Naperville among sites for prestigious basketball tournament ...

B? David Sharos
F?r Th? Sun

Jun 8, 2011 09:50AM

North Central College ?n Naperville h?? b??n name ?? one ?f th? sites f?r th? 2011 Nike Tournament ?f Champions? Summer Showcase basketball eventuality subsequent month.

Th? DuPage Convention ?n? Visitors Bureau announced th?? week th?t th? contest w??? b? played fr?m Jul 10-15 ?t several venues via th? area.

Considered b? many analysts ?n? collegiate coaches ?? b? th? m??t rival ?n? prestigious summer basketball eventuality ?n th? country, th? eventuality enters ?t? 13th deteriorate ?n? w??? embody some-more th?n 250 teams ?n? 4,000 tyro athletes representing 44 states ?n? Canada.

Last year?s showcase h?? a record assemblage ?f 544 college basketball coaches, counting member fr?m probably ???r? NCAA Division we ?n? II establishment along w?th dozens ?f Division III, NAIA ?n? youth college coaches.

Lisa Landers, executive ?f sales f?r th? DuPage Convention ?n? Visitors Bureau, ???? th? eventuality w??? yield ?n mercantile boost f?r th? area.

?W? h??? something ??k? 28 hotels here ?n DuPage County wh?r? blocks ?f bedrooms ?r? life hold f?r th??? prep athletes ?n? th??r families,? Landers ????. ?It represents approximately $6.8 million ?n mercantile impact f?r ??r county w?th anywhere fr?m 4,000 t? 5,000 room nights, ?n further t? th? restaurants th?t w??? b? employed ?n? th? area?s attractions.?

Landers ???? th?t until th?? year th? eventuality h?? b??n hold ?n th? northern suburbs ?f Hoffman Estates, Schaumburg ?n? th? city ?f Elgin, b?t th?t organizers ?w?r? looking f?r a different area w?th a accumulation ?f amenities.?

Tournament executive Steve Kozaki remarkable th?t th? DuPage plcae w??? b? ideal f?r th? foe ?n? concede f?r ?simple entrance b? participants ?n? spectators.?

?W? ?r? vehement t? b? conducting th? 2011 Summer Showcase ?n DuPage County, ?n? th? Visitors Bureau ?n? ??r hotel ?n? comforts partners h??? b??n inexhaustible ?n m?k?n? such ?n eventuality possible,? Kozaki ????. ?Th? apportion ?n? peculiarity ?f th? hotels, restaurants ?n? selling opportunities ?n DuPage ?r? a superb draw, ?n? th? vicinity t? downtown Chicago w??? m?k? ?t probable f?r some-more teams t? try th? city ?n th??r downtime.?

Oth?r locations f?r th? eventuality along w?th North Central College w??? embody Wheaton College, Ackerman Sports ?n? Fitness ?n Glen Ellyn, th? Bulls-Sox College ?n Lisle, th? Downers Grove Park District Recreation Center, Walker Athletics ?n Lisle, York Community High School ?n Elmhurst, th? Bartlett Community Center ?n? Addison Trail High School.

Source: http://www.asbigo.com/sports/naperville-among-sites-for-prestigious-basketball-tournament-chicago-sun/

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