Philippidès Stadium
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  Stade Philippidès | |
| Address | 542, rue Auguste Broussonnet 34000 Montpellier |
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| Coordinates | 43°37′01″N 3°52′05″E / 43.617°N 3.868°E |
| Capacity | 1200 places |
| Surface | Track : synthetic. |
| Construction | |
| Built | October 1985-June 1988 |
| Tenants | |
| Montpellier Agglomération Athletic Méditerranée | |
The Philippidès Stadium is the main athletics stadium of the City of Montpellier. It belongs to the University of Montpellier and is used primarily as a place of education for the UFR STAPS.
The management of the stadium is done, by convention, (under the form of AOT), to the university for educational use during week days and then by the city of Montpellier for nights and weekends, during which the town organises maintenance, caretaking, the opening of athletic clubs, and also access to the public.[1]
Description
Inaugurated in 1988 to equip the UFR STAPS and the CREPS Montpellier with an infrastructure for athletics, it has a Grandstand of 1,200 places.[2] Its playground consists of a central grassed area of 9,200 m² surrounded by a 400m Athletics track with eight lanes.
The Philippidès stadium is equipped to hold international events, and has already hosted several international events such as: the Montpellier Marathon, the university championships of France, and it has served as a training base for many athletes preparing for national, and European competitions. Even globally-ranked athletes (sprinters of the team of France) have used the facility. It is also used by the permanent training center for combined sporting events.[2]
At the end of 2011 and into early 2012, the track was completely renovated (the surface was renovated, the corridors were added, the practice area for javelin and long jump was increased) and a flexible jogging track of 550 meters was added.[3]
References
- ↑ Délibération du Conseil d'Administration de l'Université Montpellier 1 en date du 24 avril 2012
- 1 2 « Stade d'Athlétisme Philippides », sur www.montpellier.fr, Ville de Montpellier (consulté le 11 septembre 2012)
- ↑ « Une nouvelle piste qui donne des ambitions », sur www.20minutes.fr, 20 minutes (consulté le 11 septembre 2012)