2023-09-25 12:27:36
We will have to wait a little longer to see basketball again at the Palais des Congrès. While he had planned to install his baskets and his floor there for two event matches in October – against the Portel, the ex-club of the recruit Nadir Hifi, on October 15 in the championship, then against the Hamburg Towers in the Eurocup , October 18 – Paris Basketball was forced to review its plans.
The reason ? The accumulation of files in the prefecture’s offices due to the upcoming Paris Games which did not allow the official approval of the Porte Maillot performance hall as a “sports venue” to be received in time. Sine qua none condition for the organization of the match.
“We will not be able to go there at the start of the season due to a problem with the approval file and the delay,” regrets Mathias Priez, general director of Paris Basketball. But the project is not abandoned yet. The Palais des Congrès was a suitable place. We wish to continue our relocation policy that we have had in place for years. We will see in the future if we can go and play a match there when the hall obtains its approval, that’s what we hope. But there, it was too short. » An astonishing situation since the room was the scene of the champions’ match between Limoges against Chalon (78-76) in September 2012.
Still, Paris Basketball had to face setbacks. If the match against Hamburg was reversed quite quickly – the Parisians will play the first leg in Germany – the match against Le Portel was more difficult to resolve.
The Halle Carpentier will indeed host the International Wheelchair Rugby Cup from October 18 to 21, 2023 and the configuration of the room was to begin on Thursday 12. Finally, Paris Basketball – which had requested to play the match on Thursday or Friday – obtained the right to play in its usual lair on Saturday October 14 at 2 p.m. Installations for the wheelchair rugby competition will begin at the final buzzer.
As a reminder, David Kahn’s club will play its first match in its new arena with more than 8,000 seats, located Porte de la Chapelle, in February 2024 against Saint-Quentin. Until then, he will travel to the Accor Arena on October 8 against neighbor Boulogne-Levallois (Betclic Élite, 8th day), on December 23 against Strasbourg (Betclic Élite, 17th day), and on January 13 for a shock against Monaco (Betclic Elite, 19th day). Other surprises are not excluded in the event of a good performance by the Parisians, undefeated after two days in the championship, in the Eurocup.
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