Sacramento Kings to Host Bollywood Night
Sacramento Kings to Host Bollywood Night
Mumbai, April 1, 2014 – The
Sacramento Kings are hosting the team’s first-ever “Bollywood” themed
game versus the Lakers on Wednesday, April 2. The game will celebrate
Indian culture and cinema with various performances and broadcast live
in India on Sony Six.
DATE/TIME: Thursday, April 3, 2014 at 7:30 AM (India time)
LOCATION: Sleep Train Arena
One Sports Parkway, Sacramento, CA 95824
VISUALS: Commemorative “Bollywood Night” t-shirts (in various bright colors) for all attendees. Players will wear warm-up shirts featuring “Kings” inscribed in Hindi. Pop-Bollywood fusion halftime performance from Anjali Ranadivé, daughter of Kings Majority Owner Vivek Ranadivé. Traditional dance performances from UC Davis student groups LashKara, a Hindi Film-Fusion group, andSunatya, a Bharatanatyam group. Performance from Sacramento Kings Dancers dressed in traditional Indian attire.
Kings Majority Owner Vivek Ranadivé, the first Indian-born owner in NBA history, has created an NBA 3.0 philosophy
focused on cutting-edge technology to enhance the fan experience,
acting as a positive agent of change in the community and expanding the
team’s global brand. This season, the Kings have televised over 20 live
games in India, launched a website in Hindi, sent the Sacramento Kings
Dancers to Mumbai and signed the team’s first India-based sponsor.
“The
ultimate power of sports is the ability to connect people across
geographic, economic and cultural lines,” said Ranadivé. “The Kings
strive every day to provide all of our fans with a unique and lasting
experience, which is why we have such strong support from the Indian
community here and abroad. Together, we are catapulting basketball as
the fastest growing sport in India. NBA Commissioner Adam Silver and I
also have plans to visit, and we hope to continue sharing the Kings
experience throughout India.”
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