Stade Chaban-Delmas

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stadium_name = Stade Chaban-Delmas
nickname =


caption =
fullname = Stade Chaban-Delmas
location = Bordeaux, Gironde, France
built = 1930
opened = 12 June 1938
renovated = 1935 1987 1998
closed =
demolished =
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operator =
surface = Grass
construction_cost =
architect = René Buthaud, Jacques d'Welles, Raoul Jourde,
former_names = Parc Lescure
tenants =
FC Girondins de Bordeaux
seating_capacity =
34,327
dimensions =

Stade Chaban-Delmas (known as "Parc Lescure" until 2001) is a football and rugby union stadium in Bordeaux, France. It is the home ground of FC Girondins de Bordeaux. It has a capacity of 34,327 places and it was built in 1938. It was completely covered. The stadium also hosted the 1997-98 Heineken Cup final. It hosted two matches of the 1999 Rugby World Cup and four matches of the 2007 Rugby World Cup.Its current name is a tribute to Bordeaux's former mayor from 1947 to 1995, Jacques Chaban-Delmas.

ee also

* Battle of Bordeaux (football)

External links

* http://www.girondins.com/html/visite/chaban_delmas/histoire.shtml