He is a bit of a bombshell in the padel world in France and perhaps even in the padel world in general.

Padel Central Lyon, the Lyon indoor padel club is closing its doors.

It was the first club in the Lyon region to embark on the padel adventure.

Laurent Bériard is "one of the pioneers of this sport”Explains Jérôme Bécasset, president of Padel Lyon Club. In August 2014, the club officially opened its doors with its 4 padel courts and 1 singles with an indoor terrace unique in the world of sport.

But there, "how to fight rent disproportionate to the activity?”Says Thomas Maurand, one of the managers of this Padel Central Lyons.

Laurent Bériard, the creator of the center gave everything, but we had to face the facts, the rent was too high

Another question that Thomas Maurand poses: "What support can the French Tennis Federation provide for private padel clubs? Although we are nevertheless lucky to be in an active line, we observe that the FFT differentiates between municipal clubs and private clubs and does not necessarily offer the same assistance.. Let's not forget that it is the private padel clubs that have allowed padel to get to this point.”

Tomorrow, Lyon will wake up an orphan of Padel Central Lyon. Thank you again to the whole Team for the great moments spent with you and the gigantic work to develop our sport.

Franck Binisti

Franck Binisti discovered padel at the Club des Pyramides in 2009 in the Paris region. Since then, padel has been part of his life. You often see him touring France to cover major French padel events.

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