--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Connor Sports:
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WHO: |
Gerflor Sports Flooring/EUROPE www.gerflor.com |
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Connor Sports/Chicago www.connorsports.com |
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Euro Basket 2015 and FIBA-Europe Organisers www.eurobasket2015.org |
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WHAT: |
Installation of custom courts for Euro Basket 2015. Media are invited to attend and view the custom court installation process and videotape and interview Connor, Gerflor and Euro Basket 2015/FIBA Europe officials. | |
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WHERE: |
One court per arena: O2 World, Berlin; Arena Zagreb, Croatia; Arena Riga in Latvia; Arena de Montpellier, and Stade Pierre Mauroy; Lille. |
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WHEN: |
Arena Riga: 28 Aug. at 11 a.m.; Arena Zagreb: 29 Aug. at 8 a.m.; O2 World: 31 Aug. at 8 a.m.; Pierre Mauroy: 3 Sept. at 8 a.m. (ALL TIMES ARE LOCAL) | |
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WHY: |
To install the custom courts for Euro Basket 2015 provided by Connor Sports a Gerflor company. | |
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BACKGROUND: |
The custom courts were requested by Euro Basket 2015 organisers and FIBA officials based on the success of the high quality of the courts supplied by Connor Sports for the 2014 FIBA World Cup in Spain. Each court is made of approximately 300 1.2192 meters x 2.1336 meters sections weighing nearly 90.7185 kilos with an installation time of four-to-six hours by a team of three Connor Sports Technical Ambassadors and 10 local laborers. A special creative graphic design was developed for each court. |