Joventut De Badalona
SPORT JOVENTUT DE BADALONA THEBASKETBALL CLUB JOVENTUT, FOUNDED IN 1930 IN THE TOWN OF BADALONA,KNOWN AS THE "CRADLE OF BASKETBALL", HAS DOUBLED ITS MEMBERSHIP IN A FEW YEARS. THERECENT INAUGURATION OF THE PALAU MUNICIPALD'ESPORTS, WITH ROOM FOR 12,500 SPECTATORS, HAS BEEN A BOOST TO "LA PENYA"ON THE SPORTING, FINANCIAL AND SOCIAL LEVELS. ith 11,200 members, Joventut some of the activities taking place in de Badalona is currently the Badalona are overshadowed by others basketball club with the Iargest in the Catalan capital. In this respect, membership in Europe. This has been there's no doubt that if Badalona has a possible thanks to their move to the Pa- sign of identity of its own, this is none lau Municipal d'Esports de Badalona, other than the Club Joventut, an organi- inaugurated on 1 September 1991, and sation which, since its foundation, has which this summer will be the setting for taken its name and that of the city al1 the men's and wornen's basketball over the world. The people of Badalona events of the Olympic Games. thrill to Joventut's victories and suffer For years the Club Joventut had to make when things go wrong, but more than do with having 5,000 members, be- anything else, they are proud of their cause of the limitations imposed by its club. pavilion in the Carrer d'Ausias March, It is precisely this symbiosis between the with its capacity for 5,500 spectators. city of Badalona and Club Joventut that With the loan on the part of Badalona has given most energy and drive to the City Council of the Palau Municipal club since it was formed on 30 March 1 (12,500 spectators) for 15 years, Jo- 1930, when a group of friends formed ventut has been able to double its mem- the "Penya Spirit of Badalona".
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