“It is completely assumed”, we support the side of the Departmental Council of Lot-et-Garonne. “The file presented was very light with no element concerning the sports personalities welcomed, the media coverage, the time taken to pass…” The cost-benefit ratio tipped the scales towards the end of inadmissibility.
Popular games
A decision welcomed by Jean-Marie Tovo, president of the Departmental Olympic and Sports Committee 47. “They are absolutely right. These Games were to be popular, open to all, and the Departments are required to pay a sum which is not proportional to their means. I am of course disappointed that the flame does not pass on our premises, but even more by the cost requested by the Paris 2024 organizing committee. I am very proud that Lot-et-Garonne refused under these conditions. »
The absence of this Olympic symbol will not spoil the party for the Lot-et-Garonnais, we slip on the side of the Saint-Jacques hotel. A steering committee is currently working on the reception of foreign delegations around the seven certified centers, the nautical base of Temple-sur-Lot in the lead, in the department stamped “Terre de jeux”.