The Yves du Manoir de Colombes stadium is under construction. A tartan pavement is under construction. This material had caused a sensation at the last Olympics in Mexico. In France it is the second track to use it.
Xavier de la Courtie, president of the Racing Club de France talks about the state of the stadium a few years ago following its abandonment in favor of the Parc des Princes. The owner of the stadium, the RC de France, sold the facilities to the Conseil général des Hauts de Seine. Despite the help of the department and the region, this did not bring it up to standard for large matches but it contributed to the current use of the stadium by the youth of Colombes.
Racing Métro is preparing its return to the Top 14. The stadium in Colombes is being renovated and will be able to hold 14,000 spectators instead of 7,000 today. The work is in full swing.
Strolling on the lawn of the Yves Du Manoir stadium in Colombes, today empty, Roger COUDERC recounts with emotion the importance of the stadium in the history of rugby in France.
The Yves du Manoir stadium will lose its audience. With the reconstruction of the stadium of the Parc des Princes, the stadium of Colombes loses its leading role for the competitions. International football and rugby matches, as well as the Coupe de France finals, will no longer take place there. It is with a lot of nostagie that Gaston Leroux retraces his history, from the morning stadium to the 1924 Olympic Games.