Stade Chaban-Delmas, Art Deco stadium in Bordeaux, France
Stade Chaban-Delmas is an Art Deco stadium in Bordeaux with a remarkable roof design that has no visible support pillars. The facility holds around 33,000 spectators in a concrete structure designed for both football and rugby events.
The stadium opened in 1938 to host FIFA World Cup matches under the name Parc Lescure. It was renamed in 2001 to honor former Bordeaux mayor Jacques Chaban-Delmas.
The stadium's name comes from Lescure, from earlier d'Escure, a form of "des Cures" in the name of the chapelle Saint-Laurent-des-Cures-lès-Bourdeaus. In 2001 it was renamed after Jacques Chaban-Delmas, Resistance fighter and Bordeaux mayor from 1947 to 1995. The monumental vases in the cour d'honneur are by ceramicist René Buthaud.
The stadium stands just outside the old boulevards near Pellegrin hospital, a short tram ride from the city centre. Bordeaux Tramway Line A stops at Stade Chaban-Delmas, and bus line 9 also serves the ground. The players' tunnel from the locker rooms to the pitch runs close to 120 metres, the longest in Europe.
The players' tunnel connecting the locker rooms to the pitch is the longest in Europe, close to 120 metres. The first stone of the 1924 cycle-racing park still stands in a corner of the current stadium.
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