4 2 0 S 2 I PRACTICAL INFO R A SAINT-ÉTIENNE STADIUM P LOCATION Saint-Étienne, a city in the Auvergne- OLYMPIC GAMES Saint-Étienne, 4 km north of city centre Rhône-Alpes region, is the French design capital and the only French city to be GETTING THERE included in the UNESCO Creative Cities FOOTBALL • Train (3 hours from Paris) Network for design. • Bus lines 8, 9 or S9 2 events: 1 / 1 • Tramlines T1 or T2 These achievements are a nod not only to the 16-team tournament economic and industrial past of a city at its CAPACITY innovative best for over two centuries, but also – 12-team tournament and more importantly – to the momentum that 41,965 is currently building in the Greater Saint-Étienne area, where 400,000 people live. An international event takes place every two years to showcase this NEARBY GAMES VENUE momentum, comprising of exhibitions, workshops • Lyon Stadium and colloquia and fostering a creative economy. Saint-Étienne was awarded the City of Art and NEARBY TOURIST ATTRACTIONS History label by the French Ministry of Culture and • In Saint-Étienne itself: Communication in 2000 and became a member of • Cité du Design UNESCO’s International Coalition of Inclusive and • Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art Sustainable Cities in 2019. • Corbusier site Geoffroy Guichard stadium – named after its • Saint-Étienne mining Museum founder, a well-known local entrepreneur – is • Musée des Verts sports Museum T a mythical French sports venue that is home to • The Gorges de la Loire natural reserve E E legendary club AS Saint-Étienne. Built in 1931, the • The Pilat Regional Natural Park H A S stadium – nicknamed the “Cauldron” – has been T A renovated several times. The most recent work, POST-2024 LEGACY S : D delivered in early 2016, brought its capacity up to E Saint-Étienne stadium, the mythical home U 42,000 while maintaining the original architectural N ground of legendary French football club AS E characteristics of an “English-style” stadium. C V Saint-Étienne, will continue to host sporting and I Access to the stadium was also improved as part P cultural events. M of the work, which was rounded off by a new tram Y L A connection in 2019. The stadium also houses the R A Musée des Verts, a museum exploring the history D P of the AS Saint-Étienne football team. In 2007, it N C A became the first French stadium to install solar I P panels on its roof. M Y L O women men mixed 52