The Bordeaux-Bègles Union continues to put pressure on the naming issue. After the statements of their president Laurent Marti on France Bleu Gironde, who felt that the club should “reduce the sails” if it did not have the authorization of the town hall to give the name of a sponsor, the club crossed a new stage this Wednesday. He has launched a petition, accessible on the online platformchange.org. This Wednesday at 2 pm, more than 1,400 people had signed it.
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“Today, a beautiful 100% Gironde family business (…) is interested in naming the stadium for the next 7 seasons. This is a strong signal and a unique opportunity which would allow the UBB, with the agreement of the City of Bordeaux, owner of the stadium, to preserve its competitiveness for the seasons to come “, writes the UBB in the text of the petition, which points out the disagreements with Pierre Hurmic.
“Today we come up against a priori negative from the Mayor of Bordeaux, but we are convinced that we can convince him thanks to a massive support from supporters, partners and supporters of the club“, writes the club. During a recent municipal council, the mayor of Bordeaux had indeed assured that “the town hall will continue[it] to accompany the UBB, but certainly not to accompany the change of the name of the stadium “.
When to the declarations of Guillaume Chaban-Delmas, grandson of, and municipal councilor of opposition, who feared that the naming distorts the Bordeaux heritage, the UBB replies that “the current Chaban-Delmas stadium, which we called there a little Lescure, and previously Stade Municipal, is not immutable “.
