The Shopping promenade in the northern shopping area of ​​Strasbourg on March 16, 2021. -

G. Varela / 20 Minutes

We have not finished talking about the brand new open-air shopping area, Shopping promenade coeur Alsace, inaugurated on Wednesday in Mundolsheim near Strasbourg.

But this time not necessarily for good reasons… And especially not in a way that pleases the Frey group, owner, designer and financier of the commercial complex.

Videos are circulating on the Internet, as reported by

France Bleu Alsace

, showing a party in one of the establishments in the commercial area.

An event necessarily prohibited in this period of health crisis which would have been held the day before the inauguration according to our colleagues, that is to say late Tuesday afternoon, and which could well have for origin an aperitif (which would have slipped) to celebrate the end of this long project.

Videos where we can see that the wearing of the mask, social distancing, barrier gestures, are not respected with a DJ who gives the party-goers an atmosphere for a moment.

A successful moment of celebration but which could have consequences other than health, even if for the moment no complaint has yet been filed.

Contacted by

20 Minutes

, Mathieu Mollière, communications director of Frey, assures us “not to know more for the moment” and to wait “possibly for news from local authorities.

"The company Frey, which does not really wish to make comments other than those granted to our colleagues, namely to be" neither the organizer nor the current "of this festival, tells us" to deeply regret this improvised aperitif which has deviated from the views of the videos »…

“What is very deplorable is that we carried out this project for two years while respecting all the precautionary health measures to ensure all workers maximum protection and safety and that this event has tarnished all that.

We very much regret it.

»An event that did not prevent many visitors from coming on Wednesday morning to discover this unique space in Alsace for shopping and family walks.

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