{"id":1914,"date":"2009-10-31T10:55:00","date_gmt":"2009-10-31T16:55:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/anygame-anywhere.com\/blog\/2009\/10\/31\/pacers-home-opener-heat-at-pacers\/"},"modified":"2009-10-31T10:55:00","modified_gmt":"2009-10-31T16:55:00","slug":"pacers-home-opener-heat-at-pacers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.anygame-anywhere.com\/blog\/pacers-home-opener-heat-at-pacers\/","title":{"rendered":"Pacers Home Opener: Heat at Pacers"},"content":{"rendered":"

For the first time since May 30, 2004<\/a>, I attended an Indiana Pacers game at the Conseco Fieldhouse. Hospitality Jim, who I attended the Chicago Blackhawks game with on Monday night, was in Indianapolis to see a kids concert with his wife and daughter. He wanted to attend his first NBA game so I decided to make the trip south on Friday. I left Chicago at 2 pm and arrived at 6:20 pm (one hour time change plus 20 minutes of traffic leaving Chicago).<\/p>\n

Parking
<\/u>Parking is free in downtown Indianapolis after 6 pm. I parked on Meridian St. by University Park. It was a few blocks away from the arena which is my preference since it allows me to pass any ticket scalpers along the way. On my walk to Conseco Fieldhouse, I found one parking lot on Pennsylvania St. that was only charging $3 for event parking and the lot across the street only charged $5. At least I did not have to sit in traffic leaving the parking lot after the game.<\/p>\n

Obtaining Tickets
<\/u>On the walk to Conseco Fieldhouse there were plenty of ticket scalpers along Pennsylvania St. I got to the corner of Maryland St. and Pennsylvania St. when I found some fans that had $25 face value tickets. I offered them $10 each for the tickets and after they tried to negotiate for more money a couple of times I paid $20 for both tickets.<\/p>\n

Pre Game Dining<\/u>
After buying the tickets I met Hospitality Jim at Scotty\u2019s Brewhouse on the corner of Pennsylvania St. and Virginia Ave. \u2013 one block north of Conseco Fieldhouse. There are quite a few restaurants and bars within one or two blocks of the arena.<\/p>\n

The Game<\/u>
Miami led 49-47 at halftime before going on a 16-4 run to start the 3rd quarter. Indiana could not comeback from the run and never got closer than 10 points behind.<\/p>\n

Dwyane Wade scored 32 points and Jermaine O\u2019Neal had a double-double to lead the Heat to a 96-83 victory. It was the first time the Heat won in Indianapolis since 2001 and only their 6th win at Indiana in their 22 year history.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

For the first time since May 30, 2004, I attended an Indiana Pacers game at the Conseco Fieldhouse. Hospitality Jim, who I attended the Chicago Blackhawks game with on Monday night, was in Indianapolis to see a kids concert with his wife and daughter. He wanted to attend his first NBA game so I decided to make the trip south on Friday. I left Chicago at 2 pm and arrived at 6:20 pm (one hour time change plus 20 minutes of traffic leaving Chicago).
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