NBA deputy commissioner Mark Tatum said the league is open to playing a regular-season game at Santiago Bernabéu Stadium, the home of soccer powerhouse Real Madrid.
The NBA has never played an overseas game in an outdoor soccer stadium, and Tatum's remarks were made after the Dallas Mavericks' preseason loss to Real Madrid Baloncesto at the WiZink Center in Madrid on Tuesday.
The WiZink Center can accommodate just more than 17,000 spectators for basketball, while the Bernabéu holds up to 85,000 fans for soccer.
"I've had the opportunity to see the new Bernabéu and it's incredible what they've done there," Tatum told reporters Tuesday in Madrid.