Rytas plays most of its matches in its Jeep Arena, but it can only hold 2,500 people and the capital’s team plays its main matches in the Twinsbet Arena, which has a capacity of 10,000. basketball fans, but the arena itself belongs to the main rivals – Vilnius Wolves.
The LKL champions are trying to claim the best possible conditions for themselves, not forgetting the scenario that “Rytas” may not play a home match at the “Twinsbet” arena. Speaking about negotiations with another club in the capital, Wolves Twinsbet manager Andrius Žiauberis said that this year Ryts was offered even better conditions than last season, but Wolves’ neighbors are not satisfied even with that.
“The negotiations are not closed yet. I want to emphasize the fact that we offered “Ryta” better conditions than they had last season, not even considering the fact that inflation is growing in both the Lithuanian and European economies. Inflation in the entertainment sector is on the rise, the minimum wage is on the rise. Despite the fact that all services are becoming more expensive, we offered “Ryts” better conditions than they had.
Negotiations are such a thing that they have to resist at some point, and “Rytas” itself understands by what day it can provide an answer”, said A. Žiauberis during the presentation of the team.
In the meantime, the most loyal fans of “Ryto” – “B Tribuna” – appeared on Facebook. The black and white red group say it’s time to show their values and settle for playing in a smaller arena.
“It’s time for us to be first. Rytfans agreed with such sentiments and spent the summer. An impressive culmination of the season, which showed the potential of us and the club. There seemed to be no other solution than to stay in that arena and continue to grow the fan base.
But it’s time to be first not only on the basketball court. It’s time to put our values above all economic interests and finally say let’s not have that Russian sabaka on our side anymore. All summer there has been a push for better conditions, but why do we need it?
It’s time to stop taking a principled position only when it’s convenient for us. In this way, we only feed the Russian bear and allow it to hand out tickets to matches for free by paying for them ourselves. Time to fight the enemy not only on the basketball court. Not only with words, but also with deeds. Especially after the information published by S. Malinauskas in recent days about the claws of Kremlin oligarchs sticking out of the asg.
Let’s remember last season in that arena, where it was not comfortable. They have not become our home, and next season we will only see more annoying ads shoving their products in our eyes and promoting the businesses of Russian oligarchs. Let’s also remember the provocations from the lodges, when mercenaries did everything to annoy our community and cause conflict.
We understand that there are doubts about how this will be received by the fan community after such a season. But we can assure you that she will understand. Understand the existence of a clear vision and plan where we go next. We will understand and do our best to implement this plan and not be at the mercy of our competitors.
Summarizing the situation, we encourage you to choose smaller houses. Smaller ones, but with the freedom not to support an enemy whose values are clearly unacceptable to us. We want clarity about the new arena and the vision of where we are going, not a futile jostling with Wagner pilots. If we choose the opposite option, we will not be silent, so our opinion will definitely be heard,” writes “B tribune”.
2024-09-03 03:16:36