By Eurohoops team/ info@eurohoops.net
The city that will have the honor and responsibility to host the next Final Four will be Madrid. Jordi Bertomeu announced it just before the start the press conference of the final. The CEO of the Euroleague revealed that there are a lot of cities that asked to organize the next Final Four. So, Madrid will host a Final Four after its last seven years ago, 2008. The 2015 Turkish Airlines Euroleague Final Four will be held at the Palacio de Deportes de la Comunidad de Madrid from May 15 to 17. The Euroleague final will be played in Madrid for the sixth time since 1958 and the city will host its third Final Four.
Euroleague Basketball President and CEO Jordi Bertomeu was joined by General Director of sports and youth of Comunidad de Madrid, Mr. Pablo Juan Salazar to make the announcement prior to the Turkish Airlines Euroleague Championship Game Press Conference at Mediolanum Forum in Milan.
“This year had many candidates interested in welcoming the Final Four, but we have decided to return to Madrid, because it fulfils all the requirements of being a great host city,” Mr. Bertomeu said. “It is a European capital with easy access in a well-connected central location. Madrid has a great arena in the city center. It is a basketball city with a huge basketball fan base, which has filled the arena for every Turkish Airlines Euroleague game played there. And Spain is one of our strategic markets.”
Watch again from Mediolanum Forum Jordi Bertomeu’s announcement about Madrid and the official press conference of the final!