The NHL unveiled the Stadium Series logo for the coming offside between the Tampa Bay Lightning and Boston Bruins. To very little surprise, the logo looks like a pirate ship. Raymond James Stadium, the home of the NFL’s Tampa Bay Buccaneers, is where the game is held, and the festival with pirate theme, Gasparilla, has been an annual event in Tampa for more than a century.
Together with normally a float in the parade, lightning usually also plays a home game on the day of Gasparilla and she has put on festive warm-up Jerseys. This year it is the next day. Gasparilla was played on Saturday 31 January, with the Stadium Series match on Sunday 1 February.
It breaks tradition, but it must be done. Have a game with more than 60,000 fans who rub that against a festival attracts around 300,000 people Is the ultimate logistics nightmare. Play the next day. Many people will still be in the city for both.
A new view of Gasparilla -Uniforms (or BUCS?)
To have a uniform Is nothing new for lightning. They unveiled a skull and a crossward jersey for warm-ups a few years ago.
They were immediately a hit with fans and they can often be seen in games. Better yet, you see them around gas parilla, regardless of the weather. It can push to the north of 80 degrees and there is a fan that wears one of these at the parade.
Many would like to see that they finally wear this exact sweater in a game. It is possible that they could do that. However, it is more likely that they will bring something completely new to the table. That is usually what is being done for the stadium series. What exactly they can do is strictly gas parilla or pirate theme? I can’t tell you that.
An idea that I can imagine is that they are doing something in the spirit of the Pirate theme team that opens the field eight times a year in Raymond James Stadium. A Buccaneers uniform can lead to a very nice design, and the right design would sell a lot of sweaters.
It is a precedent to try this idea even if it comes from another sport. The Chicago White Sox of the MLB unveiled uniforms that have been designed to look like the Those worn by the NBA’s Chicago Bulls.
Of course it is easier to plan when both teams have the same owner, Jerry Reinsdorf, but it shows that it is an executable concept.
The lightning can have a primary red sweater with a black collar and black bans around the sleeve. The pants and socks can be pewter with red, orange and black striping along the side that emits the feeling of the pants they wear.
Another idea that has surfaced on social media is a creamsicle uniform that the Buccaneers return a few games for the third year in a row. That would probably bring an orange sweater with white pants and orange socks. Some of these may sound better on paper, but this is the time to experiment with some great ideas.
Gasparilla part 2 for game day can be fun
The monumental event of Gasparilla is the Parade Down Bayshore Blvd. Beads fly through. Beer flows in every street corner. Pirate costumes are attracted thousands of kilometers with kilometers. Who says that there can be no part two on a smaller scale? Have an event that ends Dale Mobry and wraps itself around the stadium. Fans can watch from the sidewalks while they are tailgate.
Instead of having one lightning gas parilla, there can be several, together with NHL and Boston Bruins, the action drives. It is an easy idea to take with you and run with it.
This is only for the external festivities. Beads can also be passed on to fans inside and the lightning can take the ice while they fire the guns of the pirate ship in the stadium. They can fire after a goal such as the Columbus Blue Jackets with their cannon in the civil war.
It is a concept that produces so many different and creative ideas. The logo is just the start of what this event could entail. Look forward to what they release in the coming months. Chances are that you will get a kick.
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