Stade Paul-Rébeilleau, Sports stadium in Poitiers, France
Stade Paul-Rébeilleau is a multi-sport stadium on avenue Jacques Cœur, on the route de Limoges in Poitiers. It has two stands with 4,500 seated places, and about 2,000 more spectators can stand around the pitch, for a total capacity of 6,500. It is the home ground of Stade poitevin rugby and the seat of the Stade poitevin and the local athletics club EPA 86.
Rugby was played at this site from November 1909, when the Stade poitevin leased land between the routes de Chauvigny and de Limoges, served since 1903 by a tramway. On 21 June 1923 the ground, then called stade de la Pierre Levée, was renamed in memory of president Paul Rébeilleau. The association Les Amis du Stade bought the land in 1924 through 2,000 shares of 100 francs; the city acquired it in 1946 and built the present stadium.
The stadium has been home to Stade Poitevin's rugby section since its 1909 inauguration, and it also houses the local athletics club EPA 86. Its name, adopted on 21 June 1923, honours Paul Rébeilleau, the club president who had died shortly before. Today it hosts only Stade Poitevin rugby home matches alongside local, departmental and regional football, rugby and athletics competitions.
The stadium is located in central Poitiers and is accessible by both parking and public transit. Visitors should check in advance when events are scheduled to plan the best time for a visit.
The stadium is named after Paul Rébeilleau, the rugby committee president remembered when the ground was renamed on 21 June 1923. The following year the association Les Amis du Stade bought the land by subscription of 2,000 shares of 100 francs, giving Stade Poitevin its own sports facilities.
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