Basketball Legends Harlem Globetrotters Heading To Sioux Falls And Brookings in 2027
For 100 years, the Harlem Globetrotters have been crisscrossing the globe as the ultimate goodwill ambassadors of basketball, and in 2027 they're making two stops in South Dakota.
The 'Clown Princes of Basketball' will take the court against their longtime 'rivals', the Washington Generals, at Denny Sanford Premier Center in Sioux Falls, Friday, January 8th, and at Dacotah Bank Center in Brookings, Monday, March 29th.
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Since Abe Saperstein founded them in 1926, the Globetrotters have entertained more than 148 million fans in 123 countries and have been instrumental in popularizing the slam dunk, the fast break, the forward and point guard positions, and the figure-eight weave.
Over the years, their roster has included a young Wilt Chamberlain (1958-59) and iconic figures like Marques Haynes (1947–53, 1972–79), Fred 'Curly Neal (1963–85), Meadowlark Lemon 1954–79, 1993), and Goose Tatum (1941–43, 1945–55).
Tickets for the Globetrotters' Sioux Falls tour stop go on sale Friday, October 2nd at 10:00 AM.
Tickets for the Globetrotters' Brookings tour stop go on sale Friday, October 2nd at 10:00 AM.
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