Pan American Sports Corp. has established their U.S.
headquarters office at Rockefeller Center in NYC. Pan American
Sports is the int'l representative of International Sports Ltd.,
a South American sports organization with offices located in Rio
de Janeiro, Brazil. Nathan Dudley, VP & GM of the New York
office, said that International Sports, Ltd., is responsible for
all commercial properties of official Pan American Basketball
Confederation (COPABA) tournaments until 1999: "Through this
office we will be developing various sponsorship opportunities
for a wide range of highly televised and promoted basketball
tournaments in the Americas." The following basketball offerings
for '95 are currently available for sponsorship: Men's South
American Championship (Montevideo, Uruguay; May 12-20), Women's
Olympic Qualifying Tournament (Sao Paulo, Brazil; June 9-18),
Men's Olympic Qualifying tournament (Tucuman and Neuquen,
Argentina; August 19-30), 3-on-3 Invitational World Championship
and 3-on-3 Grand Prix of the Americas (eight international
tournaments; April-September) and America's Basketball Magazine
(Pan American Sports).
