Sants Industry Ghetto
| August 29, 2008
Sants Industry Ghetto
Parc de l’Espanya Industrial
08014, Barcelona, España
Metro: Sants Estació
Next to the Sants Railway Station
Level of Competition: All levels. From kids to Pros. Mainly in summer saturday afternoons the level is very high (with Spanish top league players).
Court Status: For sure, the most popular court in Barcelona. Every Baller knows it and to play there is to play with the best ones.
Court specs: 1 full court and 2 separate half courts
Surface: Concrete. The usual ballers have repainted the lines, including 3 point arc.
Backboard: Fiberglass
Rims: Iron/no break-away.
Nets: Iron chains
Light: No lights
Hoop Support Structure: Iron post fixed with concrete to the ground
Hours of Operation: Everyday at any time
Pay-to-Play: No
League Play: No. Just pickup games.
Best time to Play: Summers, on saturday afternoon after 6 pm.
The Deal: Without doubt, the court of the Parc de l’Espanya Industrial
is the top streetball court in Barcelona. Placed in the Sants area is better known as the Industry Ghetto. Every summer you can see pro ballers from the top level Spanish leagues playing pickup games. The trees of the parc give the players a comfortable shadow that hides them from the hot, melting summer sun. Every day you can find top level streetball games and ballers there
, normally playing 3-on-3.
5-on-5 games are a little bit dangerous, because half of the court is slippery on some stretches of its surface. This way, kids usually are playing on this, let’s say, unsafe side of the court, where hard play is not possible. Meanwhile, the pros give their best at the other rim.
Nacho “Da Flow” Martín, Joan “J-Whip” Fernández, Àlex Llorca, Juli Garrote, Pep Ortega, together with the Dominican Nelson Martínez, Wilson Rosario or Nando Arturo and the brave female baller Jelena Krsmanovic are always looking forward to play in the Industry Ghetto.
Jaime Martínez Lafargue is the BallersNetwork.com blogger for Spain. Jaime is the Editor-in-chief of basketball website Solobasket.com. You can reach him at jaime@solobasket.com
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Played here first time today. Really nice court and some good ballers. I highly recommend it if you are looking to play in BCN even though the rim we played on was a bit below regulation. I’ve only played in 2 other courts (Monumental and parque poble neu) but Parc de l’Espanya Industria is were I’ll be playing from now on.
/Alex
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