“Sportica was our Notre-Dame”: Gravelines mourns its basketball hall destroyed by flames

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2023-12-26 20:55:10

He stops then apologizes. The emotion is too strong. At the mention of the Sportica, Richard Duquesne cannot hold back his tears. His sentences are punctuated by uncontrollable sobs. Monday, December 25, the famous Gravelines basketball hall, which plays in Betclic Élite (the 1st national division), went up in smoke, devoured by flames.

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“It’s a disaster”, “a vision of apocalypse”, describes Romuald Coustre, the club’s general manager. His video of the disaster published this Tuesday morning on social networks was seen more than 150,000 times in a few hours. Proof of the emotion aroused by this spectacular fire. Because the Sportica is not just a simple basketball hall, “It is the gathering place for the entire region,” explains Coustre.

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