Pensacola Ice Flyers create license agreement with Blue Angels, will host 'Blue Angels Night'
The Pensacola Ice Flyers have agreed to a new three-year licensing agreement with the Blue Angels that will be through September 2026.
With the license agreement, the Ice Flyers will host an annual Blue Angels Night to celebrate the flight demonstration team, showing appreciation to the men and women who have served the country.
The inaugural Blue Angels Night will happen on Veterans Day, Saturday, Nov. 11, when Pensacola hosts Knoxville at the Pensacola Bay Center.
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“The Blue Angels are an integral part of our Gulf Coast community, and it is truly and honor to partner with them in hosting an official Blue Angels Night,” team owner Greg Harris said. “To have this event on Veterans Day in our hometown, with its strong military presence, is a momentous occasion in the history of the Ice Flyers and our community.”
During Blue Angels Night, the Ice Flyers will have officially licensed game jerseys, hockey pant covers and game socks that replicate the look of a Blue Angels flight suit. The unique uniforms will feature the Blue Angels shield and script logos, and the players’ numbers on the back will be designed in the style of the numbers on the tail of each Blue Angel F/A-18 Super Hornet.
Team officials said the jerseys will by made by OT Sports in Burlington, North Carolina, in a press release.
The Ice Flyers will also offer replica jerseys and other apparel for purchase at the game. For Blue Angels Night, discounted tickets will be available at the Bay Center box office for all veterans, active duty and retired servicemembers, and their families.
“Our organization is immensely proud to host this night, and we are thrilled about the enormous potential it holds,” Harris said. “We are already hard at work planning a comprehensive evening that will pay tribute to the Blue Angels, honor our servicemembers, support local charities, entertain our fans and bring our community together for a night to remember.”
Ben Grieco is a sports reporter for the Pensacola News Journal. He can be reached on X (@BenGriecoSports) and via email at BGrieco@gannett.com.
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