The mayor, David boatand the President of the Mataró Sports Basketball Club Somgrocs, Joan Pi, They signed on Wednesday, June 18 The collaboration agreement for the celebration of the 3×3 World Tour Challenger in Mataró. The presentation has been made to the offices of the port of Mataró, where this sporting event will be held during the weekend of September 27 and 28.
Mataró will have an international media event of One of the emerging and Olympic sports disciplines from Tokyo 2020. In Europe, the two cities that will host the 3×3 challenger are the French city of Lyon and Mataró. This competition is a qualifying stop of the professional circuit of the World Tour that will have the final in the Chinese city of Macao.
Economic and media impact
To the port of Mataró, specifically in the parking area, two game tracks will be installed: one to compete and the other to heat, with stands for 600 spectators. A Fan Zone is also expected, training and commercial activities around one of the urban sports that has been professionalized thanks to its inclusion in Olympics.
At the diffusion level, the event has a YouTube channel with 1 million followers around the world as well as their social networks. As for the hotel occupancy, it is estimated to receive the speakers of about 150 people only with athletes, coaching staff and members of the FIBA.
The initiative is one of the points of the 2023-2027 mandate plan “Support for sports events that give relevance to the name of the city” and one of the agreements between the municipal government (PSC and Comú Podem) and Junts for Mataró for budgetary stability.
