D’Ornano Stadium

D'Ornano Stadium

Presentation

Host to the event’s three Olympic disciplines and to the opening and closing ceremonies; the d’Ornano stadium is located a short distance from the town centre. Thanks to the Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games™ 2014 in Normandy, it will get to experience a completely different sporting event from the football matches that are usually staged here.

Capacity : 21 000 seats

Address : Boulevard Georges Pompidou, 14000 Caen

Competitions

Jumping Jumping

Dressage Dressage

Eventing Eventing

How to get there?

ADDRESS: Boulevard Georges Pompidou, 14000 Caen

D'Ornano Stadium is a only few hundred meters away from the city-center of Caen.

  • CAR : The A13 highway connects Paris to Caen in about 2h30. Other highways connect Caen to the other local cities : Le Mans, Rennes etc.
  • TRAIN : Caen's train station is only 1km away from the Stadium
  • PLANE : The airport of Caen-Carpiquet is 10km away from the Stadium

D'Ornano Stadium is also accessible by public transportion.

For more information, please check the section "Transportation"

Transportation Plan Spectators Caen

Parking

The Organising Committee is planning on making 3,000 free parking spaces available to spectators, in the shape of 2 park-and-ride facilities located near to the city of Caen: in Beaulieu, and in the Presqu’île neighbourhood of Caen. A free shuttle bus service will run between these car parks and the 4 competition venues in Caen: D’Ornano Stadium (Dressage, Jumping, jumping phase of the Eventing), the Zenith (Vaulting), La Prairie Racecourse (Driving, Para-Dressage), and the Exhibition Centre (Reining).

Accomodation

A popular tourist destination, Normandy has a wide range of accommodation for its visitors. In total, the region boasts more than 200,000 beds for tourists, with holiday cottages, bed and breakfasts, hotels, self-catering apartments, campsites, and more.

To learn more about the accomodation options available, please click here

Restauration

12 refreshment stands serving multiple snacks – paninis, sandwiches, hot dogs etc. – will be available at D'Ornano Stadium.

If you feel like something, please not that many other options will be available at the Games Village, just 1 kilometer away from d'Ornano Stadium:

  • 5 restaurants (300m²)
  • A lounge bar (1 150m²)
  • 4 bars (75m²)
  • 1 food corner (300m²)
  • 1 bakery (150m²)
  • 15 takeaway stands (50m²)
  • 10 sweet stands (16m²)
  • 10 refreshment stands (25m²)

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