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As a subscriber you can listen to articles at work, in the car, or while you work out. Subscribe NowUSA Basketball announced Nov. 18 it will move its headquarters from Colorado Springs to Glendale, Ariz. Indianapolis and Louisville
were the other front-runners. Indianapolis officials announced this summer they were out of the running.
USA Basketball was expected to make the suburb west of Phoenix its home thanks to longtime hometown executive Jerry Colangelo,
who assembled the 2008 gold medal Olympic basketball team.
Indianapolis’ central location and
strong reputation for hosting events, proximity to the NCAA and National Federation of State High School Associations —
both
key USA Basketball members — and access to the Indiana Pacers’ personnel and facilities were factors sources said put
the city
in favor with USA Basketball officials. And the city, which is already home to USA Track & Field, USA Gymnastics, USA
Diving
and U.S. Synchronized Swimming, has proven to be a successful home for national governing bodies.
But in the end, Colangelo’s clout was difficult to trump. Colangelo, who is Phoenix Suns chairman and managing director of
USA Basketball’s 2006-2008 Men’s Senior National Team program, this month was elected chairman of USA Basketball’s board for
the 2009-2012 term.
USA Basketball is planning to build a training facility to stage year-round signature basketball competitions and festivals,
exhibition games, youth instructional programs, skills camps, coaching clinics and conferences. Executive offices also will
be built as part of the project.
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