nice
43,000 spectators: average capacity of the UEFA Euro 2016 stadiums
30 months: average time taken to build a UEFA Euro 2016 stadium.
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