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Any concern with seating for the marquee games? Or do they only admit enough people where it isn't an issue even if the Pavillion game is a stinker?
Complete freedom. No need too get there early just to go back and forth.
You can easily go between those two arenas without ever going into that Vegas heat.
Nice interior foyer between the two venues replete with bars.
Any concern with seating for the marquee games? Or do they only admit enough people where it isn't an issue even if the Pavillion game is a stinker?
I believe Spurs/Mavs is the first T&M game of the day. I'd get there early because Flagg will be an audience draw.
If you want to go to a later game, it's always a good idea to enter during the preceding game if there's room so you have a better choice of seats when that game ends.
doubt either of them will play
Usually seating is not a big problem.
You just poke around for the seat(s) you want.
After each game, people go out for concessions and you can relocate.
The one exception to that rule was Wemby's first game. You sat through that entire meaningless game before hoping to move up in between.
No one left. No one moved a muscle.
If you even left your seat momentarily to try to move down, you did it at your peril.
Sure. I lived in Vegas for about 6 years and went every single year. It's a great event.
Thomas and Mack and the Cox Pavilion are connected and so you're able to freely walk between the two. You don't have to show your ticket or anything, they have a concourse connecting them. In my opinion, the games in the smaller Cox Pavilion are far superior. The space is much smaller and more intimate so I feel like I'm closer to the game than in the full arena of Thomas and Mack. Plus, at Cox you never know who you'll run into. You'll frequently sit next to players from other teams (many times other SL players, but sometimes NBA players). Or sometimes you'll notice Euros that are just watching. I remember seeing Davis Bertans in the arena the day before he signed with the Spurs many years ago. One time I sat next to a middle-aged dude and talked with him for a while not knowing he was the head coach of the Chicago Bulls, Fred Hoiberg. Stuff like that doesn't happen nearly as often in Thomas and Mack. Although I did talk to R.C. Buford in the concessions line three years in a row, lol.
In recent years they've started offering tiered tickets. They have general admission and VIP tickets. The latter costs more and allows you access to seats a little closer to the front. I found that the basic ticket was always good enough for me. Seating is open (in those two generalized sections - VIP and general) as an open rule.
I highly recommend avoiding Lakers games. They always put them in the Thomas and Mack and it's hard to find a good seat. But as soon as the Lakers game ends there is plenty of great choices of places to sit. Definitely always loved when the Spurs played right after the Lakers.
Since you buy the ticket for the full day (and not just a single game), some people will get there early and camp out all day. If you return for another day you have to purchase another daily ticket. They've been raising prices and you should really plan on going to at least two games.
Awesome write up, much appreciated. I'm gonna be in town for like 5 days with a bunch of family, convinced a few of them that like basketball to go that Saturday (hoping top draft picks will still be playing by then) so we bought tickets a few weeks ago.
just bought tix to the Thursday July 10 Vegas opener... harper vs vj
taking my kiddo to his first sporting event. we'll have our matching wemby jerseys
moved to vegas last year in the summer but didnt do anything summer league related (heck didnt even go to a raider game!)
Yea, I never made it to a Raider game either. Their first season was during Covid and nobody was able to attend. We moved back to Texas the next August before their second season even started. Oh well. I watched that stadium get built but never got to go inside.
Reminds me of an early season tournament some older St. Joseph's fans/alumni took me to some years ago. We got there early, pretty nice seats some rows behind one of the baskets, and there were two dudes talking in our seats as the players were warming up. Instantly I got the vibe of coaches (head and assistant) discussing ideas away from their bench. They very politely vacated our seats -- and I realized it was Mark Few from Gonzaga.
Cox Pavilion is neat because you can sit next to the roped off section and see all the players, coaches and executives taking in the games fairly close. Keep your head on a swivel when you're in the concourse as well.
Here comes our young Stretch Four, hahaha
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he has some skills man, ........
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Mamu can anchor and mentor the Third Team of young Knights......
Moni at center,
Mamu himself and Carter Bryant at forward
Wesley and Chibuzo Agbo at guards
Wow!
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guess hes like a Dirk, doesnt rebound or blk shots at 6'10"
Yea he's pretty much a traffic cone on defense. With those measurable you'd think it'd take him less effort to be decent but alas, defense isn't for everyone I guess.
That shot is legit though if he ever decides to also be a basketball player.
Excited to see Harper in summer league. His skillset seems kind of built to show out in those kind of games (not a lot of structure, more 1 on 1 opportunities).
Hmmm
6'10"
Playing at a non-major and averaging 5.6 rebounds per game
What’s our starting lineup?
G - Harper
G - Duke, Jr
F - Bryant
F - Minix
F - Ingram
Victoria. That's cute.
Oh, , we have Farrakhan. That's why we couldn't keep David Duke.
League = edFarrakhan blames Jews for the slave trade, plantation slavery, Jim Crow, sharecropping and general black oppression. Farrakhan’s tone grew more belligerent in June 2010, when he sent letters to several leaders of the Jewish community as well as the Southern Poverty Law Center demanding that they acknowledge the evils they have perpetrated and that they work to further Farrakhan’s goals. The letter ended with a threat to “ruin and destroy your power and influence here and throughout the world” if his terms were not met.
Only 1 center? They really do buy into the positionless approach lol
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