Fans Welcome Spain to Chattanooga for World Cup
Fans lined up at the hotel as the reigning European champion set up a tournament base and a Saturday training session with more than 20,000 lottery entries.
- On Friday, June 5, Spain's national soccer team arrived at Chattanooga Metropolitan Airport, where Mayor Tim Kelly greeted the squad before they transferred to the Embassy Suites downtown to establish their base camp.
- Ranked second in the FIFA World Rankings, the reigning European champion known as "La Roja" will train at the Baylor School Soccer Complex throughout the tournament with more than 200 players, coaching staff, and family members.
- Hundreds of fans gathered outside the hotel to welcome the players upon arrival; a lucky group of lottery winners from 27,000 submissions will attend a public training session at Baylor School this Saturday.
- To manage traffic, the 300 block of Broad Street is closed, and security remains extremely tight at the hotel, which is closed to the public while the team resides in the Scenic City.
- Spain's first match is Monday, June 15 against Cabo Verde in Atlanta, followed by Saudi Arabia on Saturday, June 20, both at noon; the team also faces Uruguay on Saturday the 26th in Guadalajara, Mexico.
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Under great expectation, in the purest American style, including the mayor's speech and band of music, the expedition of the Spanish team landed on Friday night in Chattanooga, a beautiful town located in the southeast of the state of Tennessee, where Luis de la Fuente and his people will establish their base camp throughout the first phase of the World Cup. “Take off a team. Fly a country,” looked like the personalized Airbus 350-Next that tran…
Fans welcome Spain to Chattanooga for World Cup
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF)- “This is the coolest thing ever.” One of the world’s best soccer teams is now in the Scenic City following their arrival this afternoon. As they reached the Embassy Suites Hotel in downtown Chattanooga, they were greeted by hundreds of screaming fans. Those fans, some of whom waited hours, all wanted to catch a glimpse of La Roja, also known as the Spanish National Soccer Team. Currently ranked second in the FIFA World…
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