the Velodrome stadium, property of the club from January 1st?

According to Marsactu, the management of the OM would have reached an agreement with the company Arema for the exclusive exploitation of the stadium Vélodrome from 1 January 2019. This was their main objective.

After months of negotiations, pikes, threats and promises, Olympique de Marseille and the company Arema are, according to the website Marsactu, reached an agreement on the exclusive exploitation of the stadium Velodrome. Specifically, the club can do what he wants with the enclosure for a rent paid to the former provider.

If this information is confirmed, Jacques-Henri Eyraud will have managed, two years later, to achieve one of the major objectives of the Champions Project. Indeed, he and Frank McCourt have planned large investments Velodrome and side to maximize the moment that fans pbad boulevard Michelet every game.

Among their ideas, there is the improvement of the lighting but, especially, a development of the Chanot park located just next to the Velodrome to build a kind of OM Land in which the restaurants and the shops of derivative products would mix with activities to make customers wait. Sorry, the fans …

R. N.