RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT "AFP PHOTO /MAIRIE DE BORDEAUX/HERZOG & DEMEURON" - NO MARKETING NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS
RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT "AFP PHOTO /MAIRIE DE BORDEAUX/HERZOG & DE MEURON" - NO MARKETING NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS A handout picture released on July 18, 2011 by Mairie de Bordeaux (Bordeaux city hall) shows a computer-generated image of the city's new stadium, southwestern France, designed by Swiss architects Jacques Herzog & Pierre De Meuron. The stadium, located in the Bordeaux-Lac area, which will have a capacity of 43.500 seats, is supposed to be ready for the Euro 2016 football tournament. It will replace the Chaban-Delmas stadium. The Swiss pair created the Pekin 2008 Olympic Games stadium known as "The nest". AFP PHOTO HO MAIRIE DE BORDEAUX HERZOG & DE MEURON / AFP PHOTO / MAIRIE DE BORDEAUX / HERZOG & DE MEURON