I do not say that we will win, but I had the feeling that it was not too badly welcomed. "Although cautious, Bertrand Delanoë masked not yesterday expressed satisfaction with the outcome of his great oral before the French tennis Federation (FFT). After Gonesse and marne-la - Vallée, but before Versailles, Mayor of Paris has defended Saturday his project for Roland Garros in sports bodies. This afternoon, it is to 163 Councillors in Paris that the Chief Magistrate will detail his project which should be adopted despite the veto of the environmentalists.
Two months before the verdict of the FFT on 12 and 13 February, Paris, party favorite, finally faced a more serious competition that she imagined. Its three rivals (see below) are not deprived of asserting that they had, unlike Paris, actual land reserves. Despite the emotional connection that it maintains with the historical site of Auteuil in Paris West door, the TTF feels indeed very to the narrow in its 8.5 hectares. She dreams of space and hedgeable courts likely to provide even more than better live TV. Paris has that 5 hectares of extension to offer him, but offers to revise its local planning (PLU) scheme to cover the court Philippe Chatrier and build a new stadium of 5,000 seats. The project involves however destroy part of the Serres d'Auteuil, to the chagrin of residents, who filed a petition, but also elected representatives Greens, very angry. "The game is worthwhile not." "With the Grand Paris, could very well imagine to the tournament elsewhere", they say in substance. The Town Hall, she insists that "the historical greenhouses are not affected. An attempt to win the last, Paris also proposed the FFT a convention, whose unusual duration-99 years - likely to talk. "It is a way to respond to the fact that competitors are squarely field," acknowledged Bertrand Delanoë.
The levy is controversial
But the real lifeblood, finance. The Parisian project would cost twice cheaper than its competitors: between 235 and 250 million euros, according to estimates. It would be, as the others, funded by the FFT, but the Mairie de Paris to allocate a grant of EUR 20 million. However, City Hall plans to increase the levy paid by the FFT by 2012. Amount (EUR 1.6 million) been debate since a report of the Inspector General of the city held more than ten times less than the actual price. Agreement to pay a little more, the FFT did however not go so far and is not deprived of raise the pressure. Paris therefore had to revise its ambitions downward and propose a progressive fee: EUR 3 million 2016, and then, if the agreement is signed, a rent indexed on the evolution of the sales of the FFT (140 million today), which is expected to climb as a result of the modernization of the site. Term, the FFT could spend 5-7 million euros per year, a sum which it deems "reasonable and balanced", but which, on the other hand, is debate within the UMP. While the former Sports Minister and leader of the opposition, Jean-François Lamour, very attached to that "Roland-Garros remains to Paris", asked his troops to vote the vow, discordant voices could be heard, yesterday, in a group meeting. "Bertrand Delanoë held a red carpet to the FFT!" The charge should have been more important. "This is what the Parisian taxpayers subsidize the FFT", is thus annoys David Alphand, who should "little ten" alongside other elected UMP, wear away this afternoon in the vote.
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