Kate Linthicum of the Los Angeles Times writes that Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa and Governor Jerry Brown first meet Xi in L.A. and the mayor later invited him to a Lakers game.
“He’s a Kobe fan,” said Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa.
The Lakers are used to seeing celebrity sitting court-side at games, but rarely do diplomats from foreign countries attend games.
Actors and actresses are quite often associated with Staples Center, but in tonight’s game, the arena will host a very powerful man. While often times sports are looked at as nothing more than games and entertainment, it is always fun to get a little perspective when a man who truly has a global impact attends a game.
