Stade de France: 3 candidates for temporary concession or definitive acquisition, PSG withdraws

The Vinci-Bouygues consortium (for the extension of the temporary operating concession it has enjoyed since 1995), GL Events associated with the Paris Entertainment Company (also for a temporary concession) and the "SDF notre bien commun" consortium (for a definitive acquisition) are the three candidates who submitted bids on 03/01/2024 to Fin Infra (a department of the French Ministry of the Economy, Finance and Industrial and Digital Sovereignty, which advises public bodies on their investment projects) to operate the Stade de France (Saint-Denis, Paris, FRA) from 01/07/2025, according to L'Equipe newspaper on 04/01/2024.

Paris Saint-Germain (Ligue 1 Uber Eats), which had announced its intention to respond to the call for tenders for the "transfer with charges" of the stadium in March 2023, has finally withdrawn, as have Vinci and Bouygues, who now favour the option of continuing with the current concession, which expires on 30/06/2025.

The obligations imposed as part of the Stade de France tender include "priority hosting of events organised by the Fédération Française de Rugby…