L.A. Mayor Villaraigosa to visit Real Madrid soccer team at UCLA
By Alison Hewitt
August 02, 2012
WHAT:
Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, along with UCLA sports figures, will visit the Real Madrid soccer team at UCLA, where the team is training from July 29 to Aug. 7.
WHEN:
3 p.m. on Friday, Aug. 3
WHERE:
UCLA Athletic Field, just south of Charles E. Young Drive North. For detailed location information, please see the attached map.
WHO:
Iker Casillas, Real Madrid team captain
MEDIA CONTACT:
Los Angeles Mayor Antonio R. Villaraigosa
Consul General of Spain, Enrique Ruiz Molero
Consul General of Spain, Enrique Ruiz Molero
CEO Madrid Visitors & Convention Bureau, Mr. Ignacio Fernández
President of Real Madrid, Florentino PerezIker Casillas, Real Madrid team captain
UCLA women's soccer coach, B.J. Snow
MEDIA CHECK-IN:
Press will be required to check in at the press table located east of the Athletic Field, between the soccer field and Wilson Plaza.
Mayor's office: Lys Mendez | 213-978-0741 (office) | lys.mendez@lacity.org
UCLA: Alison Hewitt | 310-206-5461 (office) | 310-562-0174 (cell) | ahewitt@support.ucla.edu
(Or check www.realmadrid.com for more details)
MEDIA PARKING:
For detailed information on parking and getting to the practice field, see the attached map and carefully read the instructions below.
News vans | Satellite trucks:
News vans with media plates can park in the turnaround just south of the James West Alumni Center, where northbound Westwood Plaza dead-ends into campus. Overflow parking for news vans is on Charles E. Young Drive North, north of the Intramural Field only (not the Athletic Field), on the north side of the street only.
All others may park for $11, and the closest parking will be in Parking Structure 4 (underneath the soccer field), or in Parking Structure 6, south of the James West Alumni Center.
Other press vehicles:
Journalists in passenger vehicles can park on campus for $11. The closest parking will be in Parking Structure 4 (underneath the soccer field), which can be entered via Westwood Plaza off of Sunset Boulevard, or in Parking Structure 6, south of the James West Alumni Center.
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