• Initially planned for delivery in 2022 (then in 2024), the Louis-Nicollin stadium should finally be completed, according to the latest projections, in 2026.
  • It is expected to be 84% financed by the Nicollin holding company, which will own it. Serm-Sa3M and Arac, the armed arms in terms of regional planning in the Montpellier metropolitan area and the Occitanie region, will each be 8% shareholders.
  • The announced cost of €150 million when the project was announced in 2018 would now stand at €245 million. A continuous increase that would not call into question the construction of this complex.

The financing of the future Louis-Nicollin stadium is about to be completed, according to La Lettre M. The sports and commercial complex will be 84% financed by the Nicollin holding company, with the support of the Banque des territoires. The Nicollin holding will own it, while Serm-Sa3M and Arac (Agence régionale aménagement construction Occitanie) - the armed arms in terms of regional planning in the Montpellier metropolitan area and the Occitanie region - will each be 8% shareholders.

According to Olivier Nicollin, president of the Nicollin group, the increase in raw material costs would lead to an increase in the cost of the stadium of around 20% compared to the latest estimates. "The combined increases in construction costs and interest rates lead to an increase of about 20% in the cost of the project," said the official website of the future stadium in November 2022. Amounts that, as often with such real estate programs, have continued to grow over time.

€150 to €245 million

During the first official announcement of the project, in July 2018, Philippe Saurel (DVG), then mayor of Montpellier, had mentioned an amount of 150 million euros, financed at about 70% by the holding Nicollin, the remaining 30% being shared between Serm-Sa3M and Arac. The stadium was to have 30,000 seats, a capacity revised downwards (to 24,000 seats), since. The cost of the sports arena, on the other hand, continues to grow since it is now estimated at 245 million euros, according to La Lettre M.

Initially planned for delivery in 2022 (then in 2024), the Louis-Nicollin stadium should finally be completed, according to the latest projections, in 2026. The filing of the building permit and the subsequent public inquiry are scheduled for the end of the first quarter of 2023. The future Louis-Nicollin stadium is to be built in Pérols, on the ZAC Ode à la mer. A group of residents has asked for a moratorium to stop this project.

The Stade Louis-Nicollin was to replace the Stade de la Mosson. It is in this stadium created in 1972 in the district of La Paillade, that evolves since its beginnings in 1974 the football team of Montpellier Hérault Sport Club, currently thirteenth in Ligue 1. The team, threatened with relegation, has found colors since the return to the bench of Michel Der Zakarian.

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