Thanks rady :thup: .
I´m going to tell you what I know. I hope you understand my "english" :rolling:
Real Madrid has two sportive sections: the fútbol (soccer) team and the baloncesto (basketball) team. In the past we had 25 different sections and, at this moment, the Club is working to have another 3 sections (futsal, feminine soccer and rugby). In spite of the fact that lately we are not very important sportingly, we continue being Real Madrid Baloncesto, the most storied and successful basketball team in Europe (fans worldwide, important tv rights,...):
http://www.realmadrid.com/especiales/75anosdebaloncesto/portada_esp.htm
The Club has been working the last years in order that the basketball team compete in the NBA (the European competitions don't generate a lot of money; Real Madrid Baloncesto has a 15M euros budget but only generates 1'5M, the soccer team always pay the rest). And the new president, chosen this summer, is very interested in this project.
We are going to built a 90M euros Arena, and a NBA expert will come in a few days to direct the design. Pics:
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=275592&page=8&pp=20 (today the link to this forum does not work, I hope that tomorrow it will be arranged and you can see this renders).
Last summer the soccer team went to Chicago and LA in its SummerTour2005; the Madrid executives had met with Stern, Bull executives and Lakers executives. This summer (SummerTour2006) we visited Seattle and Salt Lake City, there we met NBAexecutives and Dave Checketts (it is said that maybe he is the key person in this project).
In this interview (
http://www.as.com/articulo/futbol/Dentro/anos/estaremos/NBA/dasftbA00/20060818dasdaiftb_14/Tes/) Ramón Calderón, the president, said that in 2008 or 2009, the NBA is going to choose 4 european teams to compete in the East Conference and Real Madrid it is going to be one of them.