Stadium Lille Métropole
Introduction


**Stadium Lille\-Métropole** is a [multi\-purpose stadium](/wiki/Multi-purpose_stadium "Multi-purpose stadium") in [Villeneuve\-d'Ascq](/wiki/Villeneuve-d%27Ascq "Villeneuve-d'Ascq"), [France](/wiki/France "France"). The stadium was built in 1976 and is able to hold 18,154 spectators. The architect of the stadium was [Roger Taillibert](/wiki/Roger_Taillibert "Roger Taillibert").

It was used as the temporary home stadium of [Lille OSC](/wiki/Lille_OSC "Lille OSC") before the completion of the nearby [Stade Pierre\-Mauroy](/wiki/Stade_Pierre-Mauroy "Stade Pierre-Mauroy"). It was also the home stadium of [ES Wasquehal](/wiki/ES_Wasquehal "ES Wasquehal"), when the club played in [Ligue 2](/wiki/Ligue_2 "Ligue 2") and [National](/wiki/Championnat_National "Championnat National"), between 1995 and 2005\.

  

The stadium has hosted several rugby matches, including France versus Argentina in [1988](/wiki/1988_Argentina_rugby_union_tour_of_France "1988 Argentina rugby union tour of France") and the Wallabies in [1989](/wiki/1989_Australia_rugby_union_tour "1989 Australia rugby union tour"), [All Blacks](/wiki/All_Blacks "All Blacks") versus Canada in the [1991 Rugby World Cup](/wiki/1991_Rugby_World_Cup "1991 Rugby World Cup") quarter\-finals, [French Barbarians](/wiki/French_Barbarians "French Barbarians") versus [Springboks](/wiki/Springboks "Springboks") in 1992, Stade Français versus Scarlets in the [1998–99 Heineken Cup](/wiki/1998%E2%80%9399_Heineken_Cup "1998–99 Heineken Cup") and the semi\-final of the [2000\-01 Heineken Cup](/wiki/2000-01_Heineken_Cup "2000-01 Heineken Cup") between Stade Français and Munster.

In the 1980s and 1990s, the stadium underwent various extensions. The most ambitious project was that for Lille's bid for the [2004 Olympic Games](/wiki/2004_Olympic_Games "2004 Olympic Games") where the stadium, taking advantage of its [Olympic status](/wiki/Olympic_Stadium "Olympic Stadium"), would have been temporarily enlarged to 65,000 seats. It was called Stadium Nord until 2006\.

Also, the venue has an athletics track, which hosted the 2002 [IPC Athletics World Championships](/wiki/IPC_Athletics_World_Championships "IPC Athletics World Championships") and [2011 World Youth Championships in Athletics](/wiki/2011_World_Youth_Championships_in_Athletics "2011 World Youth Championships in Athletics"), as well as the annual [Meeting Lille\-Métropole](/wiki/Meeting_Lille-M%C3%A9tropole "Meeting Lille-Métropole").

[Pink Floyd](/wiki/Pink_Floyd "Pink Floyd") performed at the stadium during their [A Momentary Lapse of Reason Tour](/wiki/A_Momentary_Lapse_of_Reason_Tour "A Momentary Lapse of Reason Tour") on July 28, 1988\.


Has the Stadium Lille-Métropole hosted other notable events besides rugby matches and athletics events?