The proposed national stadium, colloquially referred to as the 'Grand stade' met with controversy at every stage of planning; the stadium's location was determined by politics, finance and national symbolism.
Predloženi glavni nacionalni stadion koji se u procesu natječaja nazvao "Velikim stadionom" od samog je početka planiranja obavijen kontroverzom; lokaciju stadiona određivali su politika, financije i nacionalna simbolika.