Trotters To Play On Spectrum Roof

Yes, it’s true. Tuesday, March 3, at 2:30 p.m…. The Harlem Globetrotters will play on the freaking roof of the Spectrum. (They probably won’t bring Scooby-Doo with them, but who knows!)

I still haven’t figured out (1) how this is going to work, (2) if you’re going to be able to buy tickets and attend — actually, this is a no — (3) if strong winds could force cancelation — probably a yes — or (4) if there is a danger of the game being canceled after the ball goes out of bounds and off the Spectrum roof.

The Globetrotters have put out a press release about their game/performance/whatever, but it’s just another announcement. But I did learn, from this other Globetrotters press release, about all the celebrities who have attended games this tour!

Other entertainment and sports icons took in the Globetrotters during the record-breaking President’s Day Weekend, including David Duchovny and Harry Connick, Jr. at Madison Square Garden, Jon Bon Jovi and New York Giants running back Brandon Jacobs at the IZOD Center in East Rutherford, and Vivica Fox and Hall of Fame pitcher Don Sutton at the Globetrotters’ first ever show at Citizens Business Bank Arena in Ontario, Calif.

Ooh, Psychic Friends Network host Vivica Fox and Hall of Famer Don Sutton!

But back to the roof game. I was actually thinking this: Comcast-Spectacor needs a few more months out of the building before it’s demolished, and the roof — part of which blew off in 1968, only briefly after the place opened — is a little shaky… what better way to make sure it stays down for the final events at The Spectrum than by having a bunch of basketball players stomp on it for an afternoon?

Harlem Globetrotters to play on roof of Spectrum [The 700 Level]