The Côte d’Azur Sport and Tourism Cluster was launched from the Sports Museum at the Allianz Riviera, in the presence of the president of the departmental council, Éric Ciotti.
“What better place than the Sports Museum to launch the Côte d’Azur Sport and Tourism Cluster?” In front of a crowd gathered in the main hall of the Sports Museum, which for the occasion was decked out in the colors of the European Nations Championship, speakers took turns on stage. Rudy Salles, deputy mayor of Nice, did not mince his words. Here, inside the Nice Stadium, this launch salutes connected sports, which continues to develop on the Côte d’Azur.
A connected sport that “benefits from the dynamism of the Côte d’Azur Metropolis,” which, as Rudy Salles reminds us, “was voted the fourth Smart City in the world in 2014.” The city of Nice can particularly rely on Côte d’Azur startups like My Coach Football, Soccer Park, Panini, and Prozone, all recognized internationally.
In addition, the Côte d’Azur hosts numerous international sporting events. Recently, the Francophone Games were held in Nice in 2013. And besides Euro 2016, Nice will host matches for the Women’s World Cup in 2019.
Rudy Salles added that “this Cluster represented a strong desire to work on joint subjects.”
David Lisnard, the mayor of Cannes, wished to thank the presidents of the hotel syndicate and the Regional Tourism Committee, as well as the president of the sports museum for her welcome. The mayor of Cannes then elaborated on sports, “a fundamental need of humans, conveying values of effort, sharing, competition, but also health and well-being.”
“The Côte d’Azur is a land of sports and events.” David Lisnard also announced the creation of the website www.cotedazur-sejours.com. He then specified that “the department is the key link in the CRT’s financing,” before handing over the floor to Éric Ciotti.
The president of the Alpes-Maritimes Departmental Council presented his “strong ambition”: “to bring together tourism and sport, and ensure that sport serves tourism and tourism serves sport.” Éric Ciotti also listed emblematic places and clubs of the Côte d’Azur, like OGC Nice and its Allianz Riviera, the Antibes Sharks and their Azur Arena, or the RC Cannes volleyball players.
“Not to mention the unique mountain infrastructures: the Colmiane zip line is now the longest in the world.” According to Éric Ciotti, “the Alpes-Maritimes is the most sporting land in France.” And this Côte d’Azur Sport and Tourism Cluster would not disagree.
The main representatives of sports and tourism companies then signed a sporting welcome charter, later joined by Éric Ciotti, Rudy Salles, and David Lisnard.
