OL Land (proposed name)

Location	Décines
Broke ground	2010
Opened	2013
Surface	51 ha
Construction cost	350 to 450 M€
Architect	Populous
Capacity	61,556
Tenants
Olympique Lyonnais

New Olympique Lyonnais Stadium is 62,000 capacity stadium that the French football club Olympique Lyonnais plans to build near Décines. It will replace their current stadium Stade Gerland. Estimates expect the cost to be about €250 million.

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On 1 September 2008, Olympique Lyonnais president Jean-Michel Aulas announced plans to create a new 60,000-seat stadium, tentatively called OL Land, to be built on 50 hectares of land located in Décines-Charpieu, a suburb of Lyon. The stadium, if built, will also include state-of-the-art sporting facilities, two hotels, a leisure center, and commercial and business offices.

On 13 October 2008, the project was agreed upon by the State, the General Council of Rhône, the Grand Lyon, SYTRAL, and the municipality of Décines for construction with approximately €180 million of public money being used and between €60–80 million coming from the Urban Community of Lyon.^[1] However, since the announcement, the club's efforts to get the stadium off the ground has been hindered mainly due to slow administrative procedures, political interests, and various opposition groups, who view the stadium as financially, ecologically, and socially wrong for the taxpayers and community of Décines. The project is currently in limbo, but most estimate that the stadium will be completed by 2013.^[2]

On 22 September 2009, French newspaper L'Equipe reported that OL Land had been selected by the French Football Federation as one of the twelve stadiums to be used in the country's bidding for UEFA Euro 2016.^[3] The FFF officially made their selections on 11 November 2009 and the city of Lyon was selected as a site to host matches during the tournament.^[4]

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• OL Land

Coordinates: 45°46′01″N 4°58′52″E / 45.766912°N 4.980991°E / 45.766912; 4.980991

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