According to Le Parisien, PSG has officially announced its decision to leave the Parc des Princes to local officials and Île-de-France authorities.
PSG and the Parc des Princes will indeed be parting ways in the years to come. According to Le Parisien, the club has sent a letter to the head of the Île-de-France regional planning inquiry commission, with the aim of finding a site to build a new stadium. Thus, departing from the Parc.
« This letter, dated March 11 and of which Le Parisien has become aware, confirms that PSG is accelerating on the subject by exploring all avenues for the construction of a new stadium within a radius of 20 km from the capital. Signed by PSG’s Secretary General, Victoriano Melero, it is addressed to Jean-Pierre Chaulet, President of the Environmental Master Plan Inquiry Commission of the Île-de-France region (SDRIF-E), » explains Le Parisien.
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In this letter, PSG requests to « designate within the SDRIF-E a 50-hectare area capable of accommodating the construction of a stadium commensurate with PSG’s XXL ambitions. In form, a pink dot symbolizing this area will be marked on the general destination map of the various parts of the territory (CDGT). The final adoption of this SDRIF-E by regional elected officials will take place this summer, before being submitted lastly for approval by the Council of State, » Le Parisien explains.
The ideal location remains to be found. Not too far from Paris, with space. Several municipalities in Île-de-France have more or less seriously applied. Some even more than 100 km from Paris, like Chateaudun. Saint-Germain-en-Laye, a historic city for PSG, is not applying.
But more seriously, Montigny-le-Bretonneux (Yvelines), near the PSG Campus, Aulnay-sous-Bois (Seine-Saint-Denis) are considered. But also Gonesse (Val-d’Oise), near Roissy. Not necessarily glamorous, but PSG is looking for a very large plot of land…