It is clearly no! Laurent Marti could not be clearer, the Union Bordeaux-Bègles will not return to the
Matmut Atlantic under the present conditions of things. SBA, the stadium operating company, and some elected officials like Fabien Robert therefore have their answer. For several months, they have been pleading for a return of the UBB to the Bordeaux-Lac enclosure with the underlying idea of reducing the deficit (3 million euros per year) of the SBA thanks to the large influxes that could achieve the current second in the Top 14.
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Problem, Laurent Marti does not hear it at all that way as he explains to South West : “When you’re in deficit, it’s up to you to fix your own problems. If SBA intends to settle its deficits by widening the deficit of the UBB, it will be without me. It won’t happen, it’s impossible. I can’t help it if SBA doesn’t do it. “By the way, the Bordeaux president recalls that his club lost nearly 1.5 million euros by going to play at Matmut Atlantique from 2015 to 2018.
Not just a financial question …
If this is “unthinkable” financially, Laurent Marti adds that “95% of our supporters and our partners tell us that they want to stay in Chaban because this stadium has a soul and it is very easy to access. There is both a financial problem but also a desire. ” As a reminder, The Matmut Atlantique operating company threatens to file for bankruptcy by early 2022 if no financial solution is found with Bordeaux Métropole or the Girondins de Bordeaux.
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