Stade Auguste-Delaune II
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Stade Auguste-Delaune II is a multi-use stadium
Stadium
A modern stadium is a place or venue for outdoor sports, concerts, or other events and consists of a field or stage either partly or completely surrounded by a structure designed to allow spectators to stand or sit and view the event.)Pausanias noted that for about half a century the only event...

 in Reims
Reims
Reims , a city in the Champagne-Ardenne region of France, lies east-northeast of Paris. Founded by the Gauls, it became a major city during the period of the Roman Empire....

, France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...

. The stadium opened in 2008. It is used mostly for football
Football (soccer)
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball...

 matches and hosts the home matches of Stade Reims
Stade Reims
Stade de Reims is a French association football club based in Reims. The club was formed in 1911 under the name Société Sportive du Parc Pommery and currently play in Ligue 2, the second level of French football having achieved promotion to the league following the 2009–10 season...

. The stadium has a capacity of 21,684 people. It replaced their previous stadium Stade Auguste Delaune
Stade Auguste Delaune
Stade Auguste Delaune, also known as the Stade Municipal Velodrome, is a multi-purpose stadium in Reims, France. It was used mostly for football matches. The stadium is able to hold 10,000 people and was built in 1931. During the 1938 World Cup, it hosted one game. It was replaced as the home of...

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