Stade Bergeyre, Former Olympic stadium in 19th district, France
Stade Bergeyre was a sports stadium in the 19th arrondissement of Paris, built on the small hill known as Butte Bergeyre, with two grandstands, a grass field, and a running track around it. The venue could hold around 15,000 spectators and hosted football, rugby, and athletics.
The stadium was built in 1918 with backing from businessman Jacques Sigrand and closed just eight years later in 1926. The site was then demolished and replaced by the residential neighborhood that still stands there today.
The Butte Bergeyre, the small hill where the stadium once stood, still carries the name of René Bergeyre, a rugby player who died in World War I. Walking through the neighborhood today, visitors find a quiet residential area with gardens, and almost nothing visible points to its sporting past.
The stadium no longer exists, as the site has been fully built over with housing, so there is nothing to visit on the spot. Looking up Butte Bergeyre on a map will help locate the general area in the northeast of Paris.
The stadium was used during the 1924 Paris Olympic Games, even though it was already considered a temporary facility at the time. It was torn down only two years after those Games, making it one of the shortest-lived Olympic venues on record.
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