All year The Stade de France is already 10 years old ! Time has been flying, since the first performances of Zidane’s team in the 98 World Cup. In 2008, this sport temple of the Ile-de-France will be celebrating its 10th anniversary with many festivities...
Many great events were performed in this stadium, many records were broken and many emotions shared: the Champion League final in 2000, the athletism world cup in 2003, the Celtic night, Bigard’s show in 2004, Turandot in 2005 and the rugby world cup final in 2007.
For this anniversary, many great celebrations will be offered by the Stade de France: 100 000 10 euros seats (from January 10th to the 20th ), Unighted by Cathy Guetta (July 5th), RFM Party 80 (may 17th), Urban Peace 2 (October 4th), Nabucco (september 27th), Trophée Andros (february 16th), Coca-Cola Sports Sessions (July 25th, August 3d), the Gaz de France Meeting (July 18th)... and Johnny Hallyday in 2009...More surprises to come!
THe Stade de France has introduced new itineraries and a new museum in 2006. 3 themed tours are now available to groups: education, architecture and sport. The last major monument of the 20th century has also opened a museum with 3 relooked exhibition rooms: one room retracing the building site and the architecture of the biggest arena in France, a second with pictures of the majority of events to have taken place at the Stade and a third one devoted to the trophies. http://fr.sitestat.com/paris-touristoffice/paris-touristoffice/s?httpfrparisinfocomrub6691html&ns_type=clickout&ns_url=http://fr.parisinfo.com/rub6691.html&OTCP_action=citypass
Stadium
Private consortium
Bouygues/Vinci groups
The vocation of the Stade de France is to organise maajor sporting events (football, rugby, athletics), and also concerts and shows. The Stade de France, designed by architects Macary-Zubléna-Regembal-Costantini, was inaugurated on 28 January 1998 by the French President. In 1998 it hosted the football World Cup (including the opening match on 10 June and the final on 12 July 1998) plus some 20 important events each year. 80,000 seats for football and rugby; 75,000 seats for athletics and the Olympic Games; 100,000 seats for shows and concerts. 6 hectares of roof, 45km of terraces, 18 monumental staircases, 9,000 square metres of pitch (119 x 75 m), 15 m: spectators nearest to the touch line, 85 m: spectators farthest away; 31 months spent in construction.
The Stade de France is open 7 days a week except during events.
10am - 6pm
Cash desk closes at :
Last departure at 5pm.
Days of week :
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Sunday
Open on those public holidays :
Easter
Easter Monday
1 May
8 May
Ascension Day
Whitsuntide
Whit Monday
14 July
15 August
1 November
11 November
25 December
Individual tours
Guided tour :
The guided tour "Au coeur du Stade" takes you into the museum section to discover another side of the Stade de France, from the edge of the pitch to the players' changing rooms, the VIP stand and the movable stands. Tours begin every hour between 10am and 5pm. In high season, tours in English at 10.30am and 2.30pm. Tours last approx. 1 hour. Not accessible for people with limited mobility (except for the museum section).
Adults: 10 euros, children: 8 euros (and students with proof of status). Free for children under 6 accompanied by an adult.
Free for children :
Free for children under 6yrs accompanied by an adult.
Group tours
Group tour.
Services
Foreign language tour :
On request for groups.
Foreign language information :
English, Spanish, German
Educational activities :
Educational file to prepare visit. Information 01 55 93 00 45.
