Stade Pierre-Mauroy Seating Guide

Stade Pierre-Mauroy (branded the Decathlon Arena) is a modern 50,000-seat two-tier bowl for LOSC Lille with a full retractable roof and a retractable half-pitch that turns it into an indoor arena. The four stands are named by compass point: Tribune Ouest and Tribune Est are the main side stands on the halfway line with the hospitality lounges, while Tribune Nord and Tribune Sud sit behind the goals. The Nord is the home kop — the Dogues Virage Est ultras (blocks D01-D04), plus groups like the Hardis Mastiffs and Go Lille 1, drive the noise and tifos there, and the Panorama Restaurant sits on its lower level. Away fans go in the south-east corner between the Sud goal-end and the Est side. Prices run from about €16 behind the goals to €90 on the halfway line, and sightlines are excellent throughout a compact-feeling bowl, the main caveats being the far reaches of the huge upper tier and a few upper corners near the roof structure. For concerts and arena events the roof closes and the north pitch retracts, with capacities from roughly 6,900 up to 50,000-plus (the Indochine show drew a record 67,838).

A 50,186-seat, two-tier rectangular bowl with a vast flat retractable roof that closes in about fifteen minutes in two sliding halves. Its party trick is the 'Boîte à Spectacles': the northern half of the pitch sits on hydraulics and rails and slides over the southern half to uncover a covered indoor arena of up to 30,000 beneath, letting the venue switch between open-air football and enclosed events.