Meridian Place in Barrie to be turned into NBA Finals viewing party on Sunday

By Daina Goldfinger Global News

Posted May 30, 2019 11:53 am

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The City of Barrie will launch a Raptors viewing party for the second NBA Finals game on Sunday. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Frank Gunn

The Meridian Place will be turned into a viewing party on Sunday to watch the Raptors in the second game of this year’s NBA Finals.

The game will air live on a large screen in Meridian Place, starting at 8 p.m.

The City of Barrie has also made a special exemption to its noise bylaw in anticipation that the game may go later than 11 p.m.

Prior to the announcement, many local Raptors fans implored the city and Barrie Mayor Jeff Lehman to host a viewing party at the Meridian Place on Twitter.

@Mayor_Jeff are we joining the rest of the big cities in Canada and screening the Raptors game downtown at our brand new Meridian Place?? #raptors
— Diogo Correia (@Yogo_Aurelio) May 29, 2019

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@Mayor_Jeff Hmmmm… I wonder if Meridian Place would be a great place to have a mini Jurassic Park??
— Fayzer (@fayzer09) May 28, 2019

This would be perfect down at Meridian Place @cityofbarrie, @mayor_jeff?! #letsdothis https://t.co/B8oM3WqISW
— Carole Wright (@carole_wright) May 29, 2019

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Feels like a movement is upon us! Thanks for sharing @SeanJMolloy #Barrie – what do you say to Meridian Place? Make Kelly's idea a reality? @Raptors Jurassic Park in our backyard? Love the Concept! @Mayor_Jeff @KeenanAylwin @Randy__Now @bakerjyorku @DowntownBarrie https://t.co/IwNbVnGi6u
— Ann-Marie Kungl (personal account) (@annmariekungl) May 29, 2019

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