Event for vets, active military to feature sports, celebrities

Staff report

Cleveland

The Wounded Warriors Project hopes to raise some money through a downtown celebration in honor of Veterans Day.

The Nov. 12 event begins at 7:30 p.m. at Quicken Loans Arena with the Lake Erie Monsters hockey game, said event coordinator Adam Widner. The after-game party will be at Barroom Cleveland, on Euclid Avenue.

Widner said hockey game tickets for active military members and veterans are $22 for lower-level sides and club seats and $16 for lower-level corners and ends. General public tickets are $24 for lower-level side and club seats and $18 for lower-level corners and ends.

Veterans and active duty military personnel will be admitted to Barroom for free, and the general public is asked to make a $5 donation at the door.

Widner said a portion of all ticket sales from the game and cover charge at the bar will go toward Wounded Warriors, a non-profit veterans organization whose mission is to raise awareness and meet the needs of injured service members.

“Basically this whole night is going to be about [veterans,]” he said. “The Northeast Ohio area has such a high military presence.”

The Wounded Warriors alum said three members of the original cast of the HBO miniseries Band of Brothers will also be on hand at the after party.

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