Xinhua News Agency, Paris, March 28 (reporter Su Bin) US league basketball (NBA) announced on the 28th that Milwaukee Bucks team and Charlotte Hornets will play a regular season match in Paris in January 2020, this is the first time in the history of Paris to host the NBA regular season.
The competition will be held at the Accor hotel Stadium (formerly known as belcy Stadium) in Paris on January 24, 2020. They went to France for the first time in Bucks team and played a regular season in London, England in 2015. The Hornets participated in the NBA preseason in Paris in 1994. Currently, there are two French players Parker and Batum in the Hornets.
“Charlotte Hornets had the honor to participate in the NBA’s first regular season in Paris.” The boss of the Hornets club and the legendary NBA star Michael Jordan said that his team played preseason in France in the player era and felt the enthusiasm of French fans for NBA. He was very excited about the team’s trip to Paris to participate in this historic event.
As one of the joint investors of Stag Club, Wes Edens believes that the competition in Paris, a European metropolis, is in line with the club’s goal of building a global brand.
Paris Mayor Hidalgo said that the NBA event returned to Paris after ten years, which was a “real victory” for the city “.
It is reported that the ticket sales of this NBA regular season will start later this year.