PBA record crowd of 54,086 watch Ginebra-Meralco Game 7 Finals in PHL Arena

 News
Oct 272017
 

The PBA sets a new a new league attendance record in Game 7 of the 2017 Governors’ Cup Finals.

A total crowd of 54,086 rocked the colossal Philippine Arena Friday night as fans witnessed defending champion Ginebra beat Meralco 101-96 in the decisive rubber match, shattering the record it registered just two nights ago in Game 6 of 53,642.

Fans packed the world’s largest indoor arena to the rafters and eclipsed the previous marks set in Games 5 and 6 as they witnessed Ginebra won its back-to-back titles.

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Just last Sunday, a total of 36,445 fans watched Game 5 of the Ginebra-Meralco series, setting the record for most fans in attendance for a Finals Game.

The previous league milestone for non-finals match-up was the opening of the 40th season in 2014 with a crowd of 52,612 fans watching a double-header featuring Kia and Blackwater and the Ginebra-TNT.

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Kyla, Rich Alvarez mark 6th wedding anniversary

 Entertainment
Apr 222017
 
Kyla, Rich Alvarez mark 6th wedding anniversary

Kyla (MNS photo) Singer Kyla took to Instagram to share her message for husband, former PBA star and now Mahindra assistant coach Rich Alvarez, as they mark their sixth wedding anniversary. In her personal account on Monday, Kyla posted a photo of them as she recalled their “ups and downs” and “cries and smiles.” “Remember that I’ll always choose to be with you, and not be mad at you. Remember that I love you. And that I will never EVER let anyone take that away,” she wrote. “You will always be my favorite person in the world! Happy 6th my love! 12 years, all together, of knowing you and being crazy with you,” the singer added. Kyla and Alvarez had a secret civil wedding months before they had their church wedding in November 2011. The celebrity couple dated for seven years before deciding to tie the knot. In 2013, Kyla gave birth to their son Toby. (MNS)