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as of Friday afternoon. Tickets for Game 1 were available at the box office for $1,100 just before game time Thursday. Scalpers outside Scotiabank Arena were selling them for $1,200.The number of people who had the Raptors logo permanently tattooed on their bodies at Freedom Ink, a tattoo parlour in Toronto’s Little Italy neighbourhood that offered them free all week. Diehard fans got to pick from a selection of six Raptors-themed images.

There were 37 local “Jurassic Parks” across Ontario and one in Halifax.The number of beers ordered at the Ballroom, a downtown sports bar and bowling complex, during the game. Hungry fans also ordered more than 170 pounds of wings and more than 50 orders of nachos. The bar is expecting a 500-to-600-per-cent boost in sales over a typical Sunday for Game 2, according to Barry Taylor, director of operations.

 

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