Stade de la Maladiere Stadium

Stade de la Maladiere is a multi-purpose stadium in Neuchatel, Switzerland. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home ground of Neuchatel Xamax. The stadium holds 12,000. It replaced the old Stade de la Maladiere.

History

The stadium opened in February 2007, with Neuchatel Xamax defeating La Chaux-de-Fonds by a scoreline of 3–2 in front of a sell-out crowd of 12,000 people. The stadium complex was officially inaugurated in June 2007. The complex includes a shopping mall underneath the stadium, a fire house, and six gymnasiums. A small piece of the roof fell off in July 2007.

The stadium has used a synthetic turf since its opening. The turf was replaced in 2015.

Portugal used the stadium as a training base for Euro 2008.

The European Rugby headquarters moved to the stadium site in 2014.

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