Manchester United and Real Madrid select LA 2024 Olympic Village as US Tour base
July 4, 2017
Global football giants Manchester United and Real Madrid have chosen UCLA campus, home of the 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Village, for their pre-season tour training base.
UCLA’s campus will be the training base for Manchester United and Real Madrid for the West Coast leg of their pre-season tour to the US, in preparation for the 2017-18 season. Both squads will use the same existing sports, medical, dining and leisure facilities that will be available to the Olympians and Paralympians in 2024.
LA 2024 Chairman Casey Wasserman said: “We’re delighted that out of all the possible venues across the US, Manchester United and Real Madrid chose to use LA 2024’s Olympic and Paralympic Village at UCLA as their pre-season training base. UCLA is a paradise for elite athletes – it has already produced 420 Olympians from 45 countries.
The quality of the campus means LA 2024 can offer the world’s athletes a home-from-hone with state-of-the-art facilities while eliminating the risk and billions of dollars in construction inherent in building a facility from scratch. The Olympic and Paralympic Village at UCLA was the logical, responsible and Olympic Agenda 2020-compliant choice for LA 2024.”
Welcome to Los Angeles, @ManUtd & @realmadrid!
The teams will call #LA2024‘s Athlete Village @UCLA home as they train for the #2017ICC! pic.twitter.com/mvKs1QmXvm
— LA 2024 (@LA2024) July 3, 2017
Manchester United’s players will be welcomed by staff at UCLA who currently serve over 16,000 residents from around the world every day.
Both Manchester United and Real Madrid will play pre-season matches at other proposed LA 2024 venues during their time in the City of Angels.
England’s most decorated club take on LA Galaxy at the StubHub Center, and Spain’s European Champions face Manchester City at the LA Memorial Coliseum, LA 2024’s athletics and ceremonies venue.
UCLA’s Athletic Director Dan Guerrero said: “UCLA is extremely proud to be welcoming these two iconic teams and their world-class players to our campus this summer. Sport is an integral part our culture as an institution, and that is why we work tirelessly to offer our athletes and visiting athletes the best possible conditions. From sports facilities to health, nutrition and accommodation, UCLA gives athletes everything they need to fulfil their potential. It is fitting that some of today’s most famous global sports stars will be testing the facilities for tomorrow’s Olympians and Paralympians.”
