Paris 2024 is getting ahead. On his own roadmap. And, let's be clear, about the competition. The result of the American presidential election does not matter to Los Angeles. Californians know this. They had anticipated it. They will now have to fight hard, over the coming months, to distance themselves from Maison Banche and seek out, one by one, the voices of the IOC members who were offended by Donald Trump's remarks during the improbable campaign. succession of Barack Obama.
10 months before the election, Donald Trump's victory over Hillary Clinton caused Los Angeles' ratings to drop. But there is still a long way to go until the vote in Lima on September 13, 2017. The two other candidate cities, Budapest and Paris, are not immune to a political earthquake. In France, in particular, the presidential elections in May 2017 promise to be an equation with multiple unknowns for the Paris 2024 team.
In the meantime, in Paris, we are moving forward. The application team and the French capital signed, on Tuesday, November 8, a partnership agreement with the Yunus Center, the global organization dedicated to resources in the field of social and solidarity economy, founded by Muhammad Yunus, the prize Nobel Peace Prize in 2006. Under this alliance, “Paris 2024 is committed to building the candidacy for the Olympic and Paralympic Games while respecting the foundations and values of the social and solidarity economy, to improve the quality of life of citizens, increase social inclusion and support sustainable development. »
How ? Not easy. According to the application press release, a “social business” program carried out jointly with the French National Olympic Committee and the French Association of Olympians, will be dedicated to the professional retraining of high-level athletes at the end of their sporting career. Another initiative, much more societal: the commitment of Paris 2024 and the capital to support and help young people who live in the Paris region, and ensure that they take full advantage of the 250.000 jobs that would be created by the Paris 2024 Games .
Behind the scenes, the bid team worked on one of the major projects in the file, the athletes' village. Le Parisien unveiled, Tuesday, November 8, the results of a study carried out by a team of architects brought together by the DPA firm (Dominique Perrault Architecture). Its mission: to work on the possible contours of the future Olympic and Paralympic site.
The result turns out to be in line with predictions, but with some surprises. The 2024 Games village would be built in three municipalities in Seine-Saint-Denis: Saint-Ouen, L’Ile-Saint-Denis and Saint-Denis. We knew it. It would be built a few hundred meters from the Stade de France and the nautical center. We knew it too.
Le Parisien reveals that the village will extend over 46 hectares, on the water's edge, around the Cité du cinéma which will house the relaxation areas. A 5.000-seat restaurant alone will occupy around 11.000 m2. The architects imagined a pedestrian bridge which would allow people to go from this part of the village to the other, where some of the accommodation would be grouped together.
Surprise, in the 3D images presented by the Luxigon firm: the presence of a “market garden tower”, intended for the integration of agricultural activities in the heart of the city. The environmentalist touch of an Olympic and Paralympic project that its leaders have anchored from the outset in a very sustainable development vision. Another discovery: an immense glass tower, very close to that of Pleyel, proposed by the architects as a legacy of the Games.
For the rest, lots of green. On the ground, of course, but also on the terraces of buildings. The Lyon architects indulged in designing terraces and a swimming pool on the banks of the Seine.
Announced cost: 1,2 billion euros. A project whose financing would be ensured by public and private funds.
