[1] The hall was designed by the architectural firm Chabanne & Partenaires and project management was provided by City of Lyon.

[2] Manufacturers and service providers were: Ephren Engineering for the structure, Tecsol for solar energy and Terao for high environmental quality.

[2] With taxes included, the cost was 25 million euros paid by: the city of Lyon (38%), the region Rhône-Alpes (26%), the Grand Lyon (12%), the department Rhône (12%), the National Agency for Urban Renewal (6%) and the national center for the development of sport (6%).

The field for athletics itself has a surface 6,400m2 [5][6] The 60 meters sprint track has eight lanes and the (circular)track of 200 meters has six lanes[5][6] The hall has areas dedicated to Long jump, high jump, Pole vault and shot put[5][6] The hall was inaugurated on 9 November 2012 in the presence of Stéphane Diagana, the Minister for Sport Valérie Fourneyron, Gérard Collomb as the mayor of Lyons, Jean-Jack Queyranne as President of the Regional Council and Michel Mercier as President of the Rhône department.

[10] The athletics meeting organized on this occasion, featured both Renaud Lavillenie and Christophe Lemaitre[10][11] In January 2012, An elected official of Lyon, Nathalie Perrin-Gilbert, expressed his preference for another name to baptize the sports arena; in this case the Lyon vaulter Pierre Quinon.