The future is already preparing on the side of the Metropolitans Basket Club. While he still has three games to play in National 1 (Friday May 2 in Lyon So, against Saint-Vallier on Tuesday and orchies on Friday May 9) in an end of the season without stake as far as he is concerned, the Levallois club is already projecting.
According to our information, club representatives – including the deputy president Anthony Dagnaud – will go this Friday morning to the neighboring town of Saint -Ouen to visit the large nave located on the island of the Vannes. Elected officials from the commune of Seine-Saint-Denis will also be present. A final stage in principle before the announcement of a partnership between the various actors in the file.
Recently renovated as part of the Paris Games and officially inaugurated on June 28 on the occasion of the Grand Forum of Sports and Associations, this Sports Palace should indeed host Metropolitans matches next season.
Its capacity oscillates between 1,500 seats and 4,150 people in standing configuration. Summer camps for budding basketball players, supervised with educators of the Red Star Basket, should also be offered this year.
-“The team is called the Metropolitans and its DNA is in Levallois but that does not exclude other rapprochements to continue to develop in the region,” explains Luc Dayan, the club president, at the origin of the arrival of the American investment fund Eurostep Ventures last summer and the rescue of the Metropolitans brand after the brutal stop of the town hall of Boulogne. “Sport has this strength to be able to bring and federate various populations,” continues the leader.
In their agreement with the city of Levallois, the Metropolitans have the possibility – and the desire – to play up to five games per season outside their city. Other destinations in Île-de-France are said to be studying to welcome meetings.
Next season, the first team will still be coached by former international Sacha Giffa. The latter succeeded Franck Le Goff in January after the leaders’ decision to dismiss him for serious misconduct. A decision that the N2 climb coach in N1 disputes. The case will be examined by industrial tribunal in the coming months.
In the meantime, club leaders will go to the Federation Control and Management Commission on Monday to present their future budget. It should be increased slightly. A new equipment supplier could also be announced soon.
