In search of 50 hectares of land to build its future stadium, PSG requested help from the Île-de-France region, which has already received a dozen applications.
A little over a month after the notable media outing of Nasser Al-Khelaïfi, who declared on February 8 that he wanted ” to move “ of the Parc des Princes following the refusal of the Paris town hall to sell it the stadium, PSG moved up a gear by formalizing its desire to build a new enclosure elsewhere.
As revealed by Le Parisien this Friday, PSG sent a letter on March 11 to the president of the commission of inquiry for the environmental master plan of the Île-de-France region (SDRIF-E) to confirm its desire to build a new stadium within a 20 km radius of the capital. The SDRIF-E is in a way the region’s road map for the development of its territory until 2040 and a public inquiry was underway until March 16. It is for this reason that PSG sent its letter on March 11. And this is also why the president of the region Valérie Pécresse asked interested municipalities to come forward before March 16.
The Joinville track ruled out, the mayor of Saint-Germain-en-Laye not interested
According to France Bleu Paris, the Île-de-France region has already received a dozen spontaneous applications from interested cities. Municipalities located almost everywhere in Île-de-France and which all have ” qualities “, says a source consulted by the radio. If several municipalities have already publicly expressed their desire to host the future PSG stadium, no suitor has emerged for the moment according to Le Parisien.
Montigny-le-Bretonneux (Yvelines), Aulnay-sous-Bois (Seine-Saint-Denis) and Gonesse (Val-d’Oise) are, for example, among the towns interested. The Joinville-le-Pont track (Val-de-Marne) was ruled out according to the regional daily because it would not meet the specifications while the mayor of Saint-Germain-en-Laye, Arnaud Péricard, made it knowing that he was not interested, his city did not have sufficient transport options in his eyes. The elected official would also fear traffic nuisance for his residents.