RGarros works extended

The extension being planned for Roland Garros stadium, home to the French Open, will not be completed until 2018, a year later than originally planned, the president of the French Tennis Federation has said. Former rugby international Jean Gachassin...

The extension being planned for Roland Garros stadium, home to the French Open, will not be completed until 2018, a year later than originally planned, the president of the French Tennis Federation has said.

Former rugby international Jean Gachassin also said that the cost of the work was now being estimated at €340 million, up from the original figure of €273 million.

The stadium, constructed in 1928 and named after a famous French aviator, is sandwiched between the Bois de Boulogne and residential property on the western outskirts of Paris.

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