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FIBA organizers to put focus on transportation in last two months of hosting preps

Published Jun 29, 2023 02:12 am
The mass transportation of teams and personnel from the hotel to the venue still emerged as one of the biggest concerns the FIBA World Cup organizers must address with 58 days left before the actual games begin on Aug. 25.

*Deputy event director Erika Dy addressing the questions from the press during the test event.

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FIBA and the local organizing committee managed to point out the transport challenges among other minor concerns during the Samahang Basketbol ng Pilipinas Invitational Games on Wednesday, June 28, which serves as a test event for the World Cup. “We are here to run a test event to see how ready we are in 58 days to deliver the World Cup,” said FIBA World Cup executive David Crocker during the test event at the Araneta Coliseum which will house the Group A and B action including some of Gilas Pilipinas games. “What we’re trying to do here is understand ‘are we ready?’ There's a lot of self analysis, a lot of self criticism… to make sure that everybody’s experience is amazing when they come here,” he added. Deputy event director Erika Dy pointed out that navigating through the metro traffic, especially for games set at the Philippine Arena, remains a challenge for the organizers. Dy shared that the organizers made a simulation of the transportation on Tuesday, June 27, and while the travel from the Grand Hyatt Hotel in Taguig to the Big Dome appeared to be seamless, the same couldn’t be said for the travel time to the Philippine Arena in Bocaue, Bulacan. “We didn’t have problems yesterday with regards to transporting teams from the Grand Hyatt to Smart Araneta Coliseum and we did that route during the draw as well and it went well,” shared Dy. “The Philippine Arena ride was still a challenge, we’re still hoping to shave off up a few more minutes of that bus ride,” she added, noting that the World Cup buses were trying to utilize EDSA carousel bus lanes in hopes of trimming the travel time. Crocker also echoed the Dy’s sentiments, saying that transportation is the biggest concern right now for the organizers as they hope to strike a balance of cutting the length of the trip and also not creating delays for the general public. “We had great cooperation with the highway patrol group to help us work out the best routes, clear the traffic but we’re also conscious about not creating a dilemma for the general public as well,” said Crocker. “We’re trying to find a smooth way to figure it all out. Transport is absolutely the biggest challenge,” he added. Still, the organizers are glad to pinpoint these problems ahead of time and not during the actual games itself. “That was really the goal to spot as many problems as we can. To  be honest, if I don’t see any problems today I’ll be more worried so I’m happy that things are coming out so we can correct them early,” said Dy.

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