NBA premiere of Dirk Nowitzki and his teammates in Germany / basketball highlight of the year on 6 October 2012 in the o2 World
On Saturday, 6 October 2012, the basketball highlight of the year will take place in the o2 World, starting at 8 pm: as part of the NBA Europe Live Tour, the Dallas Mavericks will play ALBA BERLIN for the first time, a team in the highest German national league. This is also the first meeting of an NBA team with a German team in the NBA Europe Live Tour. ALBA Group will support the game as an “Official Associate Partner of NBA Europe Live Berlin 2012, presented by BBVA™” and, starting immediately, will raffle four pairs of exclusive tickets for the already sold-out highlight game online at <link http: www.albagroup.de highlight _blank>www.albagroup.de/highlight.
“As main sponsor and name giver of ALBA BERLIN, we are very happy to be able to top off our unique partnership with the club, which has existed for more than 21 years, with a game as high-profile as this one. We are expecting an absolutely thrilling game. For us, it is important to support this type of basketball highlight and to further increase the interest in this great sport with German audiences,” says Dr. Axel Schweitzer, co-owner of ALBA Group and Chairman of the Supervisory Board of ALBA BERLIN Basketball GmbH.
“This is the first time an NBA team will play a German team as part of the NBA Europe Live Tour. The entire basketball community in Germany is excitedly looking forward to this game. Of course, we are very happy that our long-term partner ALBA Group will also support us in this unique game,” says Marco Baldi, Managing Director of ALBA BERLIN Basketball GmbH.
To accompany this top event ALBA Group plans as well a smallish surprise for all fans and viewers of the game at the ALBAmobil in front of the o2 World, starting at 6:30 pm on the day of the match.
In its sixth year, the NBA Europe Live Tour continues the tradition of NBA teams travelling the continent to play a series of pre-season games against the top teams of the Euroleague. The game in Berlin is the only game of this year’s tour that will take place in Germany. Istanbul, Milan, and Barcelona are the other three venues.
You will find information about the other exciting games played by ALBA BERLIN in the German basketball Bundesliga and the Euroleague here: <link http: www.albaberlin.de spielplan _blank>www.albaberlin.de/spielplan
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