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Great idea. I think it would have been even cooler to stage this game in S.A., at the Alamodome. That would make is more accessible to the relief victims housed in the Alamo City.
Still a pretty cood deal.
HEAT & Spurs to stage hurricane katrina relief game
Teams To Jointly Donate All Proceeds To Benefit Victims Of Hurricane Katrina
SAN ANTONIO – The Miami HEAT, the World Champion San Antonio Spurs, the NBA and the National Basketball Players Association today announced their plans to stage an exhibition game between the Miami HEAT and the San Antonio Spurs to benefit the victims of Hurricane Katrina. The game will be played in Miami at the AmericanAirlines Arena on Monday, October 10, 2005 at 7:30PM, and will feature several up-close and personal experiences for fans. Prior to the game, players will greet fans at the door and following the contest, fans will have the opportunity to get some of their favorite player’s autographs. To generate the largest possible contribution, all tickets will be sold at the 2005-06 regular season individual game ticket prices, with HEAT Season Ticket Holders receiving the first opportunity to purchase tickets.
As the host team, the HEAT will donate all proceeds from the event to the efforts to aid the victims of Hurricane Katrina. All revenue from ticket sales, concessions, parking and retail sales will be contributed. In addition, selected service vendors providing the employees who would normally work at the AmericanAirlines Arena on a game night will donate their service fee and all AmericanAirlines Arena employees will donate their time to facilitate the game. The contribution will be made to the American Red Cross and a to be determined charity on behalf of the HEAT, Spurs, the NBA and the NBPA. Representatives from both organizations will be on hand at the game to receive the contribution.
“For reasons that are close to home and knowing what our citizens have gone through, we as an organization will do just about anything to supply comfort, compassion, money and anything else we can to help the victims of Hurricane Katrina,” said HEAT President Pat Riley. “The Spurs and the HEAT getting together to put on this exhibition to raise as much money as we can for the victims is an indication of what both organizations and the NBA is all about.”
“The Spurs players and staff are eager to do what we can to help in the relief efforts following the devastation of Hurricane Katrina,” said Spurs General Manager R.C. Buford. “This game will give everyone associated with our organization the chance to contribute their time and talents in the name of raising money for those affected by this tragedy. We are honored to participate in this event and look forward to the opportunity to give back to NBA fans throughout the Gulf Coast region.”
HEAT Season Ticket Holders will have the opportunity to purchase their seat locations for the game starting Friday, September 9 though Wednesday, September 14. Tickets can be purchased online via HEAT.com or in person at the AmericanAirlines Arena Ticket Office during the hours of 10AM-5PM Monday through Friday. Following this exclusive purchase opportunity for HEAT Season Ticket Holders, tickets will be made available to the general public on Monday, September 19 at 10AM via all Ticketmaster outlets, ticketmaster.com, the AmericanAirlines Arena Ticket Office, or by calling 1-800-4NBA-TIX. Ticketmaster has also agreed to waive all fees normally associated with the ticket purchase transaction.
This benefit game continues the many efforts being made by the NBA, its teams and its players to provide assistance to the victims of Hurricane Katrina, and would not be possible without Levy Restaurants, Ticketmaster, American Medical Response and the Ritz Carlton Coconut Grove for their generosity and the City of Miami for graciously donating the services of the Miami Police Department and the Fire/Rescue teams working the game. The HEAT also thanks the San Antonio Spurs organization for their participation in this important endeavor.
Great idea. I think it would have been even cooler to stage this game in S.A., at the Alamodome. That would make is more accessible to the relief victims housed in the Alamo City.
Still a pretty cood deal.
It's good to see the Spurs step up and do something since they got left out of the All Star Game...Props to the Heat as well.
They can probably pull in more $$$ having it in Miami.
That's awesome!
I'm pretty sure miami has some evacuee's there also.
Great move by NBA, The heat and The Spurs!!! No doubt it's gonna be a great success.
In order to make this a compe ive game, they should play the game where the score means something.
They should make it so the final margin of victory determines how much money that the other organization donates to the Red Cross.
For instance, 100K for every point you lose by, to be paid by the players, owners and coaches.
The winning team would donate 1/2 the amt.
Very cool!! If anyone's going to this, please take pics!
Wow... October 10????
How about this weekend?
Yeah, it's like an extra preseason game.
Man I thought it was a regular season game. If it was a regular season game...they'd make at least a million bucks...maybe more.
Why? They wouldn't be able to fit more people into the arena. How would they make more money?
More Sponsors ( == more money) because the actual game counts for the season and teams will take it seriously ??
That sucks ass why cant they do the same thing over here where the actual victims are being housed...great oppurtunity for the fans of Miami to meet all the players not the victims....
Be a damn great game imo, and all goin to the katrina relief.
This is awesome.. a Finals preview!
Is there a source link for this article??
Yes, it's a press release that I got from the Spurs in my email.
If I post something, you don't have to worry about the source. The only time I don't put a link is when it's a press release.
Ya know, though, I am tired of the 2005 NBA CHAMPIONS having to be ON THE ROAD for all of these special events.
2005 Katrina relief == IN MIAMI
2005 Christmas == IN DETROIT
2006 MLK day == IN MEMPHIS
It sort of makes you wonder who the defending champs are.
So can i post this thread in another forum as a source ref?
But if you really want a link, here's one.
I put it up on WOAI.com too.
http://www.woai.com/spurs/story.aspx...B-87021E90D68D
It's up at Spurs.com now.
Well it's preseason, so I dunno if people would actually attend. But if it's a regular season than it would sell out.
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