The map of venues for the 2030 Winter Games is now finalized. And it no longer resembles the bid dossier at all. the ice rink in Nice having been relocated to LyonThe southern region thus finds itself deprived of its main source of events, and now only has the Briançonnais hub. What to challenge the 50-50 financial which had been agreed upon between the two host regions?
« We were all caught off guard In this matter, we will find a solution., replies Renaud Muselier to Dauphiné. It's not because of the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region that they were able to recover the ice centerIt's because of a far-right mayor in the south (Eric Ciotti, editor's note) who didn't want the Games. Today, I don't know. (...) Everything is complicated. We contribute to the budget of the Organizing Committee for the 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games (COJOP) and to SOLIDEO; it's not the same thing. The same goes for the financial guarantees. »
The question was also put to the president of the AURA region, Fabrice Pannekoucke. We have defined financial agreements and commitments regarding the financial cost must, in my opinion, continue.Because if, today, we find ourselves in a situation that is evolving, it is not the North that went looking for something. " he believes. Now that the map is approved, the subject will certainly be put on the table in the coming weeks.
