Anyone who has seen (or much better yet, witnessed live) a game at Pionir Arena in Belgrade knows that, all things considered, the Serbia basketball hall is among the world’s very top spots to see a game. So on March 30th, the Partizan faithful will be arriving at Pionir in droves to witness their Black-and-Whites welcoming … 50 Cent?
Serving as confirmation that basketball is indeed bigger than hip hop in Serbia’s capital, Partizan representatives have announced that rapper 50 Cent’s show scheduled for the evening has now been switched to the basketball venue; Partizan will host Maccabi Tel Aviv in their game three quarterfinal match at the bigger Belgrade Arena.
Partizan added to its record-breaking attendance record of last season by setting a new mark for Euroleague attendance at Belgrade Arena in the 2009-10 quarterfinals when 22,567 came to witness the Serbian side take on Panathinaikos on the road to the latter’s eventual championship:
Betcha 50 Cent wishes he could draw 22,500-plus in Belgrade, eh?