The Memphis Grizzlies don’t exactly suffer from attendance problems — for one of the smaller markets in the NBA the team’s 16th-ranked attendance figure from last season is pretty impressive — so the brains behind the team’s front office aren’t quite desperate to fill seats. Still, that hasn’t stopped the team and the brains behind the franchise’s front office from attempting a novel way to both reduce Memphis-area crime, and engage would-be Grizzlies fans.
If you turn in your gun to a local Baptist church on Saturday, you’ll score an early chance to see if this Tony Wroten fella is for real; because the Grizzlies are giving away free preseason tickets to anyone who decides to part with their firearm.
From the Memphis Commercial Appeal:
During a Saturday event at Bloomfield Baptist Church, the city and its partners in the effort will hand over a $50 Mapco gas card for every gun a person turns in, up to a limit of three guns, or $150 in free gas, per person. Everyone who turns in a gun will also get two free tickets to a pre-season Memphis Grizzlies game. The event will run from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
The guns will be received on a “no questions asked” basis and later destroyed, though members of the Memphis Police Department’s Firearms Training Unit will be present.
WRITTEN BY Kelly Dwyer | Ball Don’t Lie & FULL STORY HERE
