Parc des Sports Marcel Michelin, Rugby union venue in Clermont-Ferrand, France.
The Stade Marcel-Michelin is a rugby ground on Avenue de la République in Clermont-Ferrand, home of ASM Clermont Auvergne since 1911. Four stands joined at the corners form a rectangle around the pitch: the Limagrain (5,600 seats), the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes (7,560 seats), the Phliponeau to the north (3,000 seats) and the Espace Édouard to the south. The corners hold reception areas, seating and giant screens, and the pitch is heated by low-voltage cables laid 25 cm underground.
Michelin financed the ground in 1911 at the initiative of Marcel Michelin, and ASM Clermont Auvergne has played its home matches here since. The stadium hosted France–Romania in 1977, France–Australia in 1983 and the 2006 Under-21 World Cup final. In 2013 it became the first Top 14 ground with heated turf, and the corners were closed in 2011.
The north Phliponeau stand houses supporters' groups including the Ultras Vulcans, the Vignerons, the XV au Charbon, the XV Montferrandais and the XV de Limagne. The stadium is named after Marcel Michelin, founder of the AS Michelin club, and the club's 1,000th elite win was marked there in December 2006.
The stadium sits on Avenue de la République in central Clermont-Ferrand, with two entrances added in 2009, north and south, each with ticket sales points. A shopping plaza built in 2008 fronts the ground, and an underground car park there holds 120 vehicles. The four stands are joined at the corners, so spectators move between them through the corner foyers.
A plaque at the dressing-room exit counts the victories won on this pitch; the 1,000th elite win since 1925 came on 16 December 2006 against Arix Viadana (57-29) in the European Challenge Cup. A new panel installed in 2011 for the club's centenary reads "Ici… 100 ans d'histoire".
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