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Club: Girondins de Bordeaux | Opening: 2015 | Capacity: 42,115 seats<\/p>\n
Stade Matmut Atlantique, previously also known as Nouveau Stade de Bordeaux, is the recently opened new stadium of Girondins de Bordeaux. It replaced Bordeaux’s old stadium Stade Chaban-Delmas<\/a>.<\/p>\n
Apart from serving as Bordeaux’ new home, the stadium also got built with the purpose to serve as one of the playing venues of the Euro 2016<\/a> tournament.<\/p>\n
The stadium, designed by\u00a0Herzog & de Meuron<\/a>, stands out by its exterior with a\u00a0series of stairs leading up to an open corridor and a roof supported by a large number of thin poles.\u00a0The stadium has a total of 3,000 business seats and another 1,000 seats in VIP lodges.<\/p>\n
Matmut Atlantique is located in the north of Bordeaux on the edge of the city, roughly 6 km from the city centre.<\/p>\n
The stadium is located just north of Bordeaux’ ring road. Take exit 4 \/ 4a \/ 4b \u00a0from the A630 towards Parc des Expositions \/ Bx Lac. There is plenty of parking space near the stadium.<\/p>\n
Stade Matmut Atlantique can furthermore be reached with Tram C. You can catch the tram<\/a> for the main rail station, St Jean, or any other stops alongside the Garonne river up until Place de la Bourse. Get off at stop Parc des Expositions, which is the last stop on the line. Trams run frequent and the journey takes about half an hour.<\/p>\n