The Chaban-Delmas stadium, in Bordeaux, 100 years of history of a legendary venue

NARRATIVE – The former Girondins enclosure celebrates its centenary this Tuesday with its greatest legends and a gala match.

A hundred years and not a wrinkle. Or almost. On November 25, a “ structural weakness » detected in the north turn of the Chaban-Delmas stadium, in Bordeaux, blocked access to some 3,400 seats. The obvious stigma of a century of worship of Bordeaux sport, a long succession of vibrations, celebrations, encouragement and songs to the glory of the Girondins de Bordeaux, who occupied the premises until 2015, and today of the rugby players of the Bordeaux-Bègles Union. Without forgetting the French football and rugby teams. A century of excessive joys and immense sorrows, of conquering victories and bitter defeats.

A treasure of Aquitaine heritage, the legendary enclosure celebrates its 100th anniversary (1924-2024) this Tuesday, May 14 with a gala football match. On one side some of the greatest Gironde legends of the last four decades, Zinédine Zidane, Bixente Lizarazu and Alain Giresse. On the other, the Variétés Club de France, made up of ex-footballers, former…

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