This will be a first since the 38th day of Ligue 2 BKT of the 2022-2023 season against Valenciennes Football Club, AS Saint-Étienne will open the balconies of the Kop Nord and Kop Sud for the match against Reims this Saturday.
A small event for the Geoffroy-Guichard stadium which is currently only temporary. Indeed, this decision is solely linked to the closure of the Kop Nord and the Kop Sud for this meeting by the disciplinary committee of the Professional Football League. The opening of the balconies allows AS Saint-Étienne to recover nearly 4,500 additional seats for this poster. It should be the same for the reception of the Football Club de Nantes, on January 19 at 3:00 p.m., since the two clubs of the Chaudron will once again be closed.
However, there is currently no question of a lasting reopening. If the Kops are accessible, the balconies will not be. For several months now, AS Saint-Étienne and the owner of the Saint-Étienne Métropole stadium have been discussing the issue of balconies and more particularly the non-separation of flows between the balcony and the kop. Another problem, that of toilets, the public with a place on a balcony does not have dedicated toilets, or even a refreshment bar.
Saint-Étienne Métropole proposed a solution to ASSE, which would make it possible to separate flows at the stadium entrances. This solution is only viable with greater security personnel in order to control the movement of people in the stand, since the problem of sanitary facilities as well as the refreshment bar would not be resolved. A solution which would entail a significant additional cost for the club and which has not yet received the green light to be tested.
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