Hockey or Football…or both?
The Panthers are trying to accommodate football fans.
The team announced today that it has arranged to tune televisions around BankAtlantic Center on Saturday night to the NFC divisional playoff game between the Philadelphia Eagles and New Orleans Saints at 8 p.m. In fact, the team will keep the Patron Tequila Platinum Club and the Budweiser Terrace open with sets tuned to the football game until its conclusion.
Is that to prevent fans from skipping Saturday’s Panthers-Washington Capitals game at 7:30 p.m. at the arena in favor of a second round playoff game? This isn’t even the NCAA Tournament or the Super Bowl.
“We understand that many of our loyal Panthers fans are football fans as well,” Sunrise Sports & Entertainment Chief Operating Officer Michael Yormark said in a release. “Our goal is to provide them with the best of both worlds. If you come to the BankAtlantic Center on Saturday, you can watch the NFL playoffs in a festive atmosphere and not miss out as the Panthers take on Alexander Ovechkin and the Capitals.”
CRAIG DAVIS In more than 33 years at the Sun Sentinel, Craig Davis has written about a wide variety of sports topics from baseball to yachting, fishing to triathlons, and also worked as a copy editor and page designer. Recently he reported on local sports, including running, swimming, cycling, equestrian and beach volleyball. He enjoys sports as a participant as well as a spectator, is active in the South Florida running scene plays in the curling club at Saveology Iceplex. This blog offers a glimpse at the business side of sports in the interest of enhancing enjoyment of the games and sporting options as a spectator as well as a participant.
