Stade Borne de l'Espoir

Location	Villeneuve d'Ascq
Broke ground	2009
Opened	2012
Owner	Urban Community of Lille Métropole
Operator	Eiffage
Surface	Grass
Construction cost	€ 282 million (Hotel, Restaurant cost € 42 million, Total complex cost € 324 million)
Architect	Pierre Ferret[1]
Capacity	50,186
Tenants
Lille OSC (Ligue 1) (2012-)

Stade Borne de l'Espoir is a multi-use stadium near Lille, France, that is currently being planned. Once completed in 2012, it will be used mostly for football matches and will host the home matches of Lille OSC. The stadium will have a capacity of 50,000 people. It replaces their current temporary stadium Stadium Lille-Metropole and their previous permanent stadium Stade Grimonprez Jooris. Borne de l'Espoir refers to the plot of land which is currently being looked at. On March 18, 2006, Lille officials gave preliminary approval of the project.

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[edit] External links

• Stadium plans
• Lille gives preliminary approval
• Official Stadiums website
• Stadium indor hal
• Stadium ext 1
• Stadium ext 2

Coordinates: 50°36′41″N 3°07′42″E / 50.611275°N 3.128196°E / 50.611275; 3.128196

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