We knew the Hawks were having a promotional night for the ubiquitous dating app. Let’s take a peek at how it’s going!
Scenes from the Atlanta Hawks’ ‘Tinder Night’
Thousands of Atlantans are swiping right inside Philips Arena.
The team tried to explain how Tinder works in case anybody didn’t get it:
"Swipe left if eeeehhhhhhhhhhh" -@therealrc explaining Tinder over the PA
— Bo Churney (@bochurney) January 8, 2015 Just to rub in the point, security wore these:
Guest Service and Security will be wearing these tonight. Behave. pic.twitter.com/o0XoRSZTTw
— HaWWWWWks (@ATLHawks) January 7, 2015 The team provided roses:
Roses for the gentlemen. #SwipeRightATL pic.twitter.com/i7daqk8chz
— HaWWWWWks (@ATLHawks) January 7, 2015 And romating suites:
Tinder Night Update: There are suites w/ roses and altoids and such. Dating game at the half. We're about to get weird, y'all
— Robby Kalland (@RKalland) January 8, 2015 The team retweeted a bunch of pictures by couples (but there's no way of telling if these were people who met via Tinder or merely people who brought a friend/significant other to the game.)
#swiperightatl pic.twitter.com/LWqc08gApT
— J E S S I C A ♋ (@DollCiara09) January 8, 2015 #SwipeRightATL pic.twitter.com/0mqU6HhGGr
— Matt Christian (@mchrist13) January 8, 2015 She swiped right. @ATLHawks #SwipeRightNight #GoHawks pic.twitter.com/uTilc0T65V
— Alex Roberts (@im_alexroberts) January 8, 2015 The team used Tinder terminology to refer to various game events -- (Kyle Korver threes = swipes right, blocks = swipes left)
Korver Kounter: #SwipeRight #SwipeRight
— HaWWWWWks (@ATLHawks) January 8, 2015 This happened AND WE ARE TRYING TO FIND IMAGES OF IT
Memphis mascot trying to hookup with Harry the Hawk in the game ops segment between the quarters
— Bo Churney (@bochurney) January 8, 2015 Meanwhile, the Nets made it clear they will not be having a similar night soon:
If you havin' girl problems I feel bad for you son... RT @steviePOPO: Hey Nets, how come you can't be like the Hawks & have a Tinder night?
— Brooklyn Nets (@BrooklynNets) January 8, 2015 See More:
