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The capital of Flanders is due to host part of the basketball and handball events next summer.
Rebelote. After the hoteliers of Châteauroux, it is the turn of their Lille counterparts to suffer cascading cancellations from the organizers of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. Thousands of hotel nights have been canceled in the capital of Flanders which is due to host a game basketball and handball events, the organizing committee said on Monday, confirming information from The voice of the North.
“Seven months before the Games, we have released rooms in Lille which we estimate can (still) be reserved by the start of the competitions, respecting the terms of the contract», confirmed the organizers to AFP, without specifying the number of nights concerned. “It wasn’t a good surprise», Regretted Boris Delecroix, president of the Lille-Métropole hotel club, which brings together 90 hotels. He estimated that these cancellations represented “around 2000 nights per day over around ten days.»
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“Not great news” for hoteliers
More than fifty handball and basketball matches are scheduled at the Stade Pierre-Mauroy during the Olympic Games. “We are quite optimistic with this period of the Olympics which is going to be busy. We are used to hosting major sporting events in Lille, and we are experienced in this exercise. We remain confident. We are used to major cancellations in advance», added Boris Delecroix. We are quite close to Paris too, and some may prefer to stay in Lille, we remain in relatively accessible price ranges. But we are not going to hide, this is not excellent news.»
The organizers also mentioned the “proximity» between Paris and Lille to justify this “released“. An Olympic village based at the Villeneuve-D’Ascq Stadium, with nearly 500 rooms, must be delivered between the end of March and May to accommodate the athletes.