Since the signing of leasing contracts between the city of Nice and private companies, a number of concerts are held on the main field (400m track and central lawn). Thus, ACDC in June, Prince in July, and David Guetta in August utilize the venue for their performances. Unfortunately, the undeniable financial contributions brought by these shows come at the expense of athletics practice.
Because nearly 3,000 users of the complex are affected (students, young people from neighborhoods, and club members). Firstly due to the closure caused, sometimes during the school year. Secondly, because of the deplorable condition in which the venue is left after each concert.
Yet communication around the Charles Ehrmann stadium remains focused on high-level sports practice. With the project of the DECANATIONS meeting (2011), the organization of the Francophonie Games (2013), and the hypothetical revival of the NIKAIA meeting on the condition that ten million euros are “found,” announcements abound.
A few days before the Prince concert, Nice Premium wishes to alert its readers to the future of this stadium. Restoring it after the damages could cost nearly 2.5 million euros. A sum too significant for this scenario to be repeated every year.
Doesn’t the fifth-largest city in France deserve a quality athletics arena?
