Weekend HBCU football game in St. Louis moved to Arkansas

In the event you had been planning on going to the St. Louis River Metropolis Traditionally Black Faculty and College Soccer Traditional, that includes the College of Arkansas Pine Bluff towards Alabama A&M College — it ain’t occurring.

Effectively, it’s occurring, however you’re gonna must get in your automotive and drive 388 miles to Pine Bluff, Arkansas, the place the sport has been relocated.

The occasion promoter, Milestone Advertising and marketing and Distribution Group and Black Faculty Soccer Traditional Sequence, abruptly cancelled the St. Louis occasion Wednesday, just some days earlier than the sport was to be performed on the Dome at America’s Middle in downtown St. Louis.

In keeping with a press launch from the group, “our capability to totally promote Traditional Tickets by means of TicketMaster was impeded, restrained, or not allowed to occur.”

However, some followers are questioning the group’s promotional technique and others have referred to as it offensive. In keeping with the press launch, “after promoting our BRING A BLACK MALE TO THE CLASSIC – YOU MAY CHANGE HIS LIFE, resulted in NO CLASSIC TICKETS being offered.”

The promoter stated it “anticipated this promotion to generate 5,000 to 10,000 Traditional Tickets offered.”

When the St. Louis American requested Discover St. Louis, the company that operates the Dome, about that declare, they said “[Milestone Marketing and Distribution Group owner Eugene Gilbert’s] assertions contained in his media launch dated 10/12/22 are a crimson herring overlooking the truth that he was unable to safe a title sponsor for the occasion and basic tickets gross sales had been poor as a consequence of his late begin in promoting tickets. As well as, monetary phrases of the contract with Milestone Advertising and marketing and Distribution Group, Inc. weren’t fulfilled.”

Many St. Louisans will do not forget that the Gateway Traditional annual soccer sport was held on the Dome for quite a lot of years, and was effectively promoted and effectively attended.

Discover St. Louis representatives stated they’re disenchanted the occasion won’t happen. “We had been trying ahead to beginning a brand new HBCU custom on the Dome at America’s Middle. We want the coaches and pupil athletes the most effective of their sport this weekend.”

The story was initially printed within the St. Louis American, a information accomplice of St. Louis Public Radio.