No longer say “MMArena” but “Marie Marvingt stadium”: on July 27, in a press release, the mayor of Le Mans Stéphane Le Foll announced the new name chosen for the 25,000-seat enclosure, including the naming contract with the insurer MMA ended on June 30. “In consultation with the mayors of the metropolis and the municipal majority“, specifies the elected official, it is the name of a pioneer of aviation which has been retained.
Stéphane Le Foll explains that it is for the city of Le Mans to commit “on the recognition of women athletes and their talents“, specifying that the choice of the name of Marie Marvingt “carries a new ambition for the Le Mans stadium. When the women’s team of Le Mans FC settled in Ligue 2, this choice reflects a real connection with the projects of the territory“.