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Originally Posted by Gingers4Justice
Le Mans isn't quite as small as you think. 150,000 according to the last census - so a 30,000 seater stadium is far from unrealistic. It's just they didn't need to move out of their existing stadium and take on that financial burden.
Last I heard, the club had disbanded and reformed in the sixth tier.
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The stadium is still used occasionally for its proper purpose. A couple of months ago, the Football Club at La Suze-sur-Sarthe, some ten miles or so downstream from Le Mans. reached a relatively high level in the French equivalent of the FA Cup and were drawn against top side Olympique Lyonnais. They played their game at the Le Mans stadium, rather than at their own - and were soundly beaten!