Has the velodrome become too small? For the past three seasons, the Marseille speaker displays full to almost all matches. Indeed, OM has reconquered its audience and thus continues the big crowds at home. Last Saturday, the club even broke its record upon receipt of AS Saint-Etienne (5-1). They were 66 199 supporters to fill the stands of the Vélodrome. Now it is more difficult to find a place for an OM match.
As a result, some faithful of the Olympian club dream of seeing the enclosure reach 80,000 places in the coming months. A will not really shared by Sébastien Jibrayel, sports assistant. Guest of the program “Good evening Marseille” on BFM Marseille Provence on Wednesday evening, he said that the expansion of the Vélodrome is not a priority for the municipality at present.
It costs expensive
“You would put 120,000 people, there would be 120,000 Marseillais. There is a craze in this city, not like in all the cities of France ”he said first.
“Obviously, we would all like to have a larger stage. We, today, our priority is proximity sport. This proposal can be studied, but it has a cost. So, today, we will not take the risk of saying that we are for “continues the sports assistant.
However, the expansion of the velodrome is only a matter of time and money. “If one day finances are there with partners, then why not enlarge it“, Loked Sébastien Jibrayel. For the time being, the Marseillais will have to be satisfied with the 67,000 places available.
