 Recent award winner of the CMA Female Vocalist of the Year, Carrie Underwood, took the stage Friday night for Ford Center’s five-year anniversary concert. With 10,000 plus fans at Ford Center, downtown was full and thriving on this Friday Night.
Continuing the five-year celebration, fans at this Saturday and Sunday’s Evansville Thunderbolts games will be able to purchase specially priced $5.00 ticket as well as $5.00 hot dog and soda combo and $5.00 beer. This weekend also will mark the home openers for both Men and Women’s basketball 2016-2017 season.
“Evansville and all of our ticket buyers have made Ford Center a success for the last five years. Here we are five years later still having weekends with more events than days. Hosting six events, three floor conversions, three teams and a sold-out concert, Ford Center lives up to the vision and dream our city had when deciding to build a new arena to Evansville’s downtown†said Executive Director Scott Schoenike.
The Ford Center launches into a busy event season with the Small College Basketball Hall of Fame Classic November 18- 19, Hadi Shrine Circus November 24 – 27, The Original Harlem Globetrotters January 12, Miranda Lambert January 26, Disney On Ice February 16 – 19, Brantley Gilbert February 23 and the Winter Jam Tour Spectacular March 9. Ford Center is home of the The University of Evansville Men’s and Women’s Basketball teams and the Evansville Thunderbolts.
