Slug Euro 2016 Paris Stadium
Dateline Paris, France - Recent
Story Number 5047199
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Feature on Euro 2016 venue Parc des Princes in Paris.

SCRIPTING INFORMATION:

The Parc des Princes is the home of French Ligue-1 champions Paris Saint-Germain.

The stadium was built on former royal hunting ground - architect Roger Taillibert's distinctive concrete structure opened in 1972.

The stadium was refurbished for Euro 2016 at a cost of 75 million euros, paid for by PSG after signing a new lease with the City of Paris for a period of 30 years.

It will host four group games, and one round-of-16 game.

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1. 00:00 Various of exterior of Parc des Princes.

2. 00:41 Various of inside the stadium.

3. 01:01 SOUNDBITE (ENGLISH) Jean-Claude Blanc, Deputy general director of Paris Saint-Germain "The challenge we had was to renew, completely, Parc des Princes, while still playing in the stadium. So we never closed one seat, we never closed one tribune, while we have been renovating completely the Parc des Princes. The idea was to explain, and to show very quickly that the ambition of the club was big, that we were demonstrating to the players that they were joining a club with big ambitions. Therefore it was key to us that from the dressing room to the quality of the pitch, quality of the seats was up to date with every new stadium being built in Europe."

4. 01:46 Various inside the Parc des Princes stadium.

5. 02:05 Various of the pitch.

6. 02:25 Various inside the cloakrooms.

7. 02:52 Wide of boardroom.

8. 02:56 SOUNDBITE (ENGLISH) Jean-Claude Blanc, Deputy general director of Paris Saint-Germain:

"We invested a lot of money, under the supervision of our chairman, Nasser Al-Khelaïfi. It was 75 million euros. We started by negotiating a 30-year lease with the City of Paris, to allow us to programme such a big investment. It must have been one of the biggest private investments into an existing stadium, in France. The reason we did it was image, to show that we were changing, transforming the club, from a medium-sized club to a top European football club, one of the top 10 worldwide sport franchises."

9. 03:39 Various of pitch.

10. 03:50 Various of VIP lounge.

11. 04:09 SOUNDBITE (ENGLISH) Jean-Claude Blanc, Deputy general director of Paris Saint-Germain "A stadium today, for a major European football club, has to be a business destination, and it has to be a destination for the fans. You have to take care of the fans. You have to make sure they are in the best security conditions to attend the show, to attend the match."

12. 04:28 Pan from the panoramic bar to the pitch.

13. 04:52 Various of stadium stands.

14. 05:11 SOUNDBITE (FRENCH) Jean-Claude Blanc, Deputy general director of Paris Saint-Germain "It will be a showcase for us, for the club and we are happy that Europe, that the big European players discover the quality of the infrastructures of the Paris-Saint-Germain. It was our commitment to (mayor of Paris) Anne Hidalgo and to the city of Paris when we negotiated the 30 years long agreement (of the lease of the stadium) to ensure that this stadium is completely renovated for the Euros. It was our commitment to Jacques Lambert, the head of Euro 2016, and to Michel Platini, saying this stadium will be ready even if we have limited time to do so - we will deliver, we will enable the city of Paris to be ready for this event."

15. 05:48 Various of pitch.

16. 06:10 Various general views of Paris.

SOURCE: SNTV.

DURATION: 7:10.