Stade Bollaert-Delelis Lens France - Football Ground

Stade Bollaert-Delelis, Lens, France

Capacity: 38223

Weather Report

Weather during the match time in Arrondissement de Lens, FR will be rainy. The temperature is expected to around 11°C on the match day with 79% humidity and 15.8 km/h wind speed. And the visibility is 10 KM. There are 100% chances of precipitation during the game.

Stade Bollaert-Delelis History

The Stade Bollaert-Delelis is the main football stadium in Lens, France, that was built in 1933. It is the home of RC Lens.

The stadium's capacity is 38,223 – about 7,000 more than the city's population. The stadium was originally named after Félix Bollaert, a director of Compagnie des Mines de Lens who was anxious to promote the development of sports clubs in the city.

Construction began in 1931, but Bollaert had died shortly before the stadium's inauguration. It was renamed Stade Bollaert-Delelis in 2012 after the death of André Delelis, the former mayor of the city who was politician who served as the Minister of Commerce under President François Mitterrand.

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