Season ticket holders react to Denver Nuggets super fan being banned from games at Ball Arena

Season ticket holders react to Denver Nuggets super fan being banned from games at Ball Arena

CONTINUING THEIR WINNING STREAK BEATING THE GRIZZLIES 128 – 100– 103 IN BALL ARENA. ONE FAN NOT IN THE STANDS, VICKI RAY. SHE IS THE DEFINITION OF SUPER FAN. >> SHE HAS CHEERED ON THE NUGGETS FOR MORE THAN TWO

DECADES BUILDING RELATIONSHIPS WITH PLAYERS AND REFEREES WHILE ALSO COLLECTING THOUSANDS OF PIECES OF MEMORABILIA. IN FEBRUARY SHE WAS BAND AND HER TICKETS WERE PULLED, ACCUSED OF GRABBING A REFEREE , AND THEN THERE WAS AN ACCUSATION THAT

SHE HIT A PLAYER IN THE FACE. TONIGHT, ALAN GIONET JOINS US WITH DETAILS FROM KROENKE AND OTHER DETAILS. >> HEADING INTO THE GAME FANS WERE THINKING ABOUT ONE OF THEIR OWN AND WHETHER SHE SHOULD BE HERE .

>> SHE GOT BAND? THAT’S A LITTLE DRASTIC. THAT IF SHE CAN’T FOLLOW THE RULES ? >> AND ALL OF HER YEARS AS A NUGGETS FAN SHE IS NOT HERE THIS NIGHT OR ANY MORE GAMES THIS SEASON. >> AWESOME GAME TONIGHT.

>> KURT LOVES HIS TEAM BUT WONDERS. >> SEEMS LIKE THERE MIGHT BE ANOTHER WAY TO DO THIS. >> BRANDY COSTELLO THINKS SO AS WELL. >> WE WERE RIGHT THERE WITH SEAT NUMBER ONE AND TWO.

>> SHE AND HER HUSBAND SPLIT SEASON TICKETS IN THE SAME ROW AS VICKI RAY. >> LET ME ASK YOU A HARD QUESTION FIRST. DOES SHE GET OUT OF HAND? >> NEVER. >> SHE’S BEEN A FEW SEATS AWAY SINCE 2018.

>> THE PLAYERS AND COACHES LOVES MISS VICKI. THEY LOVE ON HER, THEY HUG HER. >> YOU SEE VICKI ON THE RIGHT GREETING AND BEING GREETED BY PLAYERS AS WELL AS REFEREES. THEY DON’T GET A LOT OF LOVE ON THE JOB.

>> CRONK HE SPORTS AND ENTERTAINMENT– KROENKE IS ADDING A STATEMENT CONSIDERING UNWANTED CONTACT WITH PARTICIPANTS IN THE UNWANTED BEHAVIOR CONTINUED EVEN AFTER REPEATED WARNINGS. SHE SAID SHE BELIEVED HER TICKETS, NOW REMOVED, COULD BE

SOLD TO SOMEONE ELSE FOR MORE AND OFFERED TO APOLOGIZE IF SHE HAD DONE ANYTHING WRONG. RANDY HAS GONE FROM ANGRY TO UPSET. >> AT FIRST I WAS, OH MY GOODNESS. THE CHRISTIAN IN ME. IF IT WASN’T THERE I PROBABLY

WOULD’VE SAID SOME WORDS. I FEEL VERY SAD BECAUSE IT’S BEEN HER LIFE. >> A 72-YEAR-OLD FAN WITH NO TEAM TO ROOT FOR. >> SHE’S FAMILY TO THEM. SHE’S LIKE THE MOTHER AND GRANDMOTHER OF THE NUGGETS. SHE

DESERVED THAT RESPECT. >> BRANDY CREDITS VICKI WITH TEACHING HER SON PERSEVERANCE THAT HELPED HIM GET THROUGH A FEW HARD TIMES IN BASKETBALL. SHE SAYS SHE WOULD GIVE VICKI HER TICKETS FOR THE REST OF THE

YEAR SO SHE COULD SIT IN HER SEATS BUT SHE CAN’T BECAUSE VICKI HAS BEEN BANNED FROM BALL ARENA DURING NUGGETS GAMES. KROENKE SAYS THEY HAVE BEEN TRANSPARENT ABOUT RULES BUT THERE HAVE

There are few who would argue that 72-year-old Vicki Ray is atop the list of the most recognizable Nuggets fans. Loving the Nuggets in rain or shine seasons for 32 years as a season ticket holder and missing, she says, only seven games outside of COVID, Ray has held a most coveted spot in Ball Arena.