The Old Port can blow. On Tuesday July 11, Tony Estanguet, President of the Organizing Committee for the Olympic and Paralympic Games (Cojo), returned to the possibility of seeing a Paris 2024 logo inscribed on the facade of the Vélodrome stadium in Marseille. at all an obligation, we never asked that it be the case. There is really this freedom given to the city of Marseille to put the logo there or not, he explained. We know that the Velodrome is a place easy to identify, to find, it is part of the heritage of our country; you don’t need to put the Paris 2024 sign on the Velodrome cap to find where the Games football match will be played. It’s important all the same, and I think it’s Marseille’s choice, to bring the magic of the Games to life here next year. »
Such an eventuality had moved some elected officials in the city, such as the deputy mayor Samia Ghali who had split a letter sent to the Cojo: “The Vélodrome is the temple of football in Marseille, with its historic club. Putting Paris on the stadium would be very badly experienced by the Marseillaises and the Marseillais. »
Contacted by AFP, the organizing committee had for its part explained “having clearly identified the specific question of the Vélodrome from the start”. “Paris 2024 is working with all Games host communities on the best way to deploy the look of the Games with, from the start, an approach that offers plenty of possible adaptations and for the first time a customizable look for cities” , added the Cojo.