Axel Allag, Media365, published on Tuesday December 10, 2024 at 1:00 p.m.
Concessionaire of the Saint-Denis site, the Vinci-Bouygues consortium was preceded by the GL Events group in this matter, while the State decided to enter into exclusive negotiations with the latter, according to information from RMC.
Small revolution at the Stade de France. For the first time since the start of its operation in 1998, the concessionaire at the Saint-Denis site will change, as revealed by information from our colleagues at RMC. Two finalists had been in a duel for many months in this matter, but it was probably GL Events, the events giant owned by Olivier Ginon, which was favored by the State over the Vinci-Bouygues consortium, which has operated the Stade de France since 1995.
Gl Events, associated with Paris Entertainment Company, will therefore enter into exclusive negotiations with the State to obtain the exclusive concession of the Saint-Denis venue for the next thirty years, starting in August 2025, the current concession ending on August 4. Presumably, the bulk of the future project will consist of establishing an investment plan to modernize the Stadium for the next 30 years, while the football and rugby federations will be involved.
In a progress update on the procedure for renewing the operating concession for the Stade de France, the Ministry of Sports communicated on the subject. “The Stade de France concession, awarded since 1995 to a consortium made up of the Vinci and Bouygues groups, expires in August 2025. The State published, in March 2023, two simultaneous consultation procedures:
– One for a transfer with charges
– The other for a new concession
The transfer procedure was not conclusive and only the concession procedure was continued from February 2024 with the candidates who wished to compete. After an in-depth analysis of the offers received, in accordance with the criteria defined in the consultation, it has just been decided to continue the procedure by opening a period of exclusive negotiation with the bidder who came first”, we can read, without GL Events is not cited but who will now work, in particular, to reach an agreement with the FFF and the FFR concerning the continuation of events.
