They traveled an hour to accompany the players and friends to the basketball game. Only to then find the gym in Via Giussani closed to the public: the Municipality must carry out the work to bring it up to standard. They then endured two hours of waiting in the car park and, once the race was over late in the evening, they returned home, rather annoyed, to Carnate, in the Monza hinterland.
It’s not the first time this has happened, but the new competitive season has just begun and the problems in the primary school gym in Via Giussani are starting again. In fact, for about ten years the Italian Basketball Federation (through the Regional Committee) has been asking for a capacity certificate to authorize the entry of spectators, but the Municipality cannot issue it until it completes the interventions (carried out only in part) necessary to obtain the fire prevention certificate from the fire brigade. Since then, we have been sailing by sight.
The last episode
This time it was Basket Carnate who paid the price, who had never set foot in Como. He was supposed to play a match against Alebbio in the Regional Division 2 (the former Promotion), but neither Alebbio nor the Federation warned the guests that for the senior and youth championships the public cannot enter (except when the referees close not one , but two eyes; but in this case the company risks a fine).
«No one had taken the time to inform us and unfortunately we found out once we reached the gym. If we knew it before we would have avoided traveling kilometers and being around for hours”, says the president of the Monza club Angelo Corno. «On the FIP website the words closed doors are no longer indicated, and this generates confusion – points out Mauro Borghi, manager of Alebbio – Perhaps even the referees themselves were not well aware. Now, however, to avoid any misunderstandings, we will notify all the guest clubs.”
The facilities are missing
Beyond the mix-up over this affair, what emerged in Rebbio is one of the many flaws concerning the city’s sports facilities, and in particular the gyms.
Those in via Giussani and via Giulini are the only ones approved for basketball. However, the “Ronchetti” in via Giulini has been closed for over a year and the companies have had to emigrate amidst a thousand problems; the reopening was announced and postponed several times by the Municipality, the works only began in recent weeks.
Not to mention an important resource for various sports such as the Muggiò arena, abandoned since December 2013 and still without a future.
2023-10-22 13:00:00
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