Ligue 1: Dalkia (EDF) will operate and maintain the Grand Stade de Lyon until 2035

Dalkia, a subsidiary of the French EDF group, formalised a contract with the Land Montout company (a subsidiary of the OL Groupe, the owner of Ligue 1's Olympique Lyonnais) for the technical operation, maintenance and general upkeep of the Grand Stade de Lyon (capacity 58,000) for a period of 20 years from the scheduled delivery of the enclosure (2016-2035), announced the two businesses on 03/11/2014.

Dalkia will become involved in the stadium in two stages: a pre-operation during construction of the new stadium and an second operation for maintenance upon delivery of infrastructure. "The contract provides for the supervision of eight people at each event," said Patrick Iliou, deputy general manager of Olympique Lyonnais, and in charge of the stadium project, to News Tank on 05/11/2014.

• The maintenance contract includes electrical installations, lighting, elevators and escalators.

Delivery of the stadium in December 2015 or January 2016

• The construction of the Grand Stade de Lyon (capacity 58,000) has moved ahead of schedule which provides for the delivery of the vessel by…