Stade Maurice-David, Rugby stadium in Aix-en-Provence, France.
Stade Maurice-David is a rugby stadium in Aix-en-Provence, in southern France, with a synthetic grass pitch and two facing covered stands on either side of the field. The ground holds over 8,700 spectators and is equipped for professional-level broadcast coverage during matches.
Stade Maurice-David was built in 1975 and named after Maurice David, a writer, Resistance member and founder of the club in its current form. From 2005 the Communauté du Pays d'Aix began a rehabilitation programme: a first phase delivered an east stand of 1,962 seats in 2014, and a second phase begun in late 2017 raised capacity to 6,425, with a 600 m² reception building inaugurated on 26 October 2018 before a full house against Mont-de-Marsan. A south stand of 2,622 seats opened on 6 January 2023 against Grenoble, bringing the ground to 8,767 places.
The stadium is named after Maurice David, a writer and Resistance member who founded the club in its current form. The east stand, delivered in 2014, has 1,962 seats, and the south stand, inaugurated on 6 January 2023, has 2,622. The fascia above the seats carries the repeated lettering "CEPAC" alternating with a blue and white logo.
The ground sits in Aix-en-Provence, with the main covered stand running along one side of the pitch and a second stand opposite; the south stand, seating 2,622, opened in January 2023. The natural grass was replaced in 2020 by a 60 mm synthetic mix turf, ballasted with sand and aggregate and laid without a shockpad. Accessible places are included among the 8,197 seated spots.
The 2019–20 European Rugby Challenge Cup final was moved here from the Stade de Marseille because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Bristol Bears beat Toulon 32–19 on 16 October 2020 before a crowd limited to 1,000 spectators.
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