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Vicki Ray

Denver Nuggets Super fan Vicki Ray’s Ticket Privileges Withdrawn in 2024

Vicki Ray can start listing the games she has missed in her life from the time she first saw a Denver Nuggets game from the nosebleeds over 32 years ago at the McNichols Sports Arena. There will be two on the death of her mother in 2005 and four in a row after her recent stroke in 2022. Then one when she was snowed in at her house in Lone Tree and every one during the COVID-19 pandemic when fans weren’t allowed to play.

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“And then there are the 14 games she’s missed since Kroenke Sports & Entertainment officials revoked her floor-level season tickets over claims she violated NBA and arena rules for contact with players and referees. Ray, 72, said the altercations didn’t happen and theorized the company revoked her tickets for other reasons”.

As Ray said in an interview this week:“My first reaction was somebody wants my seats, because I’ve had those seats the whole time the arena has been open”. According to Kroenke officials, in a statement, the tickets were given away “due to repeated violations and warnings of the NBA’s Code of Conduct as well as Ball Arena’s Code of Conduct”.

They accused the company of “unwanted contact with participants”, who stated that it persisted “even after repeated warnings”. “We are saddened to take this action but have done so in accordance with league and venue guidelines,” Kroenke officials commented on the decision . Representative officials declined to comment further on ticket attendance for Ray. Neither the National Basketball Referees Association nor the National Basketball Players Association responded to inquiries.

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Ray’s first hint about any issues came on Feb. 2 when two security guards  “pulled her by the arm” the game had ended, Ray approached a referee touching his chest; the official reportedly directed Ray somewhere; “I grabbed him, and he went, ‘No, out!’” she said. Arena officials accused took another complaint on Feb. 4 “a player said she had struck him in the face”. Ray previously said that one of her voluntary “responsibilities” was to “gesticulate” a high-five option, although opponents could always choose. Ray received a call canceling her season tickets on Feb. 13, just two days after Ray paid a deposit for them next season.

For Ray, who considers the Nuggets team her blood, the experience was devastating. In the living room, her walls were lined with shelves of signed Nike: dozens upon dozens, along with pictures of her with players and celebrities at games. Get-well posters sent when the team found out about her stroke, from a few months ago, and a teddy bear and birthday card sent by Marcus Camby . Ray said she is weighing the possibility of suing but would not reveal her lawyer’s name. She will be able to apply for season tickets next year, but there is no guarantee she will receive them, she said. “I just want my seats,” Ray stated. “I want back.”