ECHL Atlanta Gladiators

Gladiators Change Saturday Start Times to 7:05 p.m.

September 8, 2008 - ECHL (ECHL)
Atlanta Gladiators News Release


The Gwinnett Gladiators announced today that they have changed the start time of all Saturday night home games for the 2008-09 season to 7:05 p.m.

The start times for Saturday home games were moved up from 7:35 p.m. from the first five seasons at the Arena at Gwinnett Center to 7:05 p.m. for the upcoming season.

"We wanted to get our fans home earlier on Saturday nights," said Gladiators President Steve Chapman, "especially those fans with young children allowing everyone to catch the whole game."

The Gladiators home game starting times for all other home games remain unchanged. Monday thru Thursday games will still start at 7:05 p.m. with Friday games at 7:35 p.m. and Sunday games beginning at 4:05 p.m. The Gladiators MLK/Kids day game on Monday, January 19th will still begin at 12:30 p.m.

Began in 1988-89 with five teams playing in four states, the Premier 'AA' Hockey League has grown into a coast-to-coast league that will have 23 teams in 16 states and British Columbia playing 864 games from Oct. 17, 2008 to Apr. 4, 2009. Eighteen of the 23 teams have played at least five years in their current city.

The third-longest tenured professional hockey league behind only the National Hockey League and the American Hockey League, the ECHL averaged 4,174 per game last season, marking the fourth year in row and the 16th time in the last 18 years that the league has averaged over 4,000 fans. The league has drawn over four million fans each of the last five years and 11 times in the past 12 seasons.

The Gwinnett Gladiators open their sixth season as a proud member of the ECHL in October of 2008 - season ticket packages are on sale now. In addition, the Gladiators offer several unique multi-game ticket packages as well as discounted group rates, suite rentals, and birthday parties. For more information call 770-497-5100 or log on to gwinnettgladiators.com.

The Gladiators are the AA affiliate of the Atlanta Thrashers and play all home games at the spectacular 11,355-seat Arena at Gwinnett Center, located just off I-85 on Sugarloaf Parkway in Duluth, where parking is always free.

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