Stade Chaban-Delmas
Bordeaux, France
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Stade Chaban-Delmas is a sporting stadium in Bordeaux, France, built in 1931 in the Art Deco style by architects Marcel Damboise, René Buthaud, Raoul Jourde, Jacques D'Welles, and Alfred Janniot. Originally constructed as a cycle-racing track in 1924, it was reconfigured in 1935 and rebuilt by D'Welles and Jourde to accommodate the 1938 FIFA World Cup, opening on 12 June 1938 as the first stadium in the world to feature stands entirely covered without pillars obstructing visibility. Home to FC Girondins de Bordeaux and, since 2011, Union Bordeaux Bègles of the Top 14 rugby league, the stadium was renamed in 2001 after Resistance fighter and mayor Jacques Chaban-Delmas. A designated monument historique and example of twentieth-century heritage, its current capacity is 34,462, expanded notably for the 1998 FIFA World Cup. The stadium houses Europe's longest player tunnel, measuring approximately 120 metres.
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Movement
- Built
- Type
- stadium, association football venue, rugby union venue
- Heritage
- Remarkable Contemporary Architecture, monument historique inscrit
- Place
- Bordeaux, France
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