The City of Lyon will not host the Top 14 semi-finals in 2024 and 2025. Partly because the City Hall refused to let a championship partner exhibit SUVs on Place Bellecour.
As usual, Lyon was among the cities in the running for host the Top 14 semi-finals, the French rugby union championship. The capital of Gaul, however, did not not been retainedin favor of Bordeaux, for the 2024 and 2025 editions. A decision amid controversy…
In fact, journalists from Progress revealed that a political choice would be the basis of this elimination of Lyon. The city refused to let a championship partner exhibit SUVs on Place Bellecour. “In this file, a point of detail appearedwrites Julie Nublat-Faure, Deputy Mayor, on Twitter. The refusal by the City of Lyon to place an SUV in the middle of Place Bellecour. »
“Yes, the City of Lyon, as for many years, no longer welcomes advertising cars in the heart of the city, she continues. Why ? 1. UNESCO (…) 2. We do not wish to promote this model car which engulfs public space and who is also a proven threat to pedestrians, children, the elderly from the top of its imposing body. » Ah, those big bad SUVs, designed to kill children… What about the vans, trucks and other buses, by the way?
The city of Lyon is not “car dealership”
Grégory Doucet, green mayor of Lyon, of course went in the same direction. “The city of Lyon is not intended to become a car dealership« , he said at the microphone of BFM Lyon. “We are very, very careful that eco-responsibility is at the heart of all major sporting events”
Contacted by BFM Lyon, the National Rugby League also reacted. She explains that candidate cities are rated on 45 criteria. These are diverse and varied. They concern both the reception of supporters and the accessibility and the place allocated to partners, equally. According to them, Bordeaux’s candidacy was simply better than Lyon’s, hence his election with 19 votes against 11.
« The Town Hall is reasonable, she did not want to compromise on this point of the vehicles on the square. But that’s not why Lyon wasn’t selected.”concludes the NRL.
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The City of Lyon will not host the Top 14 semi-finals in 2024 and 2025. Partly because the City Hall refused to let a championship partner exhibit SUVs on Place Bellecour.
As usual, Lyon was among the cities in the running for host the Top 14 semi-finals, the French rugby union championship. The capital of Gaul, however, did not not been retainedin favor of Bordeaux, for the 2024 and 2025 editions. A decision amid controversy…
In fact, journalists from Progress revealed that a political choice would be the basis of this elimination of Lyon. The city refused to let a championship partner exhibit SUVs on Place Bellecour. “In this file, a point of detail appearedwrites Julie Nublat-Faure, Deputy Mayor, on Twitter. The refusal by the City of Lyon to place an SUV in the middle of Place Bellecour. »
“Yes, the City of Lyon, as for many years, no longer welcomes advertising cars in the heart of the city, she continues. Why ? 1. UNESCO (…) 2. We do not wish to promote this model car which engulfs public space and who is also a proven threat to pedestrians, children, the elderly from the top of its imposing body. » Ah, those big bad SUVs, designed to kill children… What about the vans, trucks and other buses, by the way?
The city of Lyon is not “car dealership”
Grégory Doucet, green mayor of Lyon, of course went in the same direction. “The city of Lyon is not intended to become a car dealership« , he said at the microphone of BFM Lyon. “We are very, very careful that eco-responsibility is at the heart of all major sporting events”
Contacted by BFM Lyon, the National Rugby League also reacted. She explains that candidate cities are rated on 45 criteria. These are diverse and varied. They concern both the reception of supporters and the accessibility and the place allocated to partners, equally. According to them, Bordeaux’s candidacy was simply better than Lyon’s, hence his election with 19 votes against 11.
« The Town Hall is reasonable, she did not want to compromise on this point of the vehicles on the square. But that’s not why Lyon wasn’t selected.”concludes the NRL.
To read/see also on Auto-Moto.com:
Speed cameras: with the return of good weather, they will flourish in Lyon!
This rugby league club is looking for drivers… for remote control cars
With bare hands, these rugby players move a car after their match against Stade Toulousain
