CHICO — The Chico Enterprise-Record is excited to announce that tickets for the 49th annual Chico Sports Hall of Fame and senior athlete banquet will be available for purchase beginning Tuesday, April 23.
Tickets will be available for purchase at the Chico Enterprise-Record office, 400 E. Park Ave. Tickets will be available at the west side entrance, closest to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Parkway. Only cash or checks will be accepted.
Ticket sales will be from 1 p.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Thursday, with the final day May 16.
The banquet will be held Tuesday, May 21 at Manzanita Place, 1705 Manzanita Ave. Tickets are $60 each and include dinner.
This year’s Hall of Fame inductees are Alexa Benson-Valavanis (former Chico State basketball player and CEO of the North Valley Community Foundation), Alisha Valavanis (former Chico State basketball player, and president and CEO of the WNBA’s Seattle Storm), Gary Burton (longtime football and track and field coach at Corning High School, and a member of the Chico State Sports Hall of Fame for both football and track), and Tom Aldridge (longtime football coach at Oroville High School).
Senior athletes from area high schools will be honored. They will be announced at a later date. Chico State senior athletes and sophomore athletes of the year from Butte College will be honored as well. Honored athletes and Hall of Fame inductees will be admitted for free.
The announcement of the Chico Enterprise-Record Sportsperson of the Year award will cap the night’s festivities. The three nominees for the Sportsperson of the Year will be announced soon.
Tickets will not be available at the event. There will be no exceptions.
Doors open at 6 p.m. with a no-host bar available for adults, with dinner and the presentation of awards beginning at 7 p.m.
