APPENDIX 2 - Euroleague Basketball

team and referees locker rooms. The tunnel will be extended
when teams and/or referees enter or leave the playing court.
63.2. The courtside advertising boards must be between 80cm and
90cm high and will be located at least 2m from the line defining
the playing court. They must be suitably protected with a
padding in rubber or similar material that will have a thickness
of 48 to 55mm, with an indentation factor of 50% to prevent
injury to players or referees. All other elements, such as basket
support structures and backboards, must also be suitably
protected as stipulated in these Regulations.
63.3. The arena must have a public address system.
63.4. The arena must have separate access routes for players and
referees in such a way that they cannot come into physical
contact with the public.
63.5. The club must contract the services of a security company to
ensure all the security services.
63.6. The club will provide adequate uniformed and plainclothes
security personnel, in coordination with local police, who will be
staffed and operate in accordance with a comprehensive security
plan, including an evacuation plan for an emergency situation.
63.7. The club will place at least two uniformed security personnel
behind the team benches, who will be at their stations at all
times while the players and referees are on the playing court
and who will stand behind the team benches during all timeouts.
In addition, security personnel will be stationed outside
each of the team and referees locker rooms beginning at the
arrival of the teams and referees at the arena through to their
departure, and will include practice sessions.
63.8. The club will provide uniformed and non-uniformed security
personnel at the exterior of all entrances to the arena and other
personnel who will patrol the car parking and bus parking areas
during the games.
63.9. The club will ensure that no less than two uniformed security
personnel are awaiting the arrival of each bus that is
transporting the players, head coaches and referees and will
accompany each team and, separately, the referees, to and
from their locker rooms upon their arrival and departure.
63.10. The club must guarantee the presence of police forces in a
number according to the event.
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