Since 2003, Atatürk Stadium, which was delivered in 2001 and designed by the same architects responsible for Stade de France, has hosted Turkey’s football championship matches.
Atatürk Stadium, a gem among Istanbul’s sports facilities, is located in Ikitelli, 20 kilometres west of the metropolis. The stadium has 80,000 seats, of which 48,500 are located in the covered sections of the facility. This sports complex, known as the “Titan of Istanbul,” covers 50,000 m2 of floor space and includes permanent track-and-field equipment, a six-storey building, a 300-seat amphitheatre, 2 car parks with a total of 400 spaces, an annex sports stadium, and a stadium for training activities.
Stade de France, located in Saint-Denis, north of Paris, is the largest football stadium in France. It has a capacity of 80,000 seats, of which 25,000 are mobile, thereby permitting various configurations – this feature was a world first in 1997. Thanks to its innovative architectural design, Stade de France is an exceptional structure. Its roof in the form of an ellipsis is one of its most striking features, and one of the most difficult to achieve. It was built to replace Parc des Princes as the main venue for the World Cup of Football competition held in France (Parc des Princes was deemed too small for this purpose). The design for Stade de France was inspired by the Pan Am’s Worldport terminal at JFK International Airport. The elliptically shaped stadium is topped by an elliptical disk supported by 18 steel masts placed at 40-metre intervals. The complex includes a neighbouring annex stadium, two underground car parks on three levels with a total capacity of 4,000 vehicles, and an above-ground car park with 2,000 spaces.
VINCI Construction Grands Projets was one of the entities selected by the National Stadium Company (a consortium of Chinese concession-holders for the Stadium) for a technical assistance contract to build the Beijing National Stadium specifically for the 2008 Olympic Games. The project involved offering assistance to the project management team, particularly in the organisation of the building plan and the site. Our success in obtaining this contract is due in particular to our Stade de France credentials.
