This new district constitutes a hold on the sea of ββ22 hectares, achieved thanks to the will of Prince Rainier III who wished to enlarge the territory of the Principality. If we can say that the Rock is the heart of the Principality, Fontvieille is most certainly its lung. Within this district, we find a summary of everything that makes a dynamic city, namely:
residential areas,
sports (Stade
Louis II), cultural (Espace Fontvieille, Espace LΓ©o FerrΓ©, Vintage Car and Navy Museums, Office for Postage Stamp Emissions) and commercial (C.C. Fontvieille),
restaurants,
a school and a university,
economic development zones (secondary and tertiary sectors),
green spaces,
a marina. Regarding the Stade Louis II in particular, Prince Rainier III had wished:
perfectly integrated into the neighborhood from an architectural point of view,
rational, in order to be able to make optimal use of all the space (ring of commercial and administrative offices, restaurant, sports halls, car parks),
at the forefront of the latest technologies and / or trends (pioneer in many areas, such as video surveillance, the installation of press desks in the stands, etc.),
omnisports, to expand the sports offer,
to international standards, to be able to host the biggest events,
accessible, to allow the population to practice whatever their level of sport. The main dates for the construction of the stadium
1979: Prince Rainier III decides to build a new sports complex on the Fontvieille median, to replace the old Stade Louis II.
1980: End of the final general program Construction 2
1981: Beginning of foundation work.
1982: Structural work.
1983: Delivery of 2 parking levels.
1984: Technical acceptance and finishing work. The Louis II Stadium was inaugurated on January 25, 1985 by Prince Rainier III, in the presence of Mr. Juan Antonio Samaranch, President of the International Olympic Committee. Inauguration
Building
The stadium includes:
A sports complex
specialized sports facilities,
1 medico-sports center,
the ASM FC Training Center, which houses 20 rooms for ASM FC trainees, classrooms, a cafeteria,
It is the head office of around twenty sports associations including that of the Monegasque Olympic Committee
A set of commercial and administrative premises
administrative services (Directorate of Human Resources and Civil Service Training, Directorate of Legal Affairs, Service of State Medical Benefits, Directorate of Health and Social Action, etc.) a restaurant,
A gas station,
a university
Parking on 4 levels. Cutting plane
Some numbers
Building designed to withstand an 8.3 earthquake on the Richter scale. Cost: 594 million francs
Ground catch: 3 hectares on the ground, or 30,000 mΒ², which represents 14% of the surface of the Fontvieille embankment;
Surface area: 145,000 mΒ² for the Stadium
Dimensions: 210 m long, 160 m wide, 39 m high
Concrete: 120,000 m3
Steel: 9,000 tons
Frameworks: 2,000 tonnes
Number of parking spaces: 1260 (compared to the original 1800, subsequently nibbled to create storage spaces)
Number of doors: 2,100
13,900 mΒ² of offices and commercial premises
Number of employees: 56
Capacity of sports facilities:
Sports stadium: 18,525 seats
Sports hall: up to 3,700 seats
Nautical center: 500 places
School gymnasium: up to 172 places
Stadium life
In addition to competitions of particular or even exceptional importance, the stadium's vocation is to make sport accessible to as many people as possible and to be widely open to the public
Students from establishments in the Principality: around 2,000 schoolchildren per week
Sports associations which benefit from specific training rooms: more than 3,000 practitioners per week (amateurs and high level athletes)
The public who can access, at certain times, the Nautical Center, the weight room and the squash courts
many visitors:
2013: 3.489 visitors
2014: 4.801 visitors
The sports activities
More than thirty sports activities are regularly practiced in the grounds of the Stade Louis II, including:
Omnisports stadium: Athletics (races, jumps throws), football
"Salle Gaston Medecin" sports hall: basketball, handball
Center Nautique Albert II: sport swimming, synchronized swimming, diving, water polo, diving, apnea, rescue
School gymnasium: basketball, handball, volleyball, badminton
Dojo "Doctor Orecchia": Judo and Ju Jitsu, aikido
Table Tennis Room
"Joseph Asso" Weightlifting Room: weightlifting, bodybuilding
Martial Arts Room: taekwondo, karate, yoga,
βManu Conteβ Boxing Hall: boxing, krav-maga, muaythai, krav-maga
Gymnastics room: gymnastics, rhythmic gymnastics, acrobatic gymnastics, trampoline,
"Fernand Prat" fencing hall: fencing, Tai Chi
Squash (4 courts),
Work out room
Stadium management and staff
Placed under the supervision of the Department of National Education, Youth and Sports, the stadium has an administrative team of 9 people and a technical staff divided into several specialized teams of 47 people. The stadium management is made up of the following staff:
1 Director
1 Technical Manager
2 Directors
1 Principal AttachΓ©
2 Accounting Secretaries
1 Secretary shorthand typist
1 Technical Assistant
To this administrative team are added 47 technical and sports staff. In 2013, the Stade team was given the task of managing a second building, located 50 m away. but located on French territory: Espace Saint Antoine. Thus, in terms of personnel, the Stade Louis II and the Espace Saint Antoine have 56 people who take charge of the two buildings.
