Pelicans Play Wizards in Rupp Oct. 19

[akaukswoosh]

Herald-Leader Sports ‏@KentuckySports 2m (https://twitter.com/KentuckySports/status/362573500340387844) Rupp Arena to host NBA pre-season game Oct. 19 featuring John Wall's Wizards against Anthony Davis' Pelicans: http://bit.ly/18RCxbE (http://t.co/HiXfrCP3EF)

[Thedonnie123]

Whoa. What a great marketing idea.

[Bakert]

Keeneland all day, NBA hoops all night - pretty good deal. And it's an open date for football.

[VirginiaCat]

Damn, I will be flying back from Paris.....

[BigBlueBrock]

Someone is hoping to prove a point about having the NBA in Kentucky, methinks.

[Darrell KSR]

Damn, I will be flying back from Paris.....

Yeah, like, we feel REAL sorry for YOU. ;)

[Darrell KSR]

OK--so now I HAVE to get Big Blue Madness tickets for my son and I so I can tag team this on top of it. What a great father-son weekend that would be.

[Bakert]

Damn, I will be flying back from Paris.....

Flying back from Paris is never a bad thing other than the fact that you have had to leave Paris. Been there almost 20 times and will be back in January. Probably my favorite city to visit.

[Bakert]

OK--so now I HAVE to get Big Blue Madness tickets for my son and I so I can tag team this on top of it. What a great father-son weekend that would be.

I didn't realize when I first saw it that it was the night after BBM. Those UK sports marketing guys are pretty good at this stuff!

[CitizenBBN]

I didn't realize when I first saw it that it was the night after BBM. Those UK sports marketing guys are pretty good at this stuff!

You mean Cal is. :) The admin at UK is still working on their big project to bring back the "2 bits" cheer for the games. ;)

[TRUCKERCATFAN]

Damn. I'll have to miss that one. Going to Nashville the next morning to watch my beloved 49ers play the Titans. Oh well. I'll choose a regular season NFL game over a preseason NBA game anytime.

[akaukswoosh]

The admin at UK is still working on their big project to bring back the "2 bits" cheer for the games. ;) :happy0030:

[UKHistory]

We have an alumni game that sells the program and now a NBA game against #1 pick Wall against #1 pick Davis. Great event to hold over madness weekend with no football game home or away.

One drop back. Anyboyd here attend the 1989 Hornets game with Rex? For whatever reason that was one of the most boring games I have ever been to in person. I am sure with more UK players it will be different. But this is an NBA and not a UK event.

Over 20 years so the particulars have been lost on me but it left me with a negative feeling towards NBA exhibition games. I hope we gets fans to the game and I hope that we use it properly.

[dan_bgblue]

If they do not price the tickets out of the target market, they will draw a good crowd.

[CitizenBBN]

If they do not price the tickets out of the target market, they will draw a good crowd.

Just checked Lexingtoncenter.com. Tickets will range from $10-$250, which IMO tells us less than nothing at this point. $250 is sky high but if it's for a seat on the bench that's fine. If' it's for the first 10 rows that's another matter. Maybe Cal can buy those and give them out to folks.

[Darrell KSR]

I didn't realize when I first saw it that it was the night after BBM. Those UK sports marketing guys are pretty good at this stuff!

Yeah, that makes for an incredible weekend, maybe moreso for we out-of-towners who don't get the privileges the local guys get all the time.