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25.08.2010 - Tenerife Baloncesto and Socas Canarias combine from September in the tough LEB league, one of Europe’s best, after the merger was forced on them by the island authorities for financial reasons. Just one of the pair (Socas Canarias) will continue in the division, while Tenerife Baloncesto are set to field a junior side in the lower EBA category. One of the conditions of the process is that home games of the newly unified club will be played at the 5,000-seater Santiago Martín Stadium, not Canarias’ traditional home court in the centre of La Laguna, which is widely acknowledged as the most intimidating in the country by opponents. Many Canarias fans angered by the move have already said they will not make the short trek down the motorway to the other stadium, while die-hard Tenerife fans are adamant they will not pay to watch, “another club” and have called the merger a betrayal designed to consolidate the Canarias club and enable it to make a bid for promotion to the ACB league.



 
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