Camp des Loges
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The Camp des Loges, also known as the Ooredoo Training Centre for sponsorship reasons, is a sports complex located in Saint-Germain-en-Laye. The current version of the Camp des Loges officially opened on 4 November 2008. It is the second to have been built on the site, the first opening its doors in 1904.The sports complex has been the training centre of Paris Saint-Germain since the club's foundation in 1970, as well as playing host to the Paris Saint-Germain Academy since its opening on 4 November 1975. In July 2016, PSG chose Poissy as the site of its future performance centre, baptised Campus Paris Saint-Germain, which is scheduled to open at the start of the 2019–20 season.HistoryThe first Camp des Loges officially opened on 21 June 1904. Originally, it was a military camp reserved for soldiers of the French Army. In 1970, following the merger of football teams Paris FC and Stade Saint-Germain to form Paris Saint-Germain, it became the club's training centre.At the same time, the sports complex hosts the Paris Saint-Germain Academy, which opened on 4 November 1975 with the purpose of training young players. The pitch of the Camp des Loges is also the home stadium of the club's CFA and youth teams.The construction of a new Camp des Loges began in January 2008. The first stone was laid in July 2008 and it was completed in October 2008. At a cost of 5 million euros, the new training centre was officially inaugurated on 4 November 2008.
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