We finished our day on Friday with the Loudi, China delegation with a press conference at the Eden Prairie High School Performing Arts Center at which we signed agreements with them pledging future cooperation and exchanges in the future. They verbally invited a group from Eden Prairie to visit them in May. We’re thinking about that.Â
Following the signing ceremony, we treated the Loudi delegation to an NBA basketball game at the Target Center. The man on the left is Mr. Chris Wright. Chris is the President of the Timberwolves. He is also an Eden Prairie resident. We asked Chris for his help in this initiative. He was the best! He gave us a full tour of the Target Center and spent a generous amount of time talking with our guests about the Wolves and about the future of the NBA in China. There was even some discussion about the possibility of the Wolves playing a preseason game in Loudi. The delegatino was very interested in that.
And here’s a nice shot of the Loudi delegatin gathered around the Timberwolves logo at center court prior tothe start of the game. It was a great game, despite the fact that the Wolves lost to the Nuggets 102-101. There was a lot of energy in the Target Center and our guests had a wonderful time.
The Loudi delegation is now off to Las Vegas where they will see a different side of the United States. They’ll be back home before the end of this week. It was a good experience for us to host them. I believe this initiative will yield positve results for our local business economy.
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