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France Considers Putting its Biggest Sports Stadium on the Block

Stade de France operating concession runs out in 2025
Minister says sale to PSG football club won’t be excluded

Stade de France in Saint-Denis, near Paris.
Photographer: Kenzo Tribouillard/AFP/Getty Images

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By Tara Patel

March 5, 2023 at 4:16 PM UTC

The French government will consider selling the country’s biggest sports stadium, the Stade de France, to the Paris Saint-Germain football club, according to a minister.

A sale of the national stadium is being considered alongside the option of granting a new operating concession, Sports Minister Amelie Oudea-Castera said in an interview published Sunday in the Journal du Dimanche.