The Paris town hall, owner of the Parc des Princes, will take administrative action against the decision of the Ile-de-France region to reserve space to build a new stadium for PSG if the club leaves the legendary stadium. This referral, made possible by a wish adopted Thursday by the Paris Council, aims to cancel an amendment voted in September by the region chaired by Valérie Pécresse (LR) during the examination of its town planning plan.
It plans to reserve 50 hectares, in a site not yet located, for future equipment for Paris-Saint-Germain, after its president Nasser Al-Khelaifi announced in February that he wanted “to move“of the Parc des Princes because the Paris town hall refused to give in to it.”I regret that the Region, without even informing us, proposed with this last minute amendment, sites so that the idea that the club could leave Paris prospers“, declared the PS mayor of Paris Anne Hidalgo during the Paris Council.
“PSG is Paris, and Paris is the Parc des Princes“, she told the elected officials of the capital, whose right wing strongly contested the decision. “Taking legal action is a mistake, it will harden everyone’s positions“, reacted Pierre-Yves Bournazel (Horizons), from the first opposition group. PSG, engaged until the end of 2043 in a lease with the town hall, considers that the acquisition of the Parc des Princes is essential to successfully complete its expansion project.
The town hall refuses to sell him the enclosure, arguing that it is part of the “heritage of Parisians“and that the supporters do not want to leave it. Anne Hidalgo singled out the area reserved by the Region, “50 hectares whose primary purpose is to build a commercial complex“. “50 hectares is the equivalent of three times the Stade de France“, noted Pierre Rabadan, his sports assistant.
“Resumption of dialogue with PSG is not to reintroduce the idea of selling the stadium“, estimated the mayor.only possible way“, according to the councilor, is that of a so-called emphyteutic lease, concluded for a long term, which gives the tenant real rights over the property.
