Reader's Suggestions for Making Kings Games Bearable
I wrote about the Struggling Kings (their official name now, I believe) a few weeks ago, and a reader sent me a note about how tough it is to be a fan of that hockey club.
Like, no kidding. Still the worst team in the league ... and it's made worse that the defending champions live and work just down the 5 freeway in Anaheim.
Anyway, this guy ... he calls himself "Bobo" ... came up with some suggestions for making Kings games more bearable.
Had to tweak his list a little. He had one interesting, perhaps popular suggestion we can't include in a "family" blog.
His stuff is below.
Well...I've used this All-Star Game break and to talk to my favorite team's management and found out there are going to be some changes following the break and five-game road trip....I'll just name a few...
Following the break, Kings will change their uniform colors...The new colors (or color) will be all black...The management is also encouraging all fans to wear black so everybody feel like they are attending a funeral at each game (personally, I've been wearing all black-hat, shorts and shirt since beginning of October and I'm getting a lot of sorry looks and condolences everywhere I go!!)...
Fans not wearing all-black will not (I repeat, WILL NOT!!!) be allowed to enter the premises....
Next change is that during the game, there will be about 20-40 entertainers (some of them will be adult entertainers) walking between fans and telling jokes, making fun of other teams' players, coaches, refs, politics.......After the game, fans will be leaving thinking that our team sucks and lost again, but at least they had some fun at the game.
Next new thing is that all fans will get a free parking, because even the hard-nosed-counting-every-penny people in management realize that you should not pay to park to see your team lose every game...
And the best for last:All season ticket holders will get all the food and drinks for free plus after every lost game (and there will be plenty of them) ... Also, there will be open bars around Staples Center during and after the game for all fans in the audience, including people who already came to the game drunk (exception is the age under 21, but they are working on that part, too).
So, after all, looks like we're going to have a lot of fun for the rest of the season...Now I just wish our season's lasted longer, but we'll see.