The ferris wheel, operated by the “fairground king” Marcel Campion, will be closed from July 2018. Councillors voted almost unanimously against renewing Campion’s licence for the attraction, which has sat intermittently on the Place de la Concorde near the Louvre museum since 1993. The deputy mayor, Bruno Julliard, said the councillors indicated they were not against a ferris wheel being erected elsewhere. In July, the council voted to axe the Christmas market he has run on the Champs Élysées since 2008. They want the Christmas market to be replaced with a more upmarket site selling products made in Paris.

Source: The Guardian November 22, 2017 18:51 UTC