Before the match on September 22 between OGC Nice and Valenciennes, Christian Estrosi, Deputy Mayor of Nice and President of the Nice Côte d’Azur Metropolis, Xavier Lortat Jacob, President of Nice Eco-Stadium, and Jean-Pierre Rivère, President of OGC Nice, presented how supporters can access the Allianz Riviera.
Unlike the Ray stadium, the new venue in Nice, the Allianz Riviera, is located outside the city. Therefore, the issue of accessing the stadium had to be clarified. This has now been resolved. Yesterday, during a press conference, clarity was provided.
There are four ways to get to the stadium.
Firstly, the bus. Forty shuttles and more than twenty buses from the city center will be available. Line 95 will go directly to the stadium’s doorstep. The estimated travel time from Jean Médecin is approximately 50 minutes, and its frequency will be every 6 minutes. The regular lines 9/10 and 200 Cannes-Nice will also be available for spectators. The 40 shuttles will have the advantage of being free and will allow retrieval of spectators parked on the outskirts of the stadium every 3 minutes.
Next are the two-wheelers. They will have access to a dedicated parking area at the stadium’s foot, accommodating 4,500 spaces.
Regarding cars, the key term is carpooling. The club and city council emphasize this to use fewer spaces.
However, there will be 12,000 parking spaces in peripheral parking lots. There will be two categories of parking:
– Reserved parking with prior reservation and its 4,043 spaces, reserved for subscribers for OGCN matches and available for reservation for other events.
– Non-reserved parking with free access and its 5,370 spaces: MIN Parking (3,180 spaces), Nikaïa Parking (800 spaces), P10 Digue des Français (620 spaces), P9 Lindbergh (240 spaces), and P4 La Glacière (530 spaces).
Note that there will also be more than 1,380 on-street parking spaces (free) and 1,200 spaces at the Arénas parking lot (paid).
Finally, the last mode of transport is the train. Supporters will access via the Saint-Augustin station, where free shuttles will wait for them in front of the Méarelli stadium via a secure path, and via the Saint-Isidore station through the Chemins de fer de Provence, 10 minutes on foot from the stadium.
People with reduced mobility will have access to parking located immediately adjacent to the stadium.
Access to the stadium seems complex and requires some habituation for supporters to get accustomed, but it is commendable that the transportation capacity is designed for 55,000 spectators, while the stadium has a capacity of 35,000 seats.
