FC Metz: "A 'travel guide' for our disabled supporters" (Hélène Schrub)

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Hélène Schrub, managing director of FC Metz (Ligue 2 BKT) - ©  D.R.

"We want to encourage our disabled supporters to support us away from home. But today, it's often an obstacle course to support a club away from home when you have a disability. That's why we're going to create a travel guide that will list the most accessible stadiums and give details of how disabled people can get to each venue they visit," said Hélène Schrub, managing director of FC Metz (Ligue 2 BKT), to News Tank on 21/10/2024.

"FC Metz is not a club that has the structures or the sporting and economic model to play in Ligue 2 on a long-term basis. Relegation at the end of the 2023-24 season unfortunately had an economic impact on the accounts closed on 30/06/2024, and of course it will have an even greater impact on those for 2024-25. Add to that the drop in TV rights, and you have an economically complicated situation," continued Schrub.

"As we have a BEA, the renovation project for the Stade Saint-Symphorien (28,825 capacity, Metz, FRA) is being carried out by FC Metz. The total cost of the project, including those already completed - the south stand and south-west corner …

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Hélène Schrub, managing director of FC Metz (Ligue 2 BKT) - ©  D.R.

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