Stade Hélitas, Multi-sports stadium on Avenue Albert-Sorel, Caen, France

Stade Hélitas is an elliptical multi-sports stadium on avenue Albert-Sorel in Caen, built on the site of a jeu de paume court opened in 1899. Its grass pitch is ringed by a 400-metre cinder track, with a 1,200-seat main stand, the Salle Rufa gymnasium (45 by 20 metres), tennis courts and a skatepark.

Stade Hélitas was built in 1923 on the site of a jeu de paume court opened in 1899, financed with 300,000 francs from the wartime relief committee and city funds after the Calvados council refused to pay. It was inaugurated on 20 July 1924 before nearly 20,000 people. In 2017 the city began bringing it up to national athletics standards.

The stadium is named after prefect Maurice Hélitas, who decided to build it; the managing society adopted the name on 30 December 1925. Rugby clubs Ovalie Caennaise (from its founding in 2003) and Stade Caennais Rugby Club (2015-2017) played home matches here until 2017. The Caen Athletic Club still trains here.

Stade Hélitas stands on Avenue Albert-Sorel, with the main stand of 1,200 seats built in June 1924 and a 45-by-20-metre gymnasium (salle Rufa) behind it. The grounds also hold tennis courts and a skatepark inaugurated on 3 October 2007. A 2017 municipal programme brought the venue up to national athletics standards.

On 7 November 1964, a boxing match was held in the stadium's gymnasium between Sugar Ray Robinson and Jean-Baptiste Rolland. The gym, built behind the 1,200-seat main stand, measures 45 by 20 metres and has a wooden floor so tennis players could train indoors in winter.