Nearly 6,000 Blues fans get photos with Stanley Cup on St. Louis Blues Day in Springfield Oct. 10
Between 5,000 and 6,000 St. Louis Blues fans came out in force to welcome the Stanley Cup to Springfield on Oct. 10. Blues officials believe Springfield accomplished the most photos of any individual Blues Stanley Cup tour day since the team won the Cup in June. View the #SGFBluesDay highlight video.
“Not surprisingly, Springfield stepped up in a huge way. It is clear that Springfield is Blues Country. We will look forward to continuing to foster our partnership with the fans of Springfield and the region,” said St. Louis Blues President/CEO of business operations Chris Zimmerman.
The Cup appeared at Bass Pro Shops Outdoor World for fan photos Thursday afternoon, then made its way downtown to Jordan Valley Ice Park, where local youth and adult hockey teams had their photos taken on the ice with the Cup.
Due to the threat of severe weather, the outdoor portion of the #SGFBluesDay event was moved from Park Central West to Jordan Valley Ice Park, where Blues fans were treated to live music by Luna J. and a live broadcast of the Blues vs. Ottawa Senators game while they waited to have their photo taken with the Cup. The Cup left the ice park at 10 p.m. and spent the remainder of the evening at Falstaff's Local.
Zimmerman and Blues owner Tom Stillman greeted fans, along with Blues alumni players Jim “Soup” Campbell, Cam Janssen, Bobby Plager, Tom Tilley and Mike Zuke.
Thank you to those who made #SGFBluesDay possible:
Event Administrators
David Ott, St. Louis Blues Director
Cora Scott, City of Springfield
Joe Passanise, Wampler & Passanise
Partners
Abou Ben Adhem Shrine
Bass Pro Shops Outdoor World
City of Springfield
Downtown Community Improvement District
Falstaff’s Local
Harbell’s Bar & Grill
Fox Sports Midwest
Greene County
Greene County Sheriff’s Office
Jordan Valley Ice Park and the Springfield-Greene County Park Board
KOLR 10
Mediacom
Missouri State University
Missouri State Ice Bears
OTC
Springfield Area Chamber of Commerce
Springfield Fire Department
Springfield Police Department
Springfield Sertoma
Corporate Sponsors
Bass Pro Shops Outdoor World
Epic Strategies
Great Southern Bank
Jared Outdoor
Loren Cook company
Stan Melton and Missouri State Hockey Club
O’Reilly Hospitality Management
Rally House
Springfield Sertoma
Wil Fischer Companies (Bud Light – the official beer of the St. Louis Blues)
