The men's and women's basketball teams of the United States will stay out
of the Olympic Village during the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games.
Deng Yaping, deputy head of the Village, said Friday that all the members of
the U.S. delegation would stay at the Village.
But the US basketball teams have booked rooms at the Inter-Continental Hotel
at the Financial Street, the first international five-star hotel in the area.
Detailed information is not confirmed by the USA Basketball, but sources from
the NBA China, the Chinese Basketball Association (CBA) and the U.S. delegation
said the basketball teams will not stay in the Village.
The U.S. Olympic basketball teams have never stayed in the Olympic Village
since the Dream Team competed at the 1992 Barcelona Games.
