Dallas Mavericks game moved up due to weather; fans brave the elements to attend

The game between the Dallas Mavericks and the Portland Trail Blazers was moved up due to today’s weather.

Weather changes Mavs-Blazers tip-off time

What we know:

The Mavericks moved up the start of Thursday’s game to 6:30 p.m., an hour earlier than their scheduled start.

The doors to the American Airlines Center opened at 17.00

Amid heavy rain and snow, fans turned up to watch the Dallas Mavericks play.

“We thought it might be canceled,” said Cullin Bacak of Lake Highlands. “But this is professional sports. They’re going to play the game.”

“I was working from home,” said Carlos Elguea of ​​Oak Cliff. “I was just monitoring if the game was called off was going to happen. Then they changed the time on me.”

The game was moved up an hour due to the wintry weather. Crews spread salt and cleared ice from sidewalks, which were quickly washed away by the heavy rain.

Some families drove from areas like The Colony in Denton County, where they had to trudge through much more snow than had fallen around Downtown Dallas.

“The main roads were pretty good,” said Jovi Perrez of The Colony. “The residential roads were not so good. But the main roads were fine.”

Others just navigated slippery roads in the southern parts of Dallas.

“There’s not a lot of snow on the street. Not a lot of traffic either,” Elguea said.

While getting to the game was easy for some, getting home when conditions worsen is a concern.

“We’ll worry about it when it happens,” Bacak said.

“Just be careful. Give me time, 40 miles an hour or less and I’ll be fine,” Perez said.

The weather forecast for Dallas

The heaviest snowfall is expected to begin after dark and continue after midnight. Moderate snow is expected for several hours in the early evening, starting around 8 p.m. The snowfall should be mostly over by sunrise Friday morning.

The source: The information in this article comes from the Dallas Mavericks and the FOX 4 Weather team.

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