By Eurohoops team/ info@eurohoops.net
A newly refurbished basketball court has opened its doors in Madrid thanks to an association between Euroleague Basketball’s corporate social responsibility program One Team and Dogus Group’s Stay in the Game initiative.
The facility at IES Pio Baroja, a public school in the Usera district to the south of Madrid’s city centre, was given its official opening on Thursday in a special ceremony attended by several luminaries of European basketball.
Among those was Euroleague Basketball Ambassador Ibrahim Kutluay, the former Euroleague champion who is now also the executive board director of Darussafaka Dogus Istanbul.
Kutluay was thrilled to support the event, saying: “This is exactly what the association between One Team and Stay in the Game is all about: providing grassroots assistance to young people in local communities, and encouraging them to play basketball.
“It’s great that the One Team and Stay in the Game projects have made the refurbishment of this facility possible.”
This event marked the sixth such court refurbishment carried out since Euroleague Basketball and partner Dogus Group joined forces last season, with four courts in Athens and one in Berlin also being unveiled.