As you know, the operator of the Matmut Atlantique, SBA, is expected to file for bankruptcy in the coming weeks. Despite a conciliation which ended in December, SBA was unable to find common ground with the Metropolis. Despite everything, via France Bleu Gironde / ICI Bordeaux, the President of the Metropolis, Christine Bostensures that this will not weigh on the taxpayer.
“The amount (remaining to be paid) for the building is 85 million euros and the debt is already in the accounts of the metropolis. We already pay five million euros per year. They are already the responsibility of the taxpayer. I don't know in what fantasy we imagined that the banks were going to immediately demand the balance of the debt. But if this fantastic scenario were to happen, the metropolis could pay off this debt in one go since it has 800 million euros of annual investments.”
Unfortunately, nothing is going as planned for this stadium built for Euro 2016. On ICI Bordeaux, Nicolas
Florianwho took over from Alain Juppé, gave his feelings on everything that is happening around the enclosure.
“Looking back, it didn’t happen as we had imagined. But when we decided to build this stadium, and until two or three years ago, it was a model that fit well. But at the time, there was not the situation of the Girondins de Bordeaux, and the financial situation of SBA which, today, is worsened by the abandonment of the naming.
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