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Address: Toulouse
Country: French Republic
Capacity: 33,000
Opened: 1937
Main use: Football
Tenants: Toulouse FC (football)
Stadium de Toulouse, officially known as Stadium Municipal, is the primary football venue of the city of Toulouse and one of the most historically significant stadiums in southern France. Since its opening in 1937, the stadium has served as a central hub for professional football and major international sporting events.
With a current seating capacity of approximately 33,000, the venue is the long-standing home of Toulouse Football Club (Toulouse FC) and is also regularly adapted for rugby union fixtures, reflecting the city’s strong multi-sport culture.
Originally constructed in the late 1930s, Stadium de Toulouse has undergone multiple renovation and modernization phases to meet evolving safety regulations, spectator comfort standards, and broadcast requirements.
Key redevelopment milestones include:
Post-war structural upgrades to restore and expand spectator areas
Progressive conversion into an all-seater configuration
Modernization of hospitality zones, media facilities, and athlete infrastructure
Continuous upgrades to pitch systems and stadium lighting to support televised events
These improvements have allowed the stadium to remain relevant for international competitions well into the modern era.
Stadium de Toulouse played a major role during the 1998 FIFA World Cup, one of the most globally followed sporting events of the 20th century.
During the tournament, the stadium hosted matches involving national teams from:
Argentina
Austria
Cameroon
Denmark
England
Japan
Netherlands
Nigeria
Paraguay
Romania
South Africa
Yugoslavia
The successful delivery of these matches significantly elevated the international profile of both the stadium and the city of Toulouse.
Toulouse FC have used Stadium de Toulouse as their home ground for decades. The club represents the city at professional level within the French football league system.
Club highlights include:
Long-term participation in French domestic competitions
Strong local supporter culture
Recognition as one of the first sports clubs from Toulouse to surpass 100,000 followers on its main social media platform
The stadium continues to play a key role in the club’s identity and matchday experience.
In addition to football, Stadium de Toulouse is also used for rugby union, reflecting the prominence of the sport in southwestern France.
Stade Toulousain, one of the most successful rugby union clubs in Europe, has played matches at the venue on multiple occasions. Alongside Toulouse FC, Stade Toulousain became one of the first sports clubs from Toulouse with more than 100,000 followers on its main social media page.
The stadium’s adaptable layout allows it to support:
Domestic football matches
International football tournaments
Rugby union fixtures
Large-scale sporting events
As a World Cup–experienced venue, Stadium de Toulouse requires professional-grade infrastructure, including:
Broadcast-compliant field lighting
High uniformity and glare-controlled illumination
Reliable electrical and control systems for multi-event operation
Continuous technical upgrades are essential to maintain international hosting standards.
Historic stadiums such as Stadium de Toulouse increasingly rely on modern LED sports lighting to meet contemporary performance, energy efficiency, and broadcast demands.
MECREE provides professional LED sports stadium intelligent lighting solutions, including:
Venue lighting simulation and photometric analysis
Football and rugby union broadcast lighting design
Energy-efficient LED system upgrades
Electrical installation guidance and commissioning support
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With the growing popularity of nighttime sports events, professional competitions demand higher lighting quality. The glare from traditional fixtures can no longer meet athletes’ expectations for sensory experience. Leveraging breakthroughs in MECREE’s sports lighting technology, our precise light control and anti-glare designs enable athletes to perform at their peak and enjoy an exceptional sports experience.
Issues caused by unnecessary nighttime lighting, such as light pollution and light trespass, are increasingly concerning and have led to rising public complaints. Amid growing environmental awareness, lighting designers must prioritize controlling “Light Pollution” and “Light Trespass.” We are committed to addressing this challenge through innovative optical technologies.
Currently common traditional stadium lights model for some international stadiums as below:
MVF406/1800W, HNF003, MVF401, MVF403, MVF024, EF-2000, YOA56305, YOAX56400, 2kW: HQI-TS 2000WDS, 2kW: HQI-TS 1000WDS, MHN-SA 2KW 400V/956, MHN-SB/HO 2KW 400V/956, LPW2000M/D, LPW1000MB/L, LPP2000MHN-SA, LPP2000MHN-SB.
There is big problem that traditional lamps can not cannot meet the needs of 4K and 8K high-definition broadcast and huge energy consumption.
With the strengthening of environmental lighting awareness and the pursuit of high-quality lighting, there is a trend to replace traditional lamps by high quality of LED Stadium Lights.
MECREE has launched the following series of LED Sport Stadium Lighting:
MECREE’s specially engineered precision lighting control is designed to meet the needs of such users. The polarized light range of 65-73° is defined as the P73-L and A65 series products, which deliver an unparalleled visual experience while offering access to thousands of IES profiles.
Our precisely engineered optics of polarized light aim light directly onto the field of play, to shine uniformly and to minimize glare. Outdoor venues benefit from spill light control, no more skyglow and no more complaints from the neighbors.
1. Such light shield is useless,just misleading customers.
2. As tested it will cause 30% reduction of light output
3. While 70% still have high overflow
4. Unbearable strong glare
5. Waste energy,outdated reflective technology
The power supply and lamp body can be mounted separately, reducing the withstand weight of the lamp pole and facilitating maintenance.
Customized crossarms are available to meet all your existing old poles without replacing the main rod, crossarms bolt directly to light pole, easy and accurate installation saves time, ensures performance, safety and reliability,also lower the budget.
In current sports lighting projects, high-altitude light calibration is recognized as a major efficiency bottleneck. The process carries high safety risks, is prone to aiming deviations, and involves cumbersome installation and removal procedures, making it difficult to achieve the required uniformity.
MECREE’s innovative laser aiming mount was designed precisely to address these issues. It revolutionizes the workflow through three key advantages:
Easy Installation: With a simple design, it allows rapid mounting and dismounting, significantly lowering the operational threshold.
Precise Aiming: Ensures accurate laser alignment, fundamentally guaranteeing uniform illumination and compliance with lighting standards.
Efficient Operation: Reduces labor and time costs by up to 80%. Calibrating 200 fixtures at height previously took 20 days; now the same workload can be completed in just 4 days.
Choosing MECREE means choosing a safer, more precise, and highly efficient sports lighting solution.
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