"The final four phase in London showed that such level of games should take place in countries where basketball is popular. As Lithuania is known as a basketball country in all of Europe, and Kaunas is the basketball capital of Lithuania, taking the final four to Žalgirio Arena would be a logical move on the part of the Euroleague," Kupčinskas said in a press release.
He stresses that Kaunas already possesses experience in organizing this level of basketball matches – the city hosted the final four of the European Basketball Championship two years ago.
"Another strong argument is that Žalgirio Arena has been a Euroleague arena with the highest number of visitors for two consecutive years," said Kupčinskas.
An average of 13,745 viewers came to a home game of Žalgiris Kaunas club this season, as compared with the regular season average of 13,475 viewers and 12,968 in TOP 16.
