Baltimore Ravens Fans Celebrate The Start Of The Football Season At Purple Friday Rally

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BALTIMORE (WJZ) — With days distant from the authoritative commencement of the Ravens play and their archetypal crippled connected Monday, the countdown to kickoff week began with a pep rally Friday morning.

Poe, the mascot, and Ravens cheerleaders held a Purple Friday Rally successful Baltimore City. The radical started astatine McKeldin Square and walked connected to Pratt Street and President Street.

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Along the way, devoted fans honked their car horns and came retired of their offices to cheer connected the commencement of the season.

“We person the top fans successful the world,” said Deandra Duggans of the Baltimore Ravens. “Baltimore loves their Ravens and we emotion them back,” she said astatine the rally.

The rally was 1 of aggregate events Frida, meant to occurrence up members of the Ravens flock similar Amy Wunderlin, who said she was astatine the rally to enactment the team.

“Let’s get acceptable for shot season,” Wunderlin cheered.

As the rally moved on Pratt Street, Ruth Ferguson detoured toward them, clapping connected the cheerleaders.

“I emotion the Ravens due to the fact that it’s each astir Baltimore. We travel unneurotic arsenic fans, arsenic people….we instrumentality unneurotic done heavy and thin, we emotion it,” said Ferguson.

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The squad has had a brutal week with injured players bringing setbacks and challenges.

But their fans, Friday morning, person faith.

“We’re the Baltimore Ravens, we tin bash this, OK?” said Ferguson.

“We’ll modulation done it,” added Wunderlin.

The Baltimore Ravens statesman their regular play with a Monday Night Football roadworthy matchup successful Las Vegas but the squad is inviting fans to M&T Bank Stadium to ticker the Sept. 13 crippled connected the large screen.

Gates unfastened astatine 6:30 p.m. for the ticker enactment astir 2 hours earlier the Ravens instrumentality the tract against the Las Vegas Raiders.

Prior to kickoff, section pop-punk heroes All Time Low volition perform. Additionally, retired players, mascot Poe, Ravens cheerleaders and Baltimore’s Marching Ravens volition each marque appearances. At halftime, the squad plans for a fireworks amusement with aerial drones.
Concession stands volition beryllium unfastened during the lawsuit and interactive games volition beryllium acceptable up on the stadium concourse.

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Tickets outgo $10 successful advance, $20 astatine the door. Parking successful the stadium batch is free. For much info, sojourn here.

Annie Rose Ramos

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