The NBA and the Department of Culture and Tourism – Abu Dhabi (DCT Abu Dhabi) announced today that the Atlanta Hawks and the 2021 NBA champions, the Milwaukee Bucks, will play two preseason games at the Etihad Arena on Yas Island in Abu Dhabi on Thursday 6 and Saturday 8 October 2022. The NBA Abu Dhabi Games 2022 will be the first Global Games matches to be held in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and the Gulf. An event that is part of a multi-year partnership signed between the NBA and DCT Abu Dhabi, which saw, at the beginning of the year, the start of the first Jr. NBA Abu Dhabi League – a youth basketball league open to 450 boys and girls between the ages of 11 and 14, from local schools across Abu Dhabi. The partnership also includes a series of interactive events dedicated to fans with the participation of NBA players from yesterday and today, a series of health and wellness promoting NBA FIT clinics, as well as an NBA 2K League exhibition event at Middle East Film & Comic Con.
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The partnership also sees DCT Abu Dhabi in the role of official tourist partner of the NBA in the Middle East, North Africa, Europe and China, as part of “Visit Abu Dhabi”, the tourism promotion initiative of the capital of the United Arab Emirates. More than 220 talents, male and female, from the region, including five players from the United Arab Emirates, participated in Basketball Without Borders (BWB) and at the NBA Academy, the league’s elite basketball development programs dedicated to top prospects outside the United States. Since 2019, more than 500 boys and girls have also participated in the NBA Basketball School Dubai (UAE), a year-round basketball development program based on lessons for boys and girls aged between 6 and 18 years. More than 220 potential prospects, male and female, from the Middle East, including five players from the United Arab Emirates, have participated in Basketball Without Borders (BWB) or the NBA Academy, the league’s elite basketball development programs for the best. prospectuses outside the United States.
