Here’s a cute airline/sports team partnership.
As the Houston Rockets basketball team’s official airline partner, Taiwan’s Eva Air has created a Rockets-themed experience for passengers flying on the airline out of Houston’s George Bush Intercontinental Airport (IAH).
Houston travelers will see Rockets-branded signage and be able to download or print out Rockets-themed boarding passes and luggage tags.
The carrier currently flies between Houston and Taipei daily.
Wrestlemania 40 is taking place in Philadelphia this week and Philadelphia International Airport (PHL) is ready to rumble.
The airport hosted a pep rally to welcome arriving wrestling fans and has photo ops and other activities planned for fans throughout the week.
Be sure to get a selfie with the replica wrestling ring set up in the food court in the connector between Terminals B and C. The ring has ropes, turnbuckles, pads and a branded backdrop.
At the top of Terminal E, you’ll also find three replica championship belts: the Undisputed WWE Universal Championship Belt, the Women’s World Championship Belt and a Philadelphia Phillies Belt.
All photos courtesy PHL Airport.
Earlier this week, the sports department at StuckatTheAirport.com declared the basketball court at Indianapolis International Airport (IND) the Airport Amenity of the Week.
Even though it was only Monday. And even though the temporary court is a no-real-basketballs-allowed promo for the festivities and special events surrounding the NBA All-Star 2024 game to be held in Indianapolis on February 18.
Here’s more about that court and more information about what IND Airport has in store for travelers now through the NBA All-Star 2024 weekend.
The basketball court is a decal located pre-security in the airport’s public gathering area, which is called the Civic Plaza. The court is 50 feet wide by 94 feet long and is the same size as a professional basketball court. The basketball goals are courtesy of the Indiana State Fairgrounds.
Graphics celebrating the NBA All-Star 2024 weekend are also in the IND bag claim area and other parts of the airport.
And there’s more to come.
IND officials tell us that a 6-foot-tall ceramic basketball will be rolled into the bag claim area, there will be live music from local musicians, custom artwork by local artists in the airport’s KIND Gallery, and pop-up shops with all manner of NBA All-Star merch.
If you’re heading to Indianapolis during the NBA All-Star 2024 weekend, or anytime, be sure to look for the newest major piece of public art at IND Airport.
Blue Skies, by Brenna McCarty, is suspended more than 65 feet in the air from the terminal roof structure and is composed of hundreds of acrylic spheres.
This must be what they mean when they say ‘Hoosier Hospitality.’
The 2024 NBA All-Star game will be held in Indianapolis, Indiana on February 18.
To promote the exhibition game and to make fans feel welcome, Indianapolis International Airport (IND) has turned its central terminal area, called the Civic Plaza, into a full-length basketball court, complete with stanchions, glass backboards, and a painted ‘hardwood’ floor.
The only thing missing? The basketballs.
No dribbling, dunking, or basketball playing is allowed.
In some cities, it’s all about the basketball playoffs right now.
But in Seattle, hopes are pinned on the professional ice-hockey team known as the Seattle Kraken.
The Seattle Kraken will play against the Dallas Stars in the second round of the Stanley Cup playoffs. And to celebrate, Seattle-based Alaska Airlines is offering special fares to Dallas as well as sweepstakes for a chance to win tickets to Game 2 in Dallas.
Here’s the deal: through May 5, Alaska Airlines is offering
*$99 tickets each way between Seattle and Dallas – to either Dallas Love Field (DAL) or Dallas Fort Worth International Airport (DFW);
*Priority boarding for any guests sporting Kraken gear at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport:
*And a chance to win two roundtrip tickets to Dallas and a pair of tickets to Game 2 of the second round of playoffs. Enter by retweeting the @SeattleKraken “I want to fly away” tweet.
(Official sweepstakes rules here.)
Alaska Airlines is the official airline sponsor of the Kraken, and they’ve even added another flight to Dallas from Seattle on May 2 with flight number #9232 in honor of the NHL’s 32nd franchise.