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because the authorities focused on the commemoration!
«When we chose July 23rd with the city of Nice, The authorities could only study our file after July 14th
we didn’t know that the commemorations would and the Prefect told us on July 18th to implement the
be so important. If we had known, we would have same security measures as for the commemoration!
postponed it. But we managed to organize it despite the We had to close all the Prom’ from North to South, to
constraints! The disappointment for us is that many implement 165 concrete blocks, permeability barrier
athletes were not nice to us about the date change... we vehicles, double fences, 200 security agents, volunteers,
would have liked a bit more understanding considering providers, VIP, media... identification of every car... A
the circumstances.» Explains Yves Cordier. huge work that we didn’t imagine in addition to the
technical organization of the event. The bill is very high
Regarding security, there will a «before» and but it was important to hold on and to show that Nice
«after» July 14th for every event: the standards and its Prom’ could live again. For 2018, we will work
and requirements are very high, which frightens with the city to anticipate the tools and techniques to
many organizers. Consequently, a lot of events implement.» Says Yves Cordier.
were cancelled in 2016 and 2017 because of the
requirements needed. «To make the Prom’ live again», it was the main
goal of the organization and the Promenade
«We had worked with the services to offer a huge des Anges, an association of help and defense of
security like no other in Nice. However, the ceremony the victims and families. The president Emilie
of July 14th stopped us on the completion of our file Petitjean pointed out during the press conference
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