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Men's Ice Hockey at 2030 Games May Be Moved to Lyon or Paris
Organizers are weighing existing arenas in Paris and Lyon after technical and financial reviews found Nice’s hockey plan too costly.
- On Tuesday, French Alps Games organizers announced they are considering Paris or Lyon to host men's ice hockey at the 2030 Winter Olympics, following a political deadlock over the originally designated Allianz Riviera stadium in Nice.
- Nice Mayor Eric Ciotti, elected last month, refuses to relocate the resident football club from the Allianz Riviera, preventing the stadium's conversion into a temporary hockey rink.
- The Paris Entertainment Company submitted a bid last week to host matches at the Adidas Arena or Accor Arena, as organizers target existing metropolitan facilities with a minimum seating capacity of 10,000.
- Nice remains the planned host for figure skating, curling, and short track events, while the women's ice hockey tournament might still occur at the city's exhibition center, pending International Ice Hockey Federation approval.
- Organizing committee head Edgar Grospiron will present exploration results to the executive board on May 11, with the International Olympic Committee expected to confirm the final venue map by the end of June.
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"In the spirit of moderation and budget optimization, Cojop decided to expand its investigations and study the possibility of using existing facilities in other large metropolises, such as Lyon or Paris, which meet the minimum capacity of 10,000 seats."
Nice's mayor Eric Ciotti is against ice hockey games in the football stadium. The alternative is hundreds of kilometers away.
On Tuesday 28 April, the Organising Committee suggested that it was planning to move a game of hockey to Lyon or Paris, in the face of the difficulties encountered in Nice, where the new mayor Eric Ciotti was not aligned with the original projects.
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Total News Sources30
Leaning Left10Leaning Right4Center8Last UpdatedBias Distribution46% Left
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- 46% of the sources lean Left
46% Left
L 46%
C 36%
R 18%
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