No crowd whiteout for Wolves-Lakers at Target Center
Target Center will be rocking tonight for Game 3 of Wolves-Lakers, but there won't be a crowd whiteout.
Driving the news: The team will supply rally towels at each seat, but won't put out white T-shirts like last year, Wolves chief marketing officer Mike Grahl told Axios.
If the Wolves advance, they will do whiteouts, he added.
State of play: Tonight's pivotal game is drawing huge interest. Target Center is sold out and nosebleed seats on the secondary market start around $160 after fees.
The cheapest lower-level seats as of Thursday afternoon were $300 apiece.
Flashback: The team struggled to keep up its supply of merchandise during last year's deep playoff run, but that shouldn't be the case this year. Grahl said a collection of special playoff merchandise is available on the team's online and in-arena stores.
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