A NBA Store Arena North American basketball league megastore, will open at Jockey Plaza Shopping, in Curitiba, in an event for guests, next Thursday (3).
This will be the third NBA megastore opened in Brazil, after stores opened in Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo.
With approximately 1,500 square meters, the NBA megastore in Curitiba will be the third largest physical unit in Latin America and promises to offer experiences, interactive areas, memorabilia exhibition, basketball court, changing rooms, in addition to more than 3,500 licensed items and officers.
The opening in Curitiba will be attended by the Paraná native Rolando Ferreirathe first Brazilian in history to play in the NBA, where he played for the Portland Trail Blazers for two seasons in the 1980s.
Furthermore, Rolando Ferreira has two Olympic appearances, in Seoul 88 and Barcelona 92, having also won the gold medal with victory over the United States in the 1987 Pan-American Games, in Indianapolis.
NBA: Brazil is the NBA’s third physical retail market
With the opening of the NBA Store Arena at Jockey, Brazil has 32 physical stores, with units in nine states, plus the Federal District, consolidating the country as the third largest physical retail market for the North American basketball league outside the United States. United.
It is worth remembering that, in addition, Brazil also has the NBA Park, the largest permanent NBA park in the world, with 4 thousand square meters, located in Gramado, Rio Grande do Sul.
Finally, the NBA Store do Brasil chain has been recognized by several international awards in recent years.