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March
6,
1955,
the
stadium
was
inaugurated
under
the
name Stade
Marcel
Cerdan in
honour
of
the French
boxer,
with
a
capacity
of
30,000.
The
following
year,
after
the
independence
of
Morocco,
it
took
the
name
of Stade
d'Honneur.
At
the
end
of
the
1970s,
in
preparation
for
the 1983
Mediterranean
Games which
were
held
in
Casablanca,
the
stadium
was
closed
for
a
major
renovation;
with
an
increase
of
the
seating
capacity,
installation
of
an
electronic
scoreboard
and
construction
of
a
12,000-capacity
indoor
gymnasium
and
a
3,000-capacity
Olympic-sized
swimming
pool
around
the
stadium.
It
reopened
in
1981
under
its
current
name,
Stade
Mohammed
V.
Today,
the
complex
has
the
stadium
itself,
the
gymnasium,
the
swimming
pool,
a
650
m²
media
centre,
a
conference
room,
a
meeting
room,
a
care
centre,
and
an
anti-doping
centre.
Stade
Mohammed
V
is
located
right
in
the
centre
of
Casablanca.
The international
airport
in
Casablanca,
also
named
after
Mohammed
V,
is
25
kilometres
from
the
stadium
and
the
Casa-Voyageurs
rail
station
is
5
kilometres
from
the
stadium.
The
stadium
has
a
parking
lot
with
a
capacity
of
1,000
cars.
In
the
2006–07
season,
the
stadium
was
renovated
again
with
the
inclusion
of
a
semi-artificial
lawn
of
a
high
standard.
It
reopened
in
April
2007.