PSG inspired by SoFi as new stadium hunt begins

Paris Saint-Germain are drafting inspiration from the occurrence of caller state-of-the-art venues successful Los Angeles arsenic the Champions League rubric winners statesman the process of gathering a caller stadium for the team, CEO Victoriano Melero has said.

PSG are exploring options distant from the 48,000-capacity Parc des Princes, and squad officials volition walk a twelvemonth studying imaginable sites successful Massy and Poissy with an oculus toward offering a assortment of amusement options, Melero said.

"The adjacent situation is simply a caller stadium," Melero told Reuters successful Los Angeles up of PSG's Club World Cup lucifer connected Sunday successful Pasadena.

"For 1 twelvemonth we're going to spell into an investigation and marque a prime for our future, and we're inspired by what is going connected successful the U.S. with sports facilities," helium said.

"One illustration present is SoFi Stadium. It's unthinkable and overmuch much than a sports installation -- it truly is portion of amusement and shows. So that is what we truly privation to propulsion to diversify our revenue."

SoFi Stadium, a technological marvel that opened successful 2020, is location to the NFL's Rams and Chargers and has hosted concerts by artists specified arsenic Taylor Swift and Beyoncé. It volition play a cardinal relation successful adjacent summer's World Cup and the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics.

The $5 cardinal stadium is located successful Hollywood Park, a increasing commercialized and residential area. The 70,000-capacity indoor-outdoor stadium sits adjacent to Intuit Dome, the high-tech NBA arena that opened past year.

PSG are looking astatine Massy, southbound of Paris, and Poissy, westbound of the French capital, arsenic imaginable sites for a caller stadium. The squad volition play Parc des Princes for the foreseeable aboriginal portion the caller stadium is built.

U.S. fans and investors person played a captious relation successful the stunning occurrence of the nine some connected and disconnected the field, said Adrien Frier, the French consul-general successful Los Angeles.

"Paris Saint-Germain is what you would telephone successful the tech assemblage a unicorn, and it's a unicorn that has immoderate American humor successful it," helium said astatine a reception honoring the squad successful Beverly Hills, wherever the Champions League trophy was connected display.

PSG person an estimated 5 cardinal fans successful the U.S. and person benefited from their high-profile concern with Nike's iconic Air Jordan brand.

U.S.-based Arctos Partners holds 12.5% of the shares of the team, with bulk proprietor Qatar Sports Investments owning the remaining 87.5% for a nine that is valued astatine $4.4 billion.