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New Orleans Pelicans announce 2023 NBA preseason schedule – NBA.com
The New Orleans Pelicans today announced their 2023 preseason schedule.
New Orleans will open preseason play with a home game at the Smoothie King Center on Tuesday, October 10, against the Orlando Magic. The Pelicans then head to Birmingham, Ala. to host the Houston Rockets on Thursday, Oct. 12 at Legacy Arena, home of the Birmingham Squadron, the Pelicans’ G League affiliate. The team will travel to play the Atlanta Hawks on Saturday, Oct. 14 at Gateway Center Arena in College Park, Ga., and will conclude the 2023 preseason slate at Orlando on Tuesday, Oct. 17.
The Pelicans’ home contest in Birmingham, Ala. marks the second consecutive season the team will play a preseason game at Legacy Arena, as New Orleans hosted Atlanta last year in front of a sellout crowd of 15,486. Squadron season ticket holders will receive complimentary tickets in their seat location for the preseason game between the Pelicans and Rockets. Individual tickets for the Pelicans preseason game at Legacy Arena will go on sale at a later date. Tickets will be made available through the Squadron ticket office and Ticketmaster. Fans can visit https://birmingham.gleague.nba.com/tickets/ or call the Squadron ticket office at (205) 719-0850 to request additional details.
Pelicans season ticket plans for the 2023-24 campaign and group ticket plans for the Tuesday, Oct. 10 game against the Orlando Magic are on sale now. Individual tickets for Pelicans home games will go on sale at a later date. For more information, fans can visit https://www.nba.com/pelicans/tickets/season-tickets or call the Pelicans ticket office at (504-593-4999) to request additional details.
Broadcast information for all of the Pelicans’ preseason games will be announced at a later date.
The New Orleans Pelicans take on the Atlanta Hawks in Game 5 of the 2022 NBA Preseason on Friday, October 14 in Birmingham, Alabama.
The Pelicans secured a victory in the fourth quarter.
New Orleans Pelicans hold shootaround practice at Legacy Arena in Birmingham AL ahead of their final NBA preseason game against the Atlanta Hawks.
New Orleans Pelicans head coach Willie Green speaks ahead of Friday's game against the Atlanta Hawks in Birmingham on Octobern14, 2022.
New Orleans will play the Atlanta Hawks at Legacy Arena – home of the Pelicans' G League affiliate, the Birmingham Squadron – on October 14
Herb Jones is looking forward to seeing many familiar faces in what’s expected to be a sold-out crowd. It sounds like Jones’ family and friends make a big dent in creating that sellout.
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