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France Has Had a Stadium without a Resident Club Since 1998: Each Year of Empty Chair Has Been Billed to the State by the Private Consortium

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Since its inauguration in 1998, the Stade de France has never hosted a resident professional club. The State has paid more than 100 million euros to the consortium Vinci-Bouygues to compensate for this vacancy, until 2013. A system deemed illegal that ends with the change of operator in 2025. More
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Since its inauguration in 1998, the Stade de France has never hosted a resident professional club. The State has paid more than 100 million euros to the consortium Vinci-Bouygues to compensate for this vacancy, until 2013. A system deemed illegal that ends with the change of operator in 2025. More

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SciencePost broke the news on Sunday, July 26, 2026.
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