Stade Jules-Ladoumègue, Sports stadium in Massy, France.
The Stade Jules-Ladoumègue is a sports facility in Massy with a central rugby field surrounded by a 400-meter athletics track with six lanes. The venue has two main grandstands and can accommodate around 3,000 spectators, with approximately 2,300 seated positions distributed across the official tribune sections.
On 18 October 2014, mayor Vincent Delahaye announced a renovation project for the stadium, with work due to finish by the end of 2017. The plan included moving the rugby house into a new 345 m² building and creating a multipurpose hall. In June 2012 the ground hosted Rugby Club Massy Essonne's promotion to Pro D2, and in 2003 it staged two matches of the U-19 rugby world championship.
The stadium is named after Jules Ladoumègue, the French runner disqualified from the 1932 Los Angeles Olympics. It hosts the track training and competitions of the Massy athletics club, while the Rugby Club Massy Essonne plays its home matches on the full-size rugby pitch inside the six-lane track.
The stadium sits in Massy, in the Essonne department south of Paris. The whole complex holds more than one pitch: alongside the main rugby field and the six-lane track there are other football and rugby grounds, three of them artificial, plus a roller-skating track, tennis courts and a BMX track. Spectators enter through the stands, with 1,300 seats in the main tribune and 1,000 opposite.
The stadium hosted two matches of the 2003 Under-19 Rugby World Championship. Its name honours Jules Ladoumègue, the French runner of the 1920s and 1930s. The wider complex also holds a roller-skating track, tennis courts and a BMX track.
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