The Parc des Princes is a stadium in the 16th arrondissement of Paris, on the site of an earlier velodrome and stadium that had hosted the finish of the Tour de France. The present stadium was designed by the architect Roger Taillibert and inaugurated in 1972, with a distinctive concrete shell structure and an oval bowl that put spectators close to the pitch. It has been the home ground of Paris Saint-Germain since 1974 and has also hosted the French national rugby union team and several major finals. The venue hosted matches at the 1938 and 1998 World Cups and the finals of the European Championship in 1960 and 1984, and it was used again for the 2024 Olympic football tournament.
Before and after
- 27 April 1972Death of Kwame Nkrumah
- May 1972Carbon dioxide passes 330 ppm at Mauna Loa
- 2 May 1972Birth of Dwayne Johnson
- 16 May 1972Birth of Andrzej Duda
- 25 May 1972Construction of Parc des Princes
- 26 May 1972Construction of Munich Olympic Stadium
- 30 May 1972Lod Airport massacre
- 5 June 1972Founding of United Nations Environment Programme
- from 17 June 1972 to 9 August 1974Watergate scandal
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