A revolution is taking place at PSG, “there is an emergency”

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A revolution is taking place at PSG, “there is an emergency”

Published on March 13, 2023 at 00:00

In search of a stadium larger than the Parc des Princes, Paris Saint-Germain will apply for the call for tenders launched by the State to sell the Stade de France enclosure. If the file has not yet been filed, a head of French football hopes that it will be quickly for the good of PSG.

For several months, Paris Saint-Germain has been looking for a more spacious stadium. After having suffered the refusal of the town hall of Paris concerning a takeover of Princes Park to expand it, Qatari investors plan to obtain the Stade de France for the summer of 2025. Indeed, the State is a seller and has set its price at €647m. A heavy investment that would allow the PSG to acquire more revenue in a stadium almost twice the size of the Princes Park (80 698 places).

“It’s a stain”

In the Big Mouths of Sport on RMC, Pascal Dupraz returned on the interest of the PSG for the Stade de France : « It is urgent for PSG to have additional revenue. (…) Compared to the big European clubs, Paris Saint-Germain with its 48,000 seats in this magnificent setting that is the Parc des Princes, however old it may be, it is a stain compared to venues like the Allianz Arena at Bayern recently visited by Paris Saint-Germain where it is 75,000 seatssays the former coach of Toulouse. So there is an urgent need for PSG to have a large stadium. Afterwards, I’m not a Parisian, I don’t know if the president of PSG really wants to please the supporters ».

A blow that would pay off big for PSG

In the eyes of Pascal Duprazthe main reason for the acquisition of the stadium by QSI (Qatar Sports Investments) is purely financial, in a strategy of developing a global brand and a European stronghold: “ If the president of PSG can (please the supporters, editor’s note), he will, but that’s not what he looks at first. What he wants is a speaker, and if he builds one today, it’s at least five years before he can use it, so that’s going to leave a lot of timecontinues Dupraz In the Big Mouths of Sport. If it’s the Stade de France, they’re going to renovate it and maybe they’re going to increase the capacity of the stadium to more than 80,000 to generate additional revenue. You have to look at the economic aspect, that’s the most important thing for a club like PSG. »