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Tickets go on sale Monday for Independence’s new hockey franchise, and fans have an opportunity to name the team and win prizes in the process.
Independence Professional Hockey, the parent company of the Central Hockey League team that will anchor the new Events Center at Interstates 70 and 470, announced a naming contest Thursday for the city’s new professional hockey team.
Brad Lund, IPH president, said more than $4,000 in prizes will be awarded through the contest, which got under way Thursday. The Examiner is the official sponsor of the naming contest, in partnership with the team.
Participants can register online at The Examiner’s Web site, media.examiner.net/hockeycontest.
“We are completely open-minded,” Lund said of the contest. “We are looking for something with an Independence or Missouri flair. And we would like for the name to be unique.”
Lund said IPH staff will go over entries, narrow them down to anywhere from four to seven entries. Then the finalists will be presented to the public on examiner.net and fans will vote for their favorite among the final nominees. The team is contractually bound to use Independence or Missouri in the team name, but Lund has indicated Independence will likely be used as the franchise name.
The person or persons who officially submits the winning team name will be eligible for the prizes, including a $2,000 shopping spree at Independence Center, a 42-inch flat-screen television, furniture, a hotel getaway, a salon and spa package and hockey tickets (see official contest rules Page B6 or at media.examiner.net/hockeycontest).
“May the best lady or man win,” Lund said.
Season tickets go on sale at 9 a.m. Monday. Prices begin at $352. Individual tickets will go on sale at a later date and are expected to range from $12 to $32. And there is no charge for parking at the arena.
Lund said a search for the team’s head coach will begin May 1.
“We will work hard everyday in the front office,” Lund said, “to put a good hockey team on the ice.”
Tickets go on sale Monday for Independence’s new hockey franchise, and fans have an opportunity to name the team and win prizes in the process.
Independence Professional Hockey, the parent company of the Central Hockey League team that will anchor the new Events Center at Interstates 70 and 470, announced a naming contest Thursday for the city’s new professional hockey team.
Brad Lund, IPH president, said more than $4,000 in prizes will be awarded through the contest, which got under way Thursday. The Examiner is the official sponsor of the naming contest, in partnership with the team.
Participants can register online at The Examiner’s Web site, media.examiner.net/hockeycontest.
“We are completely open-minded,” Lund said of the contest. “We are looking for something with an Independence or Missouri flair. And we would like for the name to be unique.”
Lund said IPH staff will go over entries, narrow them down to anywhere from four to seven entries. Then the finalists will be presented to the public on examiner.net and fans will vote for their favorite among the final nominees. The team is contractually bound to use Independence or Missouri in the team name, but Lund has indicated Independence will likely be used as the franchise name.
The person or persons who officially submits the winning team name will be eligible for the prizes, including a $2,000 shopping spree at Independence Center, a 42-inch flat-screen television, furniture, a hotel getaway, a salon and spa package and hockey tickets (see official contest rules Page B6 or at media.examiner.net/hockeycontest).
“May the best lady or man win,” Lund said.
Season tickets go on sale at 9 a.m. Monday. Prices begin at $352. Individual tickets will go on sale at a later date and are expected to range from $12 to $32. And there is no charge for parking at the arena.
Lund said a search for the team’s head coach will begin May 1.
“We will work hard everyday in the front office,” Lund said, “to put a good hockey team on the ice.”
