Stade de la Tuilière is a football

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. It is the current home of the football club

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. The stadium has a capacity of 12,544. FC Lausanne-Sport planned the construction of the stadium in 2017. Their stadium at the time,

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, was multi-purpose and the club wanted new infrastructure only for

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. The stadium was funded by the City of

. It formally opened on 29 November 2020, as the hosts Lausanne lost 3–0 to

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in a

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match.

References

External links

Stade de la Tuilière Official websiteLausanne-Sport Stade Infrastructures
{{DEFAULTSORT:Stade de la Tuilière FC Lausanne-Sport Football venues in Switzerland Sports venues in Lausanne Multi-purpose stadiums in Switzerland Sports venues completed in 2020 2020 establishments in Switzerland 21st-century architecture in Switzerland