Euro 2024: 8,500 French fans visited the FFF's "Casa Bleues" during the group stage

The "Casa Bleues" set up by the FFF during the group stage of Euro 2024 have sold out, welcoming a total of 8,500 visitors, including 3,500 in Düsseldorf (before Austria-France, scheduled at 21:00 CET on 17/06/2024), 2,500 in Leipzig (before Netherlands-France, kick-off at 21:00 CET on 21/06) and 2,500 in Dortmund (before and after France-Poland, which started at 18:00 CET), said the French Football Federation to News Tank on 28/06/2024.

These figures mean that just over one in four fans who travelled to Germany visited one of these three dedicated venues, with the number of tickets allocated to the French Federation totalling around 11,000 per match in the group stage.

Launched in 2014 during the FIFA World Cup in Brazil, the "Casa Bleues" are a meeting point for French supporters before they go to the stadium.

"For a match kicking off at 21:00, the Casa Bleue operates from 11:00 CET to 18:00 CET and does not reopen after the game as the fan coaches located close to the stadium leave quickly after the match. But if the match starts at 18:00 CET, like Poland-France, we reopen the…