Stade Olympique Paul Julius Bénard

History

The Olympic Stade Paul-Julius-Bénard, or officially the Stade olympique Bénard-Paul-Julius, is a stadium of the island of Réunion, Department of Overseas French and outermost region of the European Union in the southwest of the Indian Ocean. Paul, it has a capacity of 8,288 seats at the games of the Saint-Pauloise FC and 12,000 for concerts. The stadium underwent major renovations which lasted 1 year and a half. It reopened on 26 May 2012 during a charity match between the friends of Zinedine Zidane and a selection of the Meeting.