Paris Saint-Germain are drawing inspiration from the success of latest state-of-the-art venues in Los Angeles because the Champions League title winners start the method of constructing a brand new stadium for the crew, CEO Victoriano Melero has stated.
PSG are exploring choices away from the 48,000-capacity Parc des Princes, and crew officers will spend a yr finding out potential websites in Massy and Poissy with a watch towards providing quite a lot of leisure choices, Melero stated.
“The subsequent problem is a brand new stadium,” Melero advised Reuters in Los Angeles forward of PSG’s Membership World Cup match on Sunday in Pasadena.
“For one yr we will go into an evaluation and make a alternative for our future, and we’re impressed by what’s going on within the U.S. with sports activities services,” he stated.
“One instance right here is SoFi Stadium. It is unimaginable and far more than a sports activities facility — it truly is a part of leisure and exhibits. So that’s what we actually need to push to diversify our income.”
SoFi Stadium, a technological marvel that opened in 2020, is house to the NFL’s Rams and Chargers and has hosted live shows by artists similar to Taylor Swift and Beyoncé. It’s going to play a key position in subsequent summer season’s World Cup and the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics.
The $5 billion stadium is positioned in Hollywood Park, a rising business and residential space. The 70,000-capacity indoor-outdoor stadium sits subsequent to Intuit Dome, the high-tech NBA area that opened final yr.
PSG are Massy, south of Paris, and Poissy, west of the French capital, as potential websites for a brand new stadium. The crew will play Parc des Princes for the foreseeable future whereas the brand new stadium is constructed.
U.S. followers and traders have performed a significant position within the gorgeous success of the membership each on and off the sector, stated Adrien Frier, the French consul-general in Los Angeles.
“Paris Saint-Germain is what you’d name within the tech sector a unicorn, and it is a unicorn that has some American blood in it,” he stated at a reception honoring the crew in Beverly Hills, the place the Champions League trophy was on show.
PSG have an estimated 5 million followers within the U.S. and have benefited from their high-profile partnership with Nike’s iconic Air Jordan model.
U.S.-based Arctos Companions holds 12.5% of the shares of the crew, with majority proprietor Qatar Sports activities Investments proudly owning the remaining 87.5% for a membership that’s valued at $4.4 billion.
