Last year, Paris FC became the first professional football club to offer its supporters free access to the stadium to watch its various matches in the stands. The club has decided to continue its free admission policy for the 2024-2025 season.
The matches of a Parisian club accessible for free for all supporters. As you will have understood, this is not Paris Saint-Germain but Paris Football Club, which currently plays in the second division. “Paris FC is pleased to announce that the general public will once again be able to attend the Stade Charléty free of charge for Ligue 2 BKT and Arkema Première Ligue matches for the entire 2024-2025 season”the club said on Monday, July 22.
More than 100,000 spectators last year
As in the second half of last season, all tickets for Paris FC matches will be offered free of charge. on the club’s online ticket office. And this unprecedented free admission policy has already borne fruit: more than 105,000 people attended the matches of the last 6 months of Ligue 2 BKT and D1 Arkema of the 2023-2024 season completely free of charge. At each match, there were more than 7,140 people who went to the stadium, approximately twice as many as the previous season. The match against the Association sportive de Saint-Étienne (ASSE) on March 2, 2024 even recorded its first sold-out match and also broke the record for the number of spectators at the Stade Charléty, with 17,358 people present in the stands.
According to the press release published by the club, Paris FC also managed to be among the Top 3 clubs whose attendances increased the most last season. “We are very happy to continue to offer free admission to all of our matches at the Stade Charléty. We have brought together and united an audience, while committing ourselves with strength and conviction. We would like to thank all of our partners without whom this system would not have been possible. We are convinced that a club is the ideal tool to unite goodwill and respond at its level to societal challenges.”said Pierre Ferracci, president of Paris FC, in a press release.
A cause defended at each match
At the same time, the club will continue its “1 match / 1 cause” operation, which consists of highlighting a different non-profit association during each match with the aim of supporting the chosen association. This involves promoting on social networks, awareness-raising actions on match days, fictitious kick-offs and, above all, fundraising on the official ticketing website. Last year, the associations “Secours Populaire”, “On remuet le frigo”, “Protection civile”, “Fondation pour le sport inclusif”, “Gol de letra”, “Union pour l’enfance”, “Un espoir pour Haby”, “L’école à l’hôpital” and “Vaincre la Mucoviscidose” were thus supported.
And the surprises don’t stop there: “Fantastic new initiatives will be announced in the coming weeks, in order to make the matches even more attractive and to see even more fans come out to support the players who need it so much”promises the club in the same press release.
Source: www.e-marketing.fr
