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

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.

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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.

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