KEITH URBAN TO DROP PUCK AT CHICAGO EXPRESS COUNTRY NIGHT THIS SATURDAY
CHICAGO’S NEWEST HOCKEY TEAM PARTNERS WITH US99.5 FOR COUNTRY NIGHT
The Sears Centre Arena and the Chicago Express are happy to welcome, Keith Urban, of Elk Grove Village, to drop the puck for Country Night on Saturday, November 19, at 7:30 p.m. when the Express take on the Cincinnati Cyclones at the Sears Centre Arena in Hoffman Estates. Chicago’s Country Station, US99 will be presenting “Country Night” with evening drive host, Drew Walker, who will be on-site to kick off the evening’s festivities at 5 p.m. and will be broadcasting live from the Sears Centre before the game.
Keith Urban, a dedicated Chicago hockey fan who shares the same name as the country music superstar, will be joined by his wife and two children in their first visit to the Sears Centre for an Express Hockey game.
Country Night will also include a pre-game bonfire open to all fans in the Sears Centre parking lot, free pony rides for children 12 and under and a fleece blanket giveaway courtesy of Green River Lines. Fans can stick around for a post game autograph signing and photos with the entire Express team.
Game tickets for the Express’ “Country Night” start at $7 and are available at the Kia Box Office inside the Sears Centre Arena, online at www.SearsCentre.com or by calling the Express at (224)220-1333.
The ECHL is the Premier AA hockey league and feeder for the National Hockey League and American Hockey League teams. It boasts 20 teams in 16 US states; 467 former ECHL players have played in the National Hockey League. For the 10th consecutive year, the ECHL is represented by the 2011 Stanley Cup Champions with Boston Bruins assistant coach Geoff Ward, players Michael Ryder, Rich Peverley and Tim Thomas.
The Sears Centre Arena is an 11,000-seat multipurpose family entertainment, cultural, and sports arena located in Hoffman Estates’ Prairie Stone Business Park. The Sears Centre Arena, which opened in 2006, is designed to accommodate a variety of events including concerts, family shows and sporting events. For more information regarding the Sears Centre Arena and upcoming events, please visit the arena’s website at www.searscentre.com.
Global Spectrum (www.global-spectrum.com) manages the Sears Centre Arena, as well as more than 100 other public assembly facilities around the world. Nearly 20-million people attended more than 11,000 events in Global Spectrum venues last year. Based in Philadelphia, PA, Global Spectrum is part of Comcast-Spectacor, one of the world’s largest sports and entertainment companies. Comcast-Spectacor also owns the Philadelphia Flyers of the National Hockey League, Ovations Food Services, a food and beverage services provider, New Era Tickets, a full-service ticketing and marketing product for public assembly facilities, Paciolan, the leading provider of venue establishment ticketing, fundraising and marketing technology solutions, Front Row Marketing Services, a commercial rights sales company, and Flyers Skate Zone, a series of community ice skating rinks.
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Contact:
Georgieann Michels, Marketing Coordinator
Sears Centre Arena 847.649.2245 Georgieann.michels@searscentre.com