Théâtre du Châtelet
Théâtre du Châtelet (theatre, 1st arrondissement): €278.6M of City money since 2010, 30 Paris Council deliberations and municipal bulletin extracts, every fact linked to its source.
Source: Conseil de Paris, Bulletin municipal officiel, opendata.paris.fr, data as of 13 September 2026.
278.6€M
paid by the City for this place since 2010
Théâtre du Châtelet is a theatre located on place du Châtelet in the 1st arrondissement of Paris, inaugurated in 1862. Wikipedia ↗
What the City funds here
239.7€M
paid · 2010–2024
Annual subsidy to the operator, Théâtre Musical de Paris →
18.1 €M in 2010 · 15.6 €M in 2024
Click a year for its amount and the Conseil de Paris decision.
Works and renovation
38.9€M
paid · 2010–2022
7 building projects paid, from the City’s published accounts.
18 contracts signed in 2014–2019, 25.9 €M ceiling
394 k € in 2010 · 249 k € in 2022
2024
Click a year for its amount and the Conseil de Paris decision.
The 7 projects
TMP CHATELET - RENOVATION2016–2022 · City accounts25.8€MTMP CHATELET - RENOVATION2017–2022 · City accounts5€MTMP CHATELET2009–2013 · City accounts2.9€MTMP CHATELET2011–2013 · City accounts2.4€MThéâtre Chatelet - Sécurité2014–2018 · City accounts1.6€MTMP CHATELET - RENOVATION2014–2020 · City accounts963k €Théâtre Chatelet - Sécurité2014–2017 · City accounts340k €The 18 contracts
Travaux tous corps d'état Théâtre du Chatelet lot 2BALAS · 201710.2€MRestauration Théâtre du Chatelet-Travaux Patrim lot 3BAUDIN CHATEAUNEUF · 20175.3€MRestauration Théâtre Chatelet-lot 4- Machinerie SceniqueBC CAIRE · 20172.9€MMaîtrise d’œuvre Mise Normes Tech./restauration Décors Théâtre ChateletPHILIPPE PUMAIN ARCHITECTE SARL · 20152.8€MTravaux Réseaux Sceniques Théâtre Chatelet lot 5SNEF · 20171.4€MTravaux Curage Depollution Théâtre ChateletVALGO · 2017660k €Facade Théâtre D Chatelet -lot 8:METALLERIE/PDUITS VerrVERRE ET METAL · 2018483k €Assistance à maîtrise d’ouvrage Subséquent Conduite Opération TH. Ville et Th.chateletARTELIA · 2017429k €Travaux Monte-orchestre Théâtre du Châtelet 75001BAUDIN CHATEAUNEUF · 2015309k €Installations Électriques Théâtre du Châtelet 75001TRAVAUX BATIMENTS ELECTRICITE SECUR · 2015291k €Travaux Restauration Facade Principale Théâtre Chatelet 1ERSTE LOUIS GENESTE ET SES FILS · 2019281k €Remplacement Armoires Électriques Th.chatelet 75001 M.STRAVAUX BATIMENTS ELECTRICITE SECUR · 2014184k €Restauration Statues du Théâtre Chatelet lot 7ATELIERS ENACHE · 2018132k €Restaur Facade Théâtre Chatelet lot 9:candelabres/lanterEIFFAGE ENERGIE SYSTEMES IDF · 2019118k €BCT Restauration Partielle Decor Théâtre Chatelet lot 1QUALICONSULT · 2016104k €BCT Restauration Partielle Decor Théâtre Chatelet lot 1QUALICONSULT SECURITE · 2016100k €Maîtrise d’œuvre et Cssi Installations Électriques Théâtre du ChâteletSOC INT DE TECH AVANCEES ET DE SECU · 201485k €Remplact Contrepoids Rideau de FER Théâtre du Châtelet 75001A M G FECHOZ · 201581k €Outside the figure: 316 k € of works and renovation, in 2009. The City publishes investment from 2009, subsidies from 2010.
A contract amount is a ceiling: what was actually paid on it is not published by the City.
What the Paris Council said about it
6 moments chosen from the 30 deliberations read.
OCTOBER 2020The opposition calls for the audit's publicationThe subsidy draft of 15,800,000 euros was examined alongside two motions from the Changer Paris group, one calling for publication of the audit on the theatre's management, the other on its future.NOVEMBER 2018Private sponsorship contested in sessionA tripartite sponsorship agreement with the Fondation du Patrimoine and the association to finance the works.MARCH 2015The works schedule and staff's fate in questionA motion on the planned renovations: Jean-François Legaret, mayor of the 1st arrondissement, laid out the schedule as he said he understood it — from summer 2017 to summer 2019, i.e. two and a half seasons — and raised the question of the fate of the 143 staff members and the continuity of programming.JUNE 2009Presented in session as the City's largest grantThe deliberation draft combined an operating-subsidy amendment and an equipment agreement for a total amount of 9,273,000 euros.MAY 2008The extension principle comes before the CouncilThe Council approved the principle of extending the theatre into the former Hôtel du Palais, 2 quai de la Mégisserie, the procedures for awarding the project-management contract, and the filing of demolition and construction permit applications.SEPTEMBER 1999Completion announced in session, amendment contestedThe amendment to the stage-tower contract (800,000 francs, or 1.4% of the overall works budget according to Alain Le Garrec) was contested; one councillor announced his personal abstention.2 more moments, 1996–2017
MAY 2017Advertising as a source of works funding, debatedThe Council adopted the public domain occupancy agreement for an advertising display space on the scaffolding, despite the Green councillors calling for a vote against it.MAY 1996The clarity of spending disputed in sessionAn equipment subsidy of 1,200,000 francs and a safety-works operation of 3,530,000 francs were voted on the same evening.Other places · Culture
