The sub-prefect justifies the dismantling of the marquee and the ban on the sale of alcohol during Saumur-Bordeaux

During the meeting between Saumur Olympique and the Girondins de Bordeaux last weekend, the sub-prefect of Saumur,
Christophe Carolwas present. It was notably a question of welcoming and managing Bordeaux supporters, in terms of security, and with regard to the measures taken upstream.

In Ouest-France, the sub-prefect was notably asked to justify two decisions taken at the moment, such as the dismantling of the marquee and the ban on the sale of alcohol after half-time. If for the marquee it was notably because “it was
secured to the ground”, for the alcohol it was more as a precaution.

“I was positioned between the Barnums and the group of Bordeaux supporters. I was thus able to observe the many comings and goings of individuals carrying glasses of beer throughout the first half and the consequences on certain visibly tipsy individuals. The regulations require operators of drinking establishments to stop selling alcohol to people who are clearly intoxicated. I took upon myself a decision of general scope by considering the circumstances of the moment, namely the impossibility in a stadium of prohibiting the consumption of alcohol by a few individuals taken in isolation and the risk of scuffles caused by people visibly more in control of themselves. This decision seemed all the more necessary to me when children were in the audience and fights generally lead to dangerous crowd movements.”

Bordeaux supporters are not only targeted on this last point. Once again, like the travel bans beforehand, this is “prevention”, but we can see that everything is going… well.