According to a leaked letter by Musée du Louvre director Laurence des Cars, published by Le Parisien newspaper, the entrance under the pyramid is now "structurally unable to cope" with visitor ...

The entrance to the building—I. M. Pei’s Louvre Pyramid—was designed to accommodate just half of the visitors it currently does. To alleviate that issue, a new entrance will be created at the museum’s ...