Members of the Pac-12 China Game delegation attend a press conference at the Shanghai Disney Resort in Shanghai, China, 10 November 2016. An idea ha
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Members of the Pac-12 China Game delegation attend a press conference at the Shanghai Disney Resort in Shanghai, China, 10 November 2016. An idea hatched by Pac-12 Commissioner Larry Scott and Disney CEO Bob Iger came to fruition halfway around the world on Thursday as the Stanford and Harvard men's basketball programs enjoyed a day at the newest "The Happiest Place on Earth" ¨C Shanghai Disney Resort. Upon arriving at the five-month-old park, both teams were greeted by and lunched with children from the Yao Ming Foundation: the philanthropic organization of the former NBA star who has lent his support to the Pac-12 China Game played his hometown of Shanghai. Murray King, the resort's Vice President of Public Affairs, described the story of the park's creation and the vision to combine the best of Disney with the best of Chinese culture and tradition into an experience that is "Authentically Disney, Distinctly Chinese." After lunch with Stanford and Harvard student-athletes, Yao Foundation kids joined them inside Disneyland Park for a meet-and-greet with Mickey and Minnie and a march in the Disney parade. Yao Foundation youth will also have the chance to attend Saturday's game at the Mercedes Benz Arena to see their new American friends display their basketball skills. It was at a media press conference on the resort that Commissioner Scott, joined by FUSC Vice President and Secretary-General Liguo Yang and AliSports CEO Zhang Dazhong, thanked those partners for their continued collaboration and announced that a portion of Pac-12 China Game ticket sales will be donated to the Yao Foundation, "to support his great efforts on behalf of children throughout China."