2023-04-27 22:15:17
Improbable a few months ago, the hypothesis of a move from PSG to the Stade de France took on a little more consistency with the official application form filed this Thursday with the State, owner of the case, which launched calls for tenders on its “operating concession” and on its “transfer with charges”. It is also a new element in the showdown between the Parisian club and the capital, concerning the Parc des Princes. Before undertaking expansion work which should cost it nearly 500 million euros and see the light of day in 2029 in the best of cases, PSG absolutely wants to become the owner of its stadium at Porte d’Auteuil. Anne Hidalgo, the mayor of Paris was open to the idea but she abruptly closed the door on January 14 in front of the readers of Le Parisien: “Very clearly, the Parc des Princes is not for sale. And it will not be sold. This is a firm and definitive position. This is an exceptional heritage of Parisians. »
Guest of RFI this Thursday morning, Anne Hidalgo reiterated her remarks, ensuring that this position was irrevocable and she even went further in her explanations by distributing some bad points to the Qatari owners. “The Parc des Princes is not for sale, she repeated. We had put forward the idea but the rules had to be respected. The stadium belongs to the Parisians, not to me. At the end of the process, when the club offered 38 M€, the word “ridiculous” is the appropriate one. The City had made an estimate of 350 million euros. “We said to ourselves that there was no longer any possible path,” adds Anne Hidalgo.
“Let’s stop discussing, continued Anne Hidalgo. We are in a state of law. With us, stadiums do not spring up like mushrooms. You don’t arrive with your bundles of millions and acquire any property for any condition. “Does the club’s departure to the Stade de France worry the mayor of Paris? “I don’t think they will leave,” she replies. Because the rules of law in which we are also apply to the State. It is very complicated to give up a stadium even if the President of the Republic has opened up this possibility. We are still very far from the end of the process in which the club has embarked. There may be a bit of bluff or misunderstanding of what our democratic rules are. To sell a property like the Parc des Princes, you have to go before the Council of Paris. It takes a majority to vote for it and not be accused of robbing Parisians by selling the stadium at a price that would not be theirs. »
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