Partizan fans collect more than €700K in three days to settle club's debt / News - Basketnews.com

Last Wednesday, Partizan started a crowdfunding initiative to help pay off the club's debt, and so far, the fans' response has been quite encouraging. The list of donors includes some prominent names.

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Three days ago, Partizan Mozzart Bet Belgrade fans launched a campaign to donate money to settle the tax debt of the basketball club.

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The action under the slogan 'We only have one Partizan' started on April 19 and will run through May 13. After that date, the club will pay the first installment for the settlement of its tax debt, which amounts to roughly 7,000,000 euros.

According to Mozzart Sport, until April 21, more than 9,000 payments had been registered by fans, friends of the club, and members of the Board of Directors. From April 15 onward, payments from abroad through payment cards will also be made.

The initiative was started by a group of 2,000 fans, which was accepted by the club, and as a sign of gratitude, it promised numerous benefits.

Overall and since the initiative kicked off, 746,000 euros (88,317,055 dinars) have been collected.

The club has announced that the names of the 1,992 largest donors will be engraved on the Stark Arena court, where the black and whites will play their matches as hosts next season, and every person donating more than 3,000 dinars will receive a gift T-shirt with printed signatures of players and coach Zeljko Obradovic, as well as a free membership card in the Standard category.

The payer of the highest amount will receive a lifetime honorary court-side seat that will wear the number 1,992 in honor of the year the club won its first and only EuroLeague.

Among the famous people on the list of donors are Dusko Pjetlovic (two-time Olympic gold medalist in water polo) and OKC forward Aleksej Pokusevski. So far, the heftiest donation has been 1,403,193 dinars (4,126 euros).

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