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 workforce, CEO Victoriano Melero has stated.
PSG are exploring choices away from the 48,000-capacity Parc des Princes, and workforce officers will spend a 12 months learning potential websites in Massy and Poissy with an eye fixed towards providing quite a lot of leisure choices, Melero stated.
“The following problem is a brand new stadium,” Melero instructed Reuters in Los Angeles forward of PSG’s Membership World Cup match on Sunday in Pasadena.
“For one 12 months we’ll go into an evaluation and make a selection 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 way more than a sports activities facility — it truly is a part of leisure and exhibits. So that’s what we actually wish 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 concert events by artists comparable to Taylor Swift and Beyoncé. It should play a key position in subsequent summer time’s World Cup and the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics.
The $5 billion stadium is situated in Hollywood Park, a rising industrial and residential space. The 70,000-capacity indoor-outdoor stadium sits subsequent to Intuit Dome, the high-tech NBA area that opened final 12 months.
PSG are Massy, south of Paris, and Poissy, west of the French capital, as potential websites for a brand new stadium. The workforce will play Parc des Princes for the foreseeable future whereas the brand new stadium is constructed.
U.S. followers and traders have performed an important position within the gorgeous success of the membership each on and off the sphere, 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 workforce 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 workforce, with majority proprietor Qatar Sports activities Investments proudly owning the remaining 87.5% for a membership that’s valued at $4.4 billion.