Stade de la Maladière

Stade de la Maladière is a multi-purpose stadium in Neuchâtel, Switzerland. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home ground of Neuchâtel Xamax. The stadium holds 12,000. It replaced the old Stade de la Maladière.

Stade de la Maladière
Maladière
LocationNeuchâtel, Switzerland
Capacity12,000
SurfaceSynthetic
Construction
Opened18 April 2007
Construction costCHF 300 million
ArchitectLaurent Geninasca & Bernard Delefortrie
Tenants
Neuchâtel Xamax (2007–present)

History

The stadium opened in February 2007, with Neuchatel Xamax defeating La Chaux-de-Fonds by a scoreline of 3–2 in front of a sell-out of 12,000 people.[1] The stadium complex was officially inaugurated in June 2007.[2] The complex includes a shopping mall underneath the stadium, a fire house, and six gymnasiums.[1] A small piece of the roof fell off in July 2007.[2]

The stadium has used a synthetic turf since its opening.[2] The turf was replaced in 2015.[3]

Portugal used the stadium as a training base for Euro 2008.[4]

The European Rugby headquarters moved to the stadium site in 2014.[5]

References
  1. "Neuchâtel célèbre sa nouvelle Maladière" (in French). RTS.ch. 18 February 2007.
  2. "Stade de la Maladière: la faute à la chaleur" (in French). 16 July 2007.
  3. https://www.realsport.ch/fr/outdoor/terrain-de-football-synthetique/neuchatel-stade-de-la-maladiere
  4. "Deco not using Euro 2008 to sell himself". 10 June 2008.
  5. "Saracens could join Northampton Saints as seeds for the inaugural European Rugby Champions Cup". The Telegraph. 4 June 2014.

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