Stade Alberic Richards, Multi-purpose stadium in Sandy Ground, Saint Martin.
Stade Alberic Richards is a football stadium with an athletics facility in the Sandy-Ground district of the French overseas collectivity of Saint-Martin. It is the main stadium of the French part of the island and has 2,500 seats. Hurricane Irma devastated the site in 2017: the roof collapsed and survives only in part, and the pitch is patchy and overgrown with weeds.
The stadium is the main venue of the French part of Saint Martin and holds 2,500 seats. In 2017 Hurricane Irma devastated the grounds; the pitch is now patchy and overgrown with weeds, and the roof has collapsed and survives only in part. Little has changed since.
The ground is the home stadium of the French part of Saint Martin, so matches there pit Sandy Ground sides against teams from the rest of the island. Its name honours Albéric Richards, a local figure remembered in the district's football life.
The stadium stands in the Sandy-Ground district on the French side of Saint Martin. Since Hurricane Irma in 2017 the pitch has been patchy and overgrown with weeds, and the roof has partly collapsed, so visitors should expect damaged, uneven ground rather than a maintained playing surface.
The stadium is the main venue of the French part of Saint Martin and holds 2,500 seats. Hurricane Irma devastated it in 2017: the roof collapsed and survives only in part, and the pitch is patchy and overgrown with weeds. Little has changed since.
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