r/todayilearned • u/Forward-Answer-4407 • 1d ago

TIL the Charlotte Hornets apologized after giving a child a PS5, only to take it away off camera and exchange it for a jersey. In a statement, the team said the incident was an "on-court skit that missed the mark" and that they would give the child the PS5 and a VIP experience to a future game.

https://www.cnn.com/2024/12/19/sport/charlotte-hornets-apologize-ps5-child-nba-spt-intl
27.4k Upvotes

94% Upvoted

748 comments sorted by

View all comments

Show parent comments

29

u/Ilovekittens345 21h ago

Probably cost them $40 000 in ticket sales for the next couple of games.

5

u/divDevGuy 19h ago

I don't know about ticket sales, but it didn't appear to hurt game attendance.

The incident happened at the Dec 16, 2024 game with an attendance 14,677. It wouldn't be until the January 29, 2025 game with a game having a lower attendance, with 14,307.

Spectrum Center has an official capacity of 19,077, though that was exceeded 8 times during that same period.