Renovation of outdoor basketball courts
Project #PODAMDAIGRAM
With the basketball court renovation campaign #PODAMDAIGRAM, together with the Goran Dragić Foundation, sponsors, partners, and friends, we want to bring children and young people back to outdoor sports surfaces again. With a smart application, we will connect tradition and modernity, all with the desire for young people to be as physically active as possible, even in today’s digital times.
The campaign to renovate outdoor basketball courts, called #PODAMDAIGRAM, started in 2019, when Gogi, with the help of the City of Ljubljana, sponsors, and partners, renovated the court in Ljubljana’s Tivoli.
In 2021, the renovation of the Tabor basketball court in the second-largest Slovenian city took place in cooperation with the Goran Dragić Foundation, its supporters, and the Municipality of Maribor.
Both courts at cult basketball locations are just the beginning of the project, which continued in 2022 with two more legendary Slovenian basketball centers. One outdoor #PODAMDAIGRAM playground was set up in Laško, and the other in Novo mesto.
The fifth court was built in 2023 in Prekmurje, specifically on the outdoor grounds of OŠ I Murska Sobota, while in 2024, Ptuj followed with outdoor courts near the City Stadium.
In 2025, the Goran Dragić Foundation and its partner company Spontanzo teamed up with the Municipality of Ilirska Bistrica and the City Municipality of Nova Gorica. In Ilirska Bistrica, the project will involve the renovation of both a basketball and a mini-football court (as part of a larger municipal initiative). In Nova Gorica, the court will be part of a special project in collaboration with the City Municipality of Nova Gorica, within the framework of this year’s title of European Capital of Culture. The court will be built in the cross-border area between Italy and Slovenia, with the goal of connecting different cultures, sports, neighboring countries, and friends living on both sides of the border.
LIST OF GOGI’S #PODAMDAIGRAM COURTS:
- 2019
Ljubljana (Tivoli)
- 2021
Maribor (Tabor)
- 2022
Laško (Marija Gradec)
Novo mesto (Šolski center)
- 2023
Murska Sobota (Osnovna šola I Murska Sobota)
- 2024
Ptuj (Mestni stadion) - 2025
Ilirska Bistrica (Bizoviška cesta)
Nova Gorica (Cross-border area)
- NEXT YEARS
The main goal is to renovate at least one basketball court each year, primarily in regions where the Goran Dragić Foundation has not yet been active.
Smart Court
Court users can enrich your experience by using mobile app.
This way you become a smart court user and can:
- see other users of the field and find rivals or teammates,
- access to various training content
- get to know different fun basketball games, and learn more about
- the #podamdaigram project.
LIST OF GOGI'S BASKETBALL COURTS #PODAMDAIGRAM
Together with partners and friends, Goran transforms basketball courts into modern and safe courts for all fans of the beautiful game. The courts are decorated with Goran’s image and special info boards with QR codes, through which users of Gogi’s courts can use the special mobile app #podamdaigram to check via smartphone or tablet who has checked in on “their” court, how old those currently playing are, and even arrange to come together remotely with friends and acquaintances in advance to the popular gathering place for local basketball aficionados.
Ptuj (Mestni stadion) - 2024
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Murska Sobota (OŠ I Murska Sobota) - 2023
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Murska Sobota (OŠ I Murska Sobota) - 2023
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Novo mesto (Šolski center)
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Laško (Marija Gradec)
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Maribor (Tabor)
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Ljubljana (Tivoli)
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