Dubai sheikhs looking to form a EuroLeague club and host Final Four / News - Basketnews.com

Sheikhs from Dubai are looking to form a team and compete in the EuroLeague through a wild card, SDNA reports. The businessmen also propose to hold the Final Four for three consecutive seasons in the Dubai's Coca-Cola Arena.

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The NBA will host several of its preseason games in Abu Dhabi, UAE the upcoming week. SDNA report that sheikhs from Dubai are looking to join the EuroLeague world as well.

Greek journalist Sotirios Vetakis from SDNA.gr reveals that a group of businessmen from the Middle East country want to enter the EuroLeague with a team and hope to receive a wild card at some time in the near future.

According to Vetakis, the sheikhs also propose an idea to hold the EuroLeague Final Four in the Coca-Cola Arena in Dubai for three consecutive years. One of the people involved is the owner of a chain of luxury hotels. As a result, the promise is guaranteed hospitality at a luxury level, Vetakis reports.

The journalist states that the investor group has already visited the last Final Four in May in Berlin as well as several other destinations in hopes of acquiring business relationships and contacts in European basketball.

An offer has been reportedly sent to the current 13 EuroLeague shareholders and the league's management to hold a meeting in Dubai in October, which has been reportedly accepted.

According to SDNA, several EuroLeague clubs are already keen on agreeing with the proposal.

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