The Olympic Stade Paul-Julius-Bénard, or officially the Stade olympique Bénard-Paul-Julius, is a stadium of the island of

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, Department of Overseas French and outermost region of the European Union in the southwest of the Indian Ocean. Main stadium of the town of St. Paul, it has a capacity of 8,288 seats at the games of the

Saint-Pauloise FC The Saint-Pauloise FC is a football club based in Saint-Paul, Réunion Saint-Paul () is the second-largest commune in the French overseas department of Réunion. It is located on the extreme west side of the island of Réunion. History Sa ...

and 12,000 for concerts. The stadium underwent major renovations which lasted 1 year and a half. It reopened on 26 May 2012 during a charity match between the friends of

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and a selection of the Meeting.

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