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| Full name | Parc des Princes |
| Location | Paris, France |
| Built | 1897 |
| Opened | 18 July 1897 |
| Renovated | 1932, 1972 |
| Owner | City of Paris |
| Operator | SESE |
| Surface | Grass |
| Architect | Roger Taillibert |
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The Parc des Princes, in the 16th arrondissement of Paris, France was originally a velodrome, the finish of the Tour de France from its start in 1903 until the track's demolition. The Union of European Football Associations (Union des associations européennes de football is the administrative and controlling body for European football. Paris (ˈpærɨs in English; in French) is the Capital of France and the country's largest city This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. Events 390 BC - Roman - Gaulish Wars Battle of the Allia - a Roman army is defeated by raiding Gauls, Year 1897 ( MDCCCXCVII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Paris (ˈpærɨs in English; in French) is the Capital of France and the country's largest city Roger Taillibert b 1926 in Châtres-sur-Cher (Loir-et-Cher is a French Architect, notable for designing the Parc des Princes in Paris and the Paris Saint-Germain Football Club, or PSG, is a French football club based in Paris. Paris (ˈpærɨs in English; in French) is the Capital of France and the country's largest city This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. A velodrome is an arena for Track cycling. Modern velodromes feature steeply banked oval tracks consisting of two 180-degree circular bends connected by two straights History See also:CategoryTour de France by year The dominant sports newspaper in France Year 1903 ( MCMIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar or a Common year starting It is now the 48,712-seat home of football team Paris Saint-Germain (PSG). Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a Team sport played between two teams of eleven players and is widely considered Paris Saint-Germain Football Club, or PSG, is a French football club based in Paris. It was the national stadium until the Stade de France was built for the 1998 FIFA World Cup. A national stadium is a Stadium that typically serves as the primary or exclusive home for one or more of a country's national representative sports teams The Stade de France is a Stadium in Saint-Denis, France in the inner suburbs of Paris. The 1998 FIFA World Cup, the 16th staging of the World Cup was held in France from June 10 to July 12 after 60 years to celebrate the third edition scheduled The Parc des Princes stadium and grounds are owned by the City of Paris. The name Parc des Princes ("Princes' Park") was given to the surrounding area during the 18th century, when it was a forest used by the royal family for hunting. Hunting is the practice of pursuing Animals for Food, Recreation, or Trade.
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Velodrome
In one corner of the 19th-century Parc des Princes was a laboratory. That was demolished in 1897 and the site became a sports stadium. Year 1897 ( MDCCCXCVII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common It was so quickly and badly built that spectators were denied access to the stands when it opened on July 18. There were fears that the stands would give way under the weight of spectators. [1]
The track, managed by Henri Desgrange, who in 1903 founded the Tour de France, was 666 metres round, egg-shaped and almost without banking. Henri Desgrange (b Paris, January 31, 1865 &ndash d 16 August 1940 Beauvallon was a French Bicycle racer Year 1903 ( MCMIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar or a Common year starting History See also:CategoryTour de France by year The dominant sports newspaper in France The cycle track was the main feature but the size of the inner field meant other sports could be held there and, as Paris's main sports stadium, it accommodated the Olympic Games in 1924. The Olympic Games is an international Multi-sport event established for both summer and winter games Year 1924 ( MCMXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. By then the seating had expanded to 20,000 places. Desgrange and his successor, Jacques Goddet, then expanded capacity to 40,000. Jacques Goddet ( Paris, 21 June 1905 &ndash 15 December 2000) was a French sports Journalist and director of In fact there were 46,000 for the opening and the two were disciplined by the city authorities for overcrowding. [1]
At the same time, the track was reduced to 454 metres, given parallel straights and steeper bankings. The last man to win a race on it was Raymond Poulidor, when he won the last stage of the 1967 Tour de France. Raymond Poulidor, nicknamed Poupou (born 15 April, 1936 at Masbaraud-Mérignat in the Creuse Département of France) is Roger Pingeon, the overall Tour winner, accepted his yellow jersey in a stadium in which demolition had already started. Roger Pingeon (born August 28, 1940 in Hauteville) is a retired professional Road bicycle racer from France.
Demolition
The cycle track was demolished to make room for a bypass, the Périphérique, to be built around Paris. Boulevard Périphérique is a Ring road ( Périphérique) around Paris. Keeping the road to a straight line took it under one end of the track. Two of the Parc's four stands were demolished, and the rest stayed up for another two years before neglect meant they too had to come down. [1]
Jacques Goddet, who had taken ownership of the track on the death of Henri Desgrange, fought the demolition order. He said:
- "That the administration of the city, with an especially motivated sports advisor, should want to interrupt the activities of the company running the Parc - my company - demands explanations. We had been model partners going right back to the previous century, having the most courteous, the most straightforward dealings with the administration of the city of Paris, which owned our land from its beginnings. We were its tenants and therefore we had a lease. It had all the clauses that any lease would have, right down to rights to raise the rent, terms for extension of the period of lease… As tenants, paying rent, we were therefore entitled to our rights, which were that when the time came to eject us, there was a duty, without discussion, to pay us the costs of the ending of the lease. Those would have been considerable sums, because our little Parc, its buildings and installations, just 32 years old, and its pretty pink track were in excellent state and produced a good income.
- "We found out that what the city of Paris had told us was a lease - something that nobody denied - wasn't one! What had been called a lease, treated as a lease, was just an error of description on the part of the city of Paris. Since 1898! And we who thought we were tenants, with all the rights of tenants, rights that until then had always been respected, suddenly found that under the law we were common concessionaires, people who could be shown the door without any legal discussion and without any damages. "[1]
A lawyer had found that the hiring agreement in the 19th century included a clause that children of a local school were allowed free use of the stadium on Thursday afternoons. The 19th century of the Common Era began on January 1, 1801 and ended on December 31, 1900, according to the Gregorian calendar The city of Paris claimed no tenancy agreement would include such a condition. A tenant had exclusive use of what he rented. Therefore Goddet had just a concession to use the land and could be evicted without compensation. [1]
Goddet took the argument to appeal but failed. The velodrome became rubble to form the foundations of a soccer stadium. The track's shareholders received nothing in damages.
The Football stadium
The current Parc des Princes, designed by architect Roger Taillibert and built by Bouygues[2], was opened in June 1972 and is a true football/rugby stadium with no track around the pitch. An architect is a licensed individual who leads a design team in the Planning and Design of buildings and participates in oversight of Building Construction Roger Taillibert b 1926 in Châtres-sur-Cher (Loir-et-Cher is a French Architect, notable for designing the Parc des Princes in Paris and the Bouygues ( is a French industrial group listed on Euronext Paris exchange and is a blue chip in the CAC 40 Stock market index Year 1972 ( MCMLXXII) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. There have been two previous stadia on the site, which opened in 1897 and 1932, respectively. Both were essentially velodromes, and for many years (1904–1967) the stadium was the traditional finishing point for the Tour de France cycling race. A velodrome is an arena for Track cycling. Modern velodromes feature steeply banked oval tracks consisting of two 180-degree circular bends connected by two straights History See also:CategoryTour de France by year The dominant sports newspaper in France Taillibert's all-seater design has proven in retrospect to be well ahead of its time, requiring only cosmetic improvements to meet vastly increased comfort and safety regulations through the 1990s and early 2000s. Having acquired PSG on April 10, 2006, the international real estate investment firm Colony Capital has announced a plan to upgrade the Parc des Princes, including the building of luxury amenities and a capacity expansion to 54,000. Events 879 - Louis III becomes King of the Western Franks. 1407 - the lama Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Colony Capital LLC is a private international investment firm based in Los Angeles, California. However, the dismal performance of PSG since the takeover have caused this plan to be put on hold. Whether the proposed expansion has the approval of the Paris city council is unclear as of late 2007. Paris (ˈpærɨs in English; in French) is the Capital of France and the country's largest city :)
The football club Racing Club de Paris played its home games at the Parc des Princes from 1984 to 1990. Racing Club de France is a football club based in Paris. These days the club can be generally found playing in the Championnat de France Amateurs, The rugby union club Stade Français competes across the road at the much smaller Stade Jean Bouin, but sometimes uses the Parc des Princes. Stade Français CASG (usually known as Stade Français and Stade Français Paris) are a French professional Rugby union club based in the Stade Jean-Bouin is a multi-use Stadium in the 16th arrondissement of Paris, France.
The modern Parc des Princes hosted one of France's greatest football achievements, the 2-0 victory over Spain in the 1984 European Championship final. The French national football team represents the nation of France in international football. The 1984 UEFA European Football Championship final tournament was held in France. It was also the scene of one of French football's most spectacular disasters on November 17, 1993, when Les Bleus were beaten 1-2 by Bulgaria in the last minute of play and thus failed to qualify for the 1994 FIFA World Cup in the United States. The 1994 FIFA World Cup, the 15th staging of the FIFA World Cup, was held in the United States from June 17 to July 17 1994 At the club level, the Parc des Princes has been the scene of some of Paris Saint-Germain's most memorable European games, in particular a 4-1 victory over Real Madrid in the UEFA Cup quarter-final in 1993 in which PSG scored the crucial last goal on the very last play of the game. The UEFA Cup is a football competition for European club teams organised by the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA. Year 1993 ( MCMXCIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1993 Gregorian calendar)
Les Bleus have returned to the Parc des Princes only once since the opening of the Stade de France in 1998. On September 12, 2007, they were defeated 0-1 by Scotland in a Euro 2008 qualifier. The Scotland national football team represents Scotland in international football and is controlled by the Scottish Football Association. The 2008 UEFA European Football Championship, commonly referred to as Euro 2008, was the 13th UEFA European Football Championship, a quadrennial football
Parc des Princes also hosted various 2007 Rugby World Cup matches including the Argentina-Ireland showdown. The 2007 Rugby World Cup was the sixth Rugby World Cup, a quadrennial international Rugby union world championship inaugurated in 1987.
The second Parc des Princes hosted the final of the inaugural Rugby League World Cup in 1954, when Great Britain defeated France 16–12. The first Rugby League World Cup was held in France in 1954. The prime motivators behind the idea of holding rugby league world cup were the The Rugby League World Cup is an international competition contested by the men's national rugby league teams of the member nations of the Rugby League International Great Britain was traditionally one of the major national teams playing Rugby league. The France national rugby league team represent France in international Rugby league tournaments
References
External links
- Parc des Princes — WorldStadiums. com entry
- Aerial Photos
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