Pro Camp - Introduction
| From Friday the 27th of June, until Sunday the 29th of June 2008, Court Side organizes a camp in the German city of Frankfurt for professional basketball players. A diverse group of players, divided into eight teams, will showcase their talents in front of international coaches, scouts, clubs and general managers. | |
Click here to see the results of earlier camps. Please be aware of the fact that the camp has an EXCLUSIVE character. It is not open for agents who are not part of the Court Side group (they will be removed by security). For very cheap airline tickets to Frankfurt, we recommend that you check out the websites of www.air-berlin.de and www.ryanair.com . The international airport of Frankfurt has a subway station in the terminal itself, that will take you directly to the city centre and to the Nordwest Zentrum (with a connection). Keep in mind that low coast aircompanies do not fly to the international airport of Frankfurt but to Frankfurt-Hahn (45 minutes away) or Dusseldorf 90 minutes away). In contrast to cities such as Munich that reclaimed the physical character of their past after World War II, Frankfurt, erected skyscrapers -- hence the nickname Mainhattan, a reference to the River Main, by which it stands. Despite its modest size (fifth among German cities, with a population of 650,000), Frankfurt is the country's financial capital, and has become the headquarters of the new European Central Bank after the launch of the Euro -- the European Union's new unified currency -- on January 1, 1999. The city's commercial clout has deep historic roots dating from its emergence as a major trading center in the early 13th century. Its first international Autumn Fair was held in 1240; in 1330 its Spring Fair was inaugurated.Today, these and other fairs showcase the latest in books, cars, consumer goods and technology. Both are still going strong today. The city's stock exchange, one of the half dozen most important in the world, was established in 1595. The Rothschilds opened their first bank here in 1798. The long history of trade might help explain the temperament of Frankfurters -- competitive but open-minded -- who are sometimes compared to Americans. Frankfurt's history spans more than 1,200 years. It was one of the joint capitals of Charlemagne's empire; the city where emperors of the Holy Roman Empire were elected and crowned; the site of Gutenberg's print shop; the birthplace of Goethe, for many Germany's greatest poet; and the city where the first German parliament met. And though Frankfurt may be a city of balance sheets and share prices, it adds up to more than just expense-account restaurants and sleek cars. Frankfurt has world-class ballet, opera, theater, casino, and art exhibitions; an important piece of Germany's publishing industry; a large university (45,000 students), famous for a school of such modern thinkers as Adorno and Habermas; and two of the three most important daily newspapers in Germany, the Frankfurter Allgemeine and the Frankfurter Rundschau. In Frankfurt, you find yourself in the heart of a powerful, sophisticated, and cosmopolitan nation. There may not be that much here to remind you of the Old World, but there's a great deal that explains the success story of post-war Germany. | |
| All games will be played in the gym of "Mainhatten Basketball city" in the Nordwest Zentrum (North West Centre). It is the gym in which the Deutsche Bank Skyliners, has many of it's practices, as well as the 2nd division teams of TV Langen and Eintracht Frankfurt. | |
| All participating players will stay at the Courtyard Marriott Hotel, Ideally located in the northwest business area of Frankfurt. Courtyard by Marriott provides 93 modern guest rooms with all needed amenities. Located within a fantastic shopping, conference and recreation center ("Nordwest Zentrum"), the American style mall offers over 120 shops, restaurants and services, as well as a conference center with a maximum capacitiy of 500 people. Visit the recreation center with three pools, waterfall, slide, whirlpool, 12 saunas and bowling center. Subway station is directly under the hotel. The hotel and the gym are in the same building complex and less than 20 meters walking distance from each other.
All rooms have bathrooms, satellite tv, radio, telephone, and a minibar. Underneath the Courtyard Marriott Hotel and the Nordwest Zentrum there is a huge parking facility (not for free). | |
| We strongly recommend all visiting guests to make direct reservations with the hotel as soon as possible, since the rooms are usually sold out in the summer time. Reservations will ONLY be accepted when guaranteed with a major credit card. All guests of Court Side's Pro Camp will receive a special cheap price on their room reservation when they use the code word "Court Side" when they book the room. The phone number of the Courtyard Marriott is: +49-69-580930 (ask for Nadine Suarez), Fax: +49-69-582447. We recommend that you use the special reservation form on this website when booking a room. Please fax it to the attention of Mrs.Martina Bruhns as soon as possible, and don't forget to include the code word "Court Side" for a special price that is lower than the official rates of the rooms.
There is only one other hotel nearby the Pro Camp facility and the Nordwest Zentrum, and that is the 4 star "Relexa hotel". It has 163 rooms and suites that are standardly equipped with bathrooms, satellite TV, radio, telephone and a minibar. The hotel is less than a 4 minute walk to the subway station that will take you directly to the Nordwest Zenter. The Relexa hotel will also offer a special price for guests of the Court Side Pro Camp. Please use the special code word "Court Side" when you make your room reservation. You can reach the hotel at +49-69-957780 or by fax at +49-69-95778895. | |