The future Meinau stadium with its completely redesigned South stand.
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POPULOUS & REY FROM CRECY_LUXIGON
Last week, RC Strasbourg presented the future Meinau stadium.
It will be renovated by the start of the 2025 school year, for a project costing 100 million euros excluding taxes.
This project is not unanimous among readers of
20 Minutes
.
It's normal !
Some attack its architecture, others its cost or its future capacity… Others respond to them.
"La Meinau is not just football, it is a fabulous place where we can easily meet with friends or family," explains for example a contributor, favorable to the project.
A south stand completely redone and soon higher than the others, the reception capacity increased from 26,000 to 32,000 spectators and work finished in September 2025 ... Since Tuesday, the renovation project of the Meinau enclosure in Strasbourg, is known.
It will be "a stadium of tomorrow with the atmosphere of today," Marc Keller was pleased to say.
The President of Racing did not hide his pride in front of the first plans of the selected English architectural firm, Populous.
The readers of
20 Minutes
do not all share his enthusiasm for the consultation that we have launched.
Several critics come back with insistence.
Starting with the next aesthetic of the building.
"The current homogeneity of the stadium will be broken", regrets Ugo, referring to the future South stand which will rise about 30 meters above its neighbors.
"We can observe a form of dimensional imbalance compared to the other North East and West stands which are however the most popular and which creates the exceptional atmosphere that we know", adds Hubert.
"It lacks originality, it looks like a mini Anfield," adds David, obviously familiar with the lair of the Liverpool Reds.
Speaking of football on the other side of the Channel, Philippe is delighted to "keep the English stadium side with the stands close to the field".
Other positive points to read it, a "specific architecture of the stadium [...] respected", the maintenance "of standing places for the kop in order to promote the atmosphere and preserve the soul of the stadium, the creation of a museum, not of naming ”.
On Facebook, Mél Anie summarizes, “superb project!
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"All that to only have 6,000 additional seats?"
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However, there are other sticking points concerning it.
Like its future gauge of 32,000 people.
"All that to only have 6,000 additional seats?"
"Asks David, who hoped for a capacity" between 35,000 and 40,000 places ".
"It would not seem oversized to me compared to the representation of Strasbourg, capital of the Grand-Est region, official seat of the European Parliament and border city with Germany, a major footballing country," he argues.
Response from Marc Keller?
“What we want is a full stadium.
There, we will have the capacity to fill it ", explained Tuesday the president of RC Strasbourg, speaking of an" ambitious and realistic stadium ".
And which should allow the Alsatian club to generate additional revenue, today capped at "20 million euros per year" according to the leader.
"One hundred million euros thrown out the window"
The financial aspect of the project, 100 million euros excluding taxes, finally made the readers of
20 Minutes
react a lot
.
All the more so since the funds will come only from taxpayers, with in particular half of the budget contributed by the Eurometropolis and a quarter by the greater region.
“One hundred million euros thrown out the window for a non-essential need,” Yacha Tovaroff attacked.
“For the tool of a single professional football club, it's scandalous,” adds Sébastien, who has forgotten that the enclosure could be used for other events.
The president of the agglomeration Pia Imbs assured this during the presentation.
That should not be enough to calm the frustration of some, who feel that all this money could have been used for other priorities.
"This project will also provide work, construction sites are always welcome these days", nuance Emmanuel.
Arnaud, he invites all the detractors to come on a match night (except at the moment eh).
“La Meinau is not just football, it's a fabulous place where you can easily meet with friends or family.
We all know people around us who go there or wish to go there one day.
No need to be a fan, there is something for everyone.
We have a drink, we eat a bit and we sing, ”he writes, obviously not worried about the poor start to the season for the Alsatian players.
Their last two victories, Wednesday against Nîmes (5-0) and Saturday in Lens (1-0) should also reassure more than one of our contributors.
Racing is off to a good start to stay in Ligue 1.
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