Nantes, the city of France is known for its famous stadium Stade de la Beaujoire. The stadium inaugurated in 1984 has a seating capacity of 38, 500. The stadium that has hosted many major events such as the 1998 World Cup Football and many rugby matches is now preparing to host three matches of the 2007 Rugby World Cup .
The
Rugby World Cup Pool B matches between Wales and Canada and Wales and Fiji and
Rugby World Cup Pool A match between England and Samoa are the rugby matches scheduled to be held at the Stade de la Beaujoire Nantes.
This stadium proved to be lucky for the host French rugby team that has been successful many a times. The French rugby team has won five matches at La Beaujoire Stadium in 1998, 1992 and 1988 against Argentina, in 1990 against New Zealand and also in 1986. The stadium in Nantes, the major port also uses its stadium for concerts like Genesis,
Pink Floyd, To say Straits, U2, Johnny Hallyday and Celtica.
The match between France and Belgium held on June 16 1984 drew around 51,000 spectators. After the 1998 Soccer World Cup, Stade de la Beaujoire was given a facelift and 15,000 more seats were added to it. As the stadium's capacity was reduced to 38,285 spectators, the standing space was also eliminated.
Nantes, the city in western France is the capital of the Pays de la Loire region. Being the most important city of Brittany, the city has many attractive places. Cathedral Saint-Peter Saint-Paul, Passage Pommeraye, the new Palais de Justice, on the Île de Nantes, the Museum and the native house of Jules Verne, Musée des Beaux-arts (Arts museum),
La Tour LU (LU Tower) - a picturesque tower, Musèe D'Obrèe, Le chateau des Ducs de Bretagne and jardin Botanique are main highlights at nantes.
A cross-discipline arts festival, named Scopitone, involving music, film, live performances and digital arts, will take place in Nantes from September 18th to 23rd. In celebration of the Rugby World Cup match between England and the Samoa Islands (in Nantes’s Beaujoire stadium in the evening of Saturday, the 22nd), two English groups, The Dead 60's (rock) and Fake Fang (ex Motormark / glam-rock with new wave influences) will perform live and free at the majestic site of the Nefs. The other attractions of this year’s festival are the performance of Carolyn Carson and Electronic Shadow (dance and film), electronic music parties at the LC Club and the L’Olympic venue featuring the industry’s best DJs. To know more about the event visit www.scopitone.org |
