With the advent of a new semester, 300 members of the Trinity University community traveled to the Frost Bank Center to cheer on various Trinity choir members and watch the San Antonio Spurs take on the Memphis Grizzlies.
Tiger’s Night Out was a collaborative event between the Student Government Association and the Student Programming Board, who supported SGA in providing bus transportation from Trinity to the FBC. Bus transportation operated differently this year. The bus operated in loops, allowing students to arrive or leave at their most convenient time.
The Trinity choirs had the opportunity to sing at TNO. Marisa Flores, sophomore human resource management major and choir student, sang last year and is a Spurs fan herself.
“It was so crazy. I remember walking on the stage, and I felt like a little ant next to Wemby and all of them,” Flores said. “I’ve sang at hockey games with my high school choir and it was nothing compared to that.”
There are various sounds during a basketball game. The loud booms of fans shouting “defense” echoed throughout Frost Bank Center. The night was in constant motion from gameplay to half-court shots and T-shirt cannons. Jenna Gardner, sophomore biochemistry and molecular biology major, compared the Spurs game to other games she has seen.
“It was fun, it was good. It was interesting. I like the culture, but I’ve gone to other basketball games in the past. It wasn’t as hyped up I would say,” Gardner said. “Maybe it’s just because it’s a late week.”
This is the third year SGA has provided students the opportunity to get free tickets to a Spurs game. The first 200 tickets were available to students on Dec. 6, and the Trinity community claimed them within one minute. Due to the high demand, 100 more tickets were released on Dec. 11 for those who couldn’t secure spots in time. A link for discounted tickets was sent after students claimed all the free spots.
“My two other friends who went last year said it was really fun, so they told me to get a ticket,” Gardner said. “It was a little stressful because my friends kept emphasizing that I needed to keep refreshing [my email].”
The FBC is fifteen minutes from Trinity and gives students another activity to do on a weekend. Joy Areola, senior human resource management major and SGA president, noted that TNO is a way for students to kick off the spring semester.
“It serves as a good, easy and accessible way to get students off campus. Let them explore some of the San Antonio culture and excitement at minimal cost to them,” Areola said. “It’s just a way to have fun and relax, especially going into the spring semester.”
