* Address: 10 avenue Simone-Veil, Lyon
* Country: French Republic
* Capacity: 59,000
* Opened: 9 January 2016
* Main use: Football
* Tenants: Olympique lyonnais (football)
Extra stadium info – Groupama Stadium
The Groupama Stadium is named after a French insurance group headquartered in Paris. The construction of the venue started in 2012 and its construction costs were €480 million. The stadium opened with a football game between Olympique lyonnais and ESTAC, which was won 4-1 by the home side. 55,000 fans showed up for the French top-flight football league game. On 30 December 2016, 25,000 people showed up at the venue for an ice hockey match, a French record attendance for an ice hockey match.
Olympique lyonnais use the Groupama Stadium for home games. The football club became one of the first French sports clubs with 1 million followers on its main social media page. Olympique lyonnais is among the first European sports clubs with a value of $100 million. They won seven consecutive French football championship titles between 2002 and 2008. In 2010, they reached the semi-finals of the UEFA Champions League for the first time in their history. Olympique lyonnais drew an average home attendance of 35,000 for domestic league games during that football season.
