the Stade de France renovated to host the Games
This Saturday, October 30, we will be 1,000 days before the launch of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. The Stade de France, in Saint-Denis, will be at the heart of these games. The site, which will host the athletics, para-athletics and rugby sevens events, is closed since the end of June for renovation. The large-scale work will last and will end with the reopening of the stadium on Saturday, November 6, for the France-Argentina rugby match.
“This is unheard of”
Perched in the high stands, dozens of workers prepare for the arrival of two giant screens of 250 square meters. With new lights and colorful exterior projectors, the Stade de France is changing its costume. Fabrice Reigner, the works manager, is formal. The site is out of the ordinary: “It is very important since it is visible. We do not know how to host a match without sports lighting. The enhancement of the roof and the building is spectacular. As we are going to realize it, it is unheard of. “
40 million euros of works
Cost of the operation: 40 million euros. A necessary investment according to Loïc Duroselle, director of programming and institutional relations at Stade de France. The site had to dust itself off to be able to offer a venue for the event: “It has always been beautiful, it always will be. It will simply be even more functional. It will give the spectators an enhanced experience. _It’s an old lady the Stade de France_, he’s over 25, so he has to keep up to date. That’s what we’re trying to do. “
In 2024, the Stade de France will enter a new dimension. He will be the only stadium in the world to have hosted the Football and Rugby World Cup, the Athletics World Championships, and the Olympic and Paralympic Games.