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Hockey in the summertime? Why not!

By Helene Elliott
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There will be hockey in L.A. this summer--or hockey players, at least--after the ice melts at Staples Center.

The Kings on Friday announced plans for their first fan festival, joining a trend among sports teams.

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LA Kings Hockey Fest ’09 will be staged Aug. 28-30 at LA Live, across the street from Staples Center and another tentacle of the AEG sports and entertainment empire.

The interactive festival will feature Kings players, coaches and alumni, autograph sessions, question-and-answer sessions, memorabilia and special merchandise. Season-ticket holders will get first dibs on buying tickets starting Tuesday at a discounted rate of $45. Sales to the general public will start on March 30 and tickets will cost $60. Those prices are for the entire weekend.

Who’s gonna be the first to take advantage of the Q-and-A to ask if the Kings are willing to promise they’ll make the playoffs next season?

--Helene Elliott

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Helene Elliott was with the Los Angeles Times’ Sports department from 1989 to 2024, first as a staff writer and then, starting in 2006, as a columnist. She became the first female journalist to be honored with a plaque in the Hall of Fame of a major professional sport as the 2005 winner of the Hockey Hall of Fame’s Elmer Ferguson Award, awarded to writers “who have brought honor to journalism and to hockey.” A native of Brooklyn, N.Y., and graduate of Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism, she has covered 18 Olympics.

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