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Metro Rail Ride Event Launches Tomorrow

September 29, 2009 by Nick Bastian Leave a Comment

Rail Ride Event to officially begin with Game 2 of the WNBA Finals Thursday night!

WHAT: 

METRO light rail, US Airways Center, Phoenix Suns and Phoenix Mercury will officially launch the Rail Ride Event program during an announcement tomorrow (Wednesday, September 30) at 6:30 a.m. The announcement will take place at the Park and Ride location on 19th Avenue and Montebello Avenue, across from the light rail station platform.

The unique program will be activated for the first time when the Phoenix Mercury take on the Indiana Fever on Thursday, October 1 in Game 2 of the WNBA Finals at US Airways Center.  Tip-off is set for 6 p.m.

Through The Rail Ride Event, METRO will recognize any US Airways Center event ticket as valid light rail fare on the day of the event, for four hours prior to the start of the event, through the end of the transit day.  The program will begin tomorrow and run through September 30, 2010.

WHO:

METRO Board Chair and Phoenix Vice Mayor Tom Simplot,

Rick Simonetta, METRO CEO

Ralph Marchetta, USAirwaysCenter General Manager

Jay Parry, Phoenix Mercury President and Chief Operating Officer

Suns Dancers

Members of the Phoenix Mercury Hip Hop Squad Scorch

Phoenix Mercury mascot

WHEN:

Wednesday, September 30 at 6:30 a.m.

WHERE:

19th Avenue and MontebelloAvenuePark and Ride location (Across from the light rail station)

Filed Under: Light Rail, Light Rail Sports, Phoenix Light Rail, Phoenix Light Rail Events, Sports Near Light Rail, Tempe Light Rail Tagged With: Metro Light Rail, Phoenix Light Rail, Rail Life

About Nick Bastian

Nick Bastian is a 31 year veteran of the real estate industry and can be reached at 602-803-6425. You'll also find him sharing real estate info on his web site and hanging out onTwitter.
Family man, lover of life, maker of friends. A bit of a geek, long time Tempe real estate guy just havin' some fun. What's your story?

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