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Stade de France

What a visiting fan needs to know: where to stay, getting in from CDG, parking and tailgating, what to eat and where to sit.

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Where to stay near Stade de France

Where visiting fans stay

From a specialist guide
  • Gare du Nord
    Mikaël Van Eeckhoudt, Google Maps

    Gare du NordVisiting fans pick this

    15 min. RER B to La Plaine Stade de France (or RER D to Stade de France Saint-Denis). Closest central base: 4 minutes on RER B plus a 10-minute walk to the gates. The same RER B line comes in from CDG, and Belushi's NFL bar is a minute from the station.

  • Le Marais
    Obede Angelo, Google Maps

    Le MaraisVisiting fans pick this

    20 min. RER B or RER D from Châtelet-Les Halles. Walkable old Paris full of restaurants and bars. Châtelet is 8 minutes from the stadium on RER B and 9 on RER D, and both stadium lines start there.

  • Saint-Germain-des-Prés
    Guilherme Poppe Bertozzi, Google Maps

    Saint-Germain-des-Prés

    25 min. RER B from Saint-Michel Notre-Dame to La Plaine Stade de France. Left Bank cafés and the city's two best-known NFL bars, The Moose and The Great Canadian Pub. Saint-Michel Notre-Dame is one RER B stop past Châtelet.

  • Opéra

    21 min. Metro 13 from Saint-Lazare to Saint-Denis Porte de Paris. Big-hotel district by the department stores. Metro 13 takes 16 minutes from Saint-Lazare and leaves you a 5-minute walk from the north gates; Metro 14 reaches Saint-Denis Pleyel in 10.

Around the stadium

From a specialist guide
Game day food is the food truck village on the stadium forecourt, plus 60 stands inside selling sandwiches and drinks in refundable cups. Old Saint-Denis, with its Gothic basilica and the region's biggest covered market (open Sunday morning), sits under a mile north, one Metro 13 stop or a short walk. Do not stay out here: Gare du Nord is 4 to 5 minutes away on RER B or D, and Châtelet 8 to 9.

Map of the area

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Getting to Stade de France

From Charles de Gaulle

From a specialist guide
CDG Paris Charles de Gaulle. RER B runs from the airport straight through La Plaine Stade de France to Gare du Nord and Châtelet, about 35 to 40 minutes to central Paris; the stadium says CDG is 30 minutes away. From CDG take RER B with the Paris Region-Airports ticket (€14 one way in 2026); trains run about every 10 minutes and reach Gare du Nord or Châtelet in 35 to 40 minutes. From Orly, Metro 14 runs through Gare de Lyon, Châtelet and Saint-Lazare to Saint-Denis Pleyel, 41 minutes end to end, on the same €14 ticket. A regular €2.55 Metro-Train-RER ticket is not valid at airport stations.

On game day

Checked at the source
RER B, about 8 min. La Plaine Stade de France, 10-minute walk to east gates A to H. RER D, about 9 min. Stade de France Saint-Denis, 10-minute walk to southwest gates T, U, X, Y, Z. Metro 13, about 16 min. Saint-Denis Porte de Paris, 5-minute walk to north gates J, K, L, N, R, S. Metro 14, about 10 min to Saint-Denis Pleyel.

Before kickoff at Stade de France

Before kickoff

Checked at the source
No parking is sold for this game, so there are no lots. Pregame happens at the food truck village on the stadium forecourt. Burna Boy headlines halftime. The game airs free on France Télévisions and beIN Sports in France. On Location, the NFL's official hospitality provider, sells packages that bundle game tickets with gameday hospitality and travel.

Game day at Stade de France

Getting in

Checked at the source
  • Bag policy: Backpacks up to 15 liters are allowed. Suitcases and big bags (larger backpacks, hiking bags, sports bags, tote bags) are banned.
  • Bag check: Free left-luggage to the right of each gate; it refuses backpacks over 15 liters.

Touring the stadium

From a specialist guide
90-minute guided tour starting at Gate H, with the stadium history exhibit included. Adults €16, kids 5 to 18 €11, family of four €44. English tours run Thursday, Saturday and Sunday at 2 PM from September to March; French tours run daily at 11 AM, 2 PM and 4 PM during school breaks. Booking is required on cultival.fr. No tours on event days, so go Thursday or Saturday. Gothic cathedral and burial place of French kings, under a mile from the stadium at Metro 13 Basilique de Saint-Denis. Necropolis ticket €17, free under 18. Sunday hours start at noon, so visit Saturday.

After the final whistle

Checked at the source
Go home the way you came. RER B at La Plaine Stade de France (gates A to H) runs a train every 3 minutes on event days and RER D at Stade de France Saint-Denis (gates T to Z) every 6; both reach Gare du Nord in 4 to 5 minutes and Châtelet in 8 to 9. Metro 13 at Saint-Denis Porte de Paris serves the north gates and gets the heaviest crowds, and extra trains run on all these lines after events.

One thing to avoid

From a specialist guide
Riding from CDG or Orly on a regular €2.55 metro ticket: airport stations need the €14 Paris Region-Airports ticket. Bringing a suitcase or a backpack over 15 liters straight from the airport: both are banned, and the free bag check turns away big backpacks.

Food and drink at Stade de France

Bars near the stadium

Checked at the source
  • The Moose
    Christopher O'Grady, Google Maps

    The Moose

    16 Rue des Quatre Vents, 75006 Paris

    Canadian bar in the Latin Quarter with poutine, wings and burgers and screens everywhere. The Saints hosted their official Paris watch parties here on Oct.

    Away fans: the Saints' official Paris watch-party bar; expats, Canadians and visiting NFL fans.

  • Belushi's Gare du Nord
    Belushi's Paris (Gare du Nord), Google Maps

    Belushi's Gare du Nord

    5 Rue de Dunkerque, 75010 Paris

    Large sports bar a minute from Gare du Nord with 21 big screens and a giant cube screen for the main game. It shows NFL live alongside soccer, rugby and NBA.

    Away fans: big English-speaking sports bar for travelers and expats; mixed crowd of NFL, soccer and rugby fans.

  • The Great Canadian Pub
    The Great Canadian Pub, Google Maps

    The Great Canadian Pub

    25 Quai des Grands Augustins, 75006 Paris

    Riverside pub between Saint-Michel and Pont Neuf that shows NFL, NHL, NBA, soccer and rugby. Burgers, wings, nachos and poutine, with beer on tap and a terrace.

    Away fans: north American sports crowd, locals and tourists.

  • O'Sullivans Rebel Bar
    O'Sullivans Rebel Bar, Google Maps

    O'Sullivans Rebel Bar

    10 Rue des Lombards, 75004 Paris

    Irish pub near Châtelet with a giant 4K screen for live sports. The O'Sullivans group runs Super Bowl watch parties at its Paris pubs.

    Away fans: young party crowd; sports bar by day, club late.

Things to do around Stade de France

Listed in the order they happen on game day. Each one earns points.

  1. Eat50 points

    Falafel on Rue des Rosiers

    L'As du Fallafel serves a falafel pita with eggplant and hummus that pulls a lunch line down Rue des Rosiers, but it's closed on Saturdays.

    $. The day before

  2. Landmark65 points

    Notre-Dame de Paris

    The cathedral reopened in December 2024, five years after the 2019 fire.

    Free. The day before

  3. Ritual50 points

    Coffee at Café de Flore

    Sartre and Simone de Beauvoir used to write at this Saint-Germain café, open since 1887, and its terrace is still the classic Paris coffee stop.

    $$. The day before

  4. Landmark75 points

    Basilica of Saint-Denis

    This Gothic burial church of the French kings sits one Metro 13 stop from the stadium.

    $$. The day before

  5. Tour90 points

    Stade de France stadium tour

    The Saturday 2 PM English tour starts at Gate H and walks you through the stadium that hosted the 1998 World Cup final.

    $$. The day before

  6. Landmark65 points

    Arc de Triomphe rooftop

    The terrace on top of the Arc looks straight down the Champs-Élysées, but the elevator is out for maintenance so you have to take the stairs up.

    $$. The day before

  7. Photo50 points

    Eiffel Tower from Trocadéro

    Stand on the esplanade at Palais de Chaillot and you get the classic straight-on view of the Eiffel Tower across the Seine.

    Free. The day before

  8. Eat65 points

    Dinner at Bouillon Chartier

    This Paris dining hall has served classic French dishes cheap and fast since 1896, open daily from 11:30 AM to midnight, and it doesn't take reservations.

    $. 18 hours 30 minutes before kickoff

  9. Eat75 points

    Saint-Denis Sunday market

    About 300 stalls fill the covered hall and Place Jean-Jaurès every Sunday morning, under a mile from the stadium.

    $. 5 hours before kickoff

  10. Drink75 points

    Post-game NFL slate at The Moose

    Europe's clocks fall back that morning, so the 1 PM ET games kick off at 6 PM in Paris, and The Moose, the Saints' Paris watch-party bar, shows the whole Sunday slate.

    $$. 4 hours after kickoff

Seats and views at Stade de France

Where each part of the stadium sits, and what you see from it.

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