Stade de la Beaujoire

Built for Euro 1984 and unchanged in shape since; its open corners and famous "Nantes" atmosphere survive every renovation debate.

Stade de la Beaujoire has been the home of FC Nantes since 1984, and holds 37,473 spectators for football. The playing surface is hybrid grass, and the record attendance of 40,000 was set in a fixture that still gets talked about in Nantes.

For a matchday, the ground sits in Nantes and is served by local rail and bus routes; arriving 45 minutes before kick-off is the difference between a queue and a seat. Away supporters are usually housed in one corner block, and the atmosphere is loudest behind the goal at the home end.