Olympic Stadium, also known as Opening Stadium, was a temporary
stadium
A stadium ( : stadiums or stadia) is a place or venue for (mostly) outdoor sports, concerts, or other events and consists of a field or stage either partly or completely surrounded by a tiered structure designed to allow spectators to stand o ...
in
Grenoble
lat, Gratianopolis
, commune status = Prefecture and commune
, image = Panorama grenoble.png
, image size =
, caption = From upper left: Panorama of the city, Grenoble’s cable cars, place Saint- ...
,
France
France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of Overseas France, overseas regions and territories in the Americas and the Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic, Pacific Ocean, Pac ...
. Built to only host the opening ceremonies for the
1968 Winter Olympics
The 1968 Winter Olympics, officially known as the X Olympic Winter Games (french: Les Xes Jeux olympiques d'hiver), were a winter multi-sport event held from 6 to 18 February 1968 in Grenoble, France. Thirty-seven countries participated. Frenchm ...
, the stadium was immediately disassembled following the games. The stadium held 60,000 spectators.
References
1968 Winter Olympics official report.pp. 86–7.
Further information on stadium
External links
*[https://books.google.com/books?id=N0kEAAAAMBAJ&pg=RA1-PA30&lpg=RA1-PA30&dq=grenoble+opening+stadium+60,000&source=bl&ots=ZLuxWoFd6s&sig=iOtA7HK_DRMBLrwzTOQzosRxGhw&hl=en&ei=2B5kTvbTOcfr0gGj9fytCg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=5&ved=0CDQQ6AEwBA#v=onepage&q=grenoble%20opening%20stadium%2060%2C000&f=false Life: Images from 1968 Opening Ceremony]
Venues of the 1968 Winter Olympics
Sports venues in Grenoble
Olympic stadiums
Defunct sports venues in France
Sports venues completed in 1968
Sports venues demolished in 1968
Demolished buildings and structures in France
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