Nike has been holding things down at The Montalban Theatre in Hollywood as they prepare to launch a rooftop field / sports court for the community. Working with the theatre and the LA84 Foundation, Nike has been building and refurbishing fields all over the city. With Barcelona in town, it marked the perfect occasion for the super club to head to the theatre and be a part of this really cool community based outreach program that all three organizations are taking part in.
Outside wall of the theatre. The rooftop pitch is on top of this building.
We’ve been to a lot of events recently and I have to say that at every one, soccer fans have come out and supported big time. When it was time to start letting folks inside, there was a mad rush. You can’t hold back people that want to see their idols.
Max and Patty held down the show as hosts
There were a few different people who made speeches. One person each from LA84, The Ricardo Montalban Theatre and then Fabiola (sorry if I misspelled that) from Nike.
And then came the speech from this guy. If you are a Barca fan, then you owe him a ton of thanks for putting together the team that conquered not only Spain, but Europe as well. Barcelona president Joan LaPorta.
Mia and our boy Giles got to play in a 3 v 3 game that also featured Puyol, Marquez, Pique and Bojan. Mia’s team won, thus you see her admiring the trophy that accompanied her teams win.
It was good to be at an event like this where there were real fans in attendance. A lot of times it seems like the real fans are left out and the people that do make it in are VIP’s, corporate type folks and others who aren’t really true fans. But there were a lot of fans in the theatre yesterday, and all they wanted to do was see their team in person. This was the moment they had been waiting for.
People went nuts for Messi. He actually seemed a little overwhelmed by it all.
Check out Pep’s kicks. Dude was rocking a pair of Cortez. Wow, excellent choice to don the Cortez while in LA.
Although Barcelona was the marquee draw, the point of the event was the field that has been being built on top of the theatre. I love that fields are being built and refurbished all over the city, giving kids that might not have an adequate place to play an opportunity like this. The field isn’t quite finished. They said it’s about a month away. But some dude from Nike was cool enough to take me up there to snap a couple pics.
