PSG is working on its future large stadium. The choice of location will be decisive, but Nasser Al-Khelaïfi will have to work on his announcements in terms of timing.
In very cold weather with Paris City Hall, PSG no longer wants to hear about a future at the Parc des Princes. Nasser Al-Khelaïfi has not discussed with the capital's elected officials for several months now, knowing that for him the equation is very simple: either a definitive sale of the Porte d'Auteuil enclosure, or no work and a departure in a new stadium. This second option now seems the only one in the running. PSG is prospecting but does not want to rush. And there would be no point in making a choice in an emergency, knowing the constraints in France for such projects. If Nasser Al-Khelaïfi got excited by announcing in the media his desire to see a new stadium built here “ 3-4 ans “, reality suddenly caught up with him.
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Jean-Michel Aulas was 9 years old between the start of the project and the first match at Groupama Stadium. It will be at least the same thing in Paris, in an even more densely populated region. Le Parisien looked at the start of this project, and the first impressions are clear, unfortunately for the Qatari leader. “ We have to be clear, everyone is excited about this new stadium but if they build it in less than ten years, it will be an achievement », Confided a local elected official who is following the file.
-A feeling which will not surprise at PSG, where despite the announcement effect of the search for a new site with the support of the Ile-de-France region and the billion-dollar project which includes a stadium but also many other buildings (hotel, clinic, restaurant, stores, etc.), we know that it will take time. “ It's a very long-term project and we don't have a knife to our throat, we are at the Parc des Princes until 2044. There is no question of making an emergency decision. The stakes are too high, we can't afford to make a mistake. There are a lot of steps to take, we are moving forward slowly », assures a member of the PSG team who is working on the future stadium.
Between the choice of the site, their purchase, urbanization, legal recourses, planning, development, impact studies, permits, appeals, litigation, promotion and construction with the site and all that that goes with it, a decade is not too long and is frequently the rule in this type of situation.
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