“Make the Stade de France a partner, not an adversary”. The city of Saint-Denis has a prestigious enclosure on its soil which is hosting the Liverpool-Real Madrid Champions League final this Saturday, May 28. And in a few months a Rugby World Cup then the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. Planetary events, but from which the city may have sometimes felt left out. Traders and residents of the Stadium remember the additional barrier that excluded the bars in the neighborhood from the Euro 2016 party. However, “it is absolutely necessary that the population enjoy a minimum of advantages from holding these events at the Stade de France, ”insists Shems El-Khalfaoui, sports assistant for Saint-Denis.
