Over 200 NSU students will attend the Florida Panthers vs. Detroit Redwings game at the BB&T Center in Sunrise, Fla., on Feb. 4.
The Office of Student Activities offered tickets for $5 on a first-come, first-served basis but sold out within a few days. Students who bought tickets from the Office of Student Activities will be provided with transportation to and from the game and a T-shirt.
Yabi Demissie, graduate assistant of Student Programming in the Office of Student Activities, said she thinks tickets sold out quickly because attending the game is a good experience.
“The people who went last year had a good time, so now more and more people want to go,” she said.
According to Demissie, the game is a good way build relationships between NSU and the different professional teams in Florida and to connect students to the community.
“There’s a good population here who have school pride, but we need to work harder on getting the students who aren’t getting involved,” she explained.
This is the second year that the Office of Student Activities has organized the NSU Takeover at the BB&T Center.
Morgan Thorn, junior biology major, attended the NSU Takeover at the Florida Panthers vs. Chicago Blackhawks game last year with her friends.
“It was not like any of the other hockey games I’ve been to before,” she said. “There weren’t that many people at the games last season, so it was awesome to have a big crowd in the stadium that night.”
Thorn said that she’s a huge hockey fan.
“My favorite thing about the game was getting to go with some of my friends who weren’t hockey fans and seeing how, because they went, they saw how awesome the sport was,” she said.
Sarah Maroney, junior biology and marine biology major, also attended the game last year. She was a hockey fan before coming to school.
“Hockey is a sport that has something for everybody. For people who like fighting, there are always fights; for people who like goal sports like soccer, it’s a lot like soccer. There’s a lot of action. There’s never really a dull moment. It’s easy to stay engaged with the game.
Although $5 tickets have sold out, a discounted offer for NSU students is available on ticketmaster.com. For more information, contact the Office of Student Activities at studentactivities@nova.edu or 954-262-7288.
