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Fan-zones, strike on the RER B… What you need to know before attending the Champions League final

2022-05-27T18:42:22.550Z


Liverpool and Real Madrid face off this Saturday evening at the Stade de France, in Saint-Denis. For this event organized "in three months instead


“Normally, it takes eighteen months to organize such an event.

We had three… ”It is an understatement to say that the police headquarters had to take up a huge challenge to define its battle plan for the Champions League final.

The match, which will take place this Saturday evening at the Stade de France, should have been held in Saint Petersburg.

But because of the war started by Russia in Ukraine, the decision was taken in February to relocate the meeting.

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To make things even more difficult, two European monsters will face off on the pitch.

Liverpool and Real Madrid, two clubs with passionate supporters.

The Dionysian enclosure with 80,000 seats is obviously full.

So, "6,800 police and soldiers will be mobilized as part of the organization of the final, to guarantee the smooth running of the meeting, to ensure the safety of goods and people in Paris and Saint-Denis and to enforce the measures taken to this end, ”announces the police headquarters.

A fan-zone for Spanish supporters with tickets is thus planned in Saint-Denis, from noon.

After the match, it will be open to residents who have previously registered with the city.

English people who also have tickets are asked to go directly to the Stade de France as soon as possible.

But what worries the police above all are the Liverpool fans who will land in Paris without sesame, and who risk wandering in the capital.

Honoring their reputation, they should be (very) numerous.

Nearly 40,000 people are announced.

Hence a gigantic fan-zone planned for them as a result, Cours de Vincennes (12th century), open from the start of the afternoon.

To calm the ardor, the sale and consumption of alcohol will be prohibited from 6 p.m. Saturday and until 2 a.m. Sunday, on a perimeter established in the municipality of Saint-Denis as well as in the airports of Roissy and Orly.

Only 4 out of 5 trains from 5 p.m.

Finally, the police headquarters recommends favoring public transport, with traffic and parking restriction measures being instituted in Saint-Denis and around the Parisian fan-zone.

Problem, due to a strike on line B of the RER, which serves the Stade de France, the RATP and the SNCF announce for this Saturday two trains out of three on average during the day and 4 trains out of 5 from 17 hours until the end of service.

In addition, the Gare-du-Nord interconnection is suspended.

This means that you will have to change trains, and probably go to the surface station, several floors above, to continue your journey.

The SNCF therefore invites travelers to favor the RER D. The Plus de trains association says it is “furious”.

“Many foreign supporters do not know the line and will be lost, worries Arnaud Bertrand, its president.

It's going to be very difficult.

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Source: leparis

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