French Ligue 1 side, Montpellier, exposes plans for new €150m stadium

Montpellier Hérault sport Club’s plans to step into a brand new 30,000-seat stadium by no later than 2021 have been unveiled.

Mayor of Montepellier, Philippe Laurel, verified to AFP that regional authorities are “working on the job of a new football stadium” that will be prepared by 2020 or 2021.

The organized stadium, which will be majority had by the regional government, has an expected budget plan of around €150m as well as will be named Stade Louis Nicollin, after Montpellier HSC’s former president who died last year, having had the club considering that 1974.

Stade de la Mosson
 

It will replace the club’s present 32,900-capacity Stade de la Mosson (pictured above), which opened in 1972 as well as was completely re-built to hold six games during the 1998 FIFA world cup France™. It was likewise utilized as a location for group stage matches in the 2007 Rugby world Cup.

Groundbreaking on the new Stade Louis Nicollin is set for June of next year, ahead of France’s staging of the 2019 FIFA Women’s world Cup™, with the facility slated to open ahead of the 2022/23 season.

Mayor of Montpellier, Philippe Saurel, said, according to French newspaper L’Équipe:

Because Louis Nicollin was one of the forerunners Camiseta Selección de fútbol de Costa Rica of women’s football (we have put forward) an unmatched partnership between public as well as personal for managed funding.

The job will have a overall expense of €200m, with an arena likewise being established on the site to hold the city’s handball as well as basketball clubs, BLMA. An area of 20,000sqm will be utilised for restaurants, retail/commercial as well as housing, with a casino likewise being mused.

The City of Montpellier as well as the broader region will account for 30 per cent of the job costs, with the Nicollin group as well as Montpellier HSC contributing the staying sum.

Laurent Camiseta Cruz Azul Nicollin, president of Montpellier HSC, added, according to the France Infos website:

We are pleased to take part in as well as invest in such a fantastic project, as well as it is specific that Camiseta Selección de fútbol de Senegal this site will provide us the wish as well as the will to stay in the top 10, as well as to take part in European competition.

Images, courtesy: Montpellier HSC/MHSC

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