MEDIA INFORMATION Media Information/Seating Media Information the Cleveland Cavaliers Basketball Communications Team Welcomes You to the 2019-20 NBA Season
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MEDIA INFORMATION Media Information/Seating Media Information The Cleveland Cavaliers Basketball Communications Team welcomes you to the 2019-20 NBA season. It is our goal to provide a professional and productive working environment. To assist in your coverage of the Cavaliers, please note the following: Credentials: You must have a Cavaliers credential (season or single-game) to be admitted to Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse, and your credential must be visibly worn at all times. Credentials should be requested through the Cavaliers Basketball Communications Team. Your credential does not guarantee a seat. Please contact the Basketball Communications Team no later than 5:00 p.m. the day before a game (5:00 p.m. on Friday for weekend and Monday games) to reserve a seat in the press seating areas. Single-game credentials can be picked up at the media entrance, located on the east side of Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse (off of East 6th street, adjacent to the Cavaliers Team Shop and facing the Gateway East parking garage). Photo ID is required to obtain your credential. Season and single-game credentials are non-transferable and any unauthorized use will subject the bearer to ejection from Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse and the forfeiture of the credential. No autographs are allowed during media access periods. Media Entrance: All members of the media must enter Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse through the media entrance, which is located on the east side of the arena (across from Gateway East Garage) and opens two and a half hours prior to game time. If you are coming out of the Gateway East parking garage, crossing East 6th Street, you will see the Cavaliers Team Shop. The media gate is located just to the left (south) of the Team Shop. Several available options for parking are in close proximity to Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse. Fred McLeod TV Studio & Media Workroom: The Fred McLeod TV Studio & Media Workroom is located on the Event Level of the arena, near the media dining and ‘high-bay’ area. Cavaliers Head Coach John Beilein will conduct his pre- and postgame media availability in the TV studio. The media workroom, which is located directly behind the TV studio, will open two and a half hours before game time and remain open until the last member of the media is finished working. In order to provide the proper working environment, friends, relatives or guests of the media will not be permitted access to the Fred McLeod TV Studio & Media Workroom. Services: A pregame meal will be available to working media at the cost of $10.00 in the ‘high-bay’ area on Level 1 of the arena. Meals will be available starting two and a half hours prior to tipoff. Seating: Seating is assigned in all media sections; seating charts will be available in the Fred McLeod TV Studio & Media Workroom and seating labels will be designated. There are electrical outlets at all locations both courtside and in auxiliary media seating in Section C108 and M104. TV and Radio: Visiting television broadcast positions will be courtside, adjacent to the visitors’ bench. Radio broadcast positions will be in the “Joe Tait Perch” (radio booth) in Section C108. If statisticians are desired, please make arrangements with the Cavaliers Basketball Communications Team at least 24 hours before game time. All requests for pregame or postgame interviews should be directed to the Cavaliers Basketball Communications Team. Photographers: Photographers are asked to keep off of the sidelines and to be considerate of the season ticket holders seated directly behind them. Photographers must be on assignment from a recognized news source; freelance photographers will not be credentialed. Photographers are asked to wear rubber-soled shoes and are required to have rubber lens shades for their cameras. Only television photographers doing postgame interviews will have access to locker room areas. Limited space is available at each end of the court and will be assigned by the Cavaliers Basketball Communications Team. 406406 Locker Rooms: In accordance with NBA policy, both locker rooms are open to members of the media during pregame for a 30-minute period that ends 45 minutes before the scheduled game time. Postgame media availability follows a 10-minute cooling off period. Only working members of the press with the appropriate print or video credentials will be admitted to the locker rooms; no photo-only media will be allowed into the locker room. The Cavaliers locker room is located at the northeast corner of Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse, while the visitors’ locker room is located on the east side of Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse. Cell Phone Use in Locker Room: Per NBA policy, media members are not permitted to place cell phone calls in the locker room. Parking: Full-season parking passes will be assigned by the Cavaliers Basketball Communications Team on a limited basis. For those media members who receive full season parking privileges, the media parking area will be located in the Gateway East Garage. Transportation: There is public transportation via Rapid Transit Authority (RTA) to Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse, with bus service to the arena, as well as RTA service (from Cleveland Hopkins Airport) to Tower City. There is a covered, underground walkway from Tower City to Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse. There is also a designated Lyft pickup and drop-off area in the Tower City parking lot that can be accessed via the covered Tower City RTA Walkway that is connected to Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact the Cavaliers Basketball Communications Team at (216) 420-2350 (Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse) or (216) 420-2464 (Cleveland Clinic Courts). 2019-20 Cavaliers Media Seating To find your seating location for the game, please see any one of the seating charts located throughout Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse. Seating charts are available inside the Fred McLeod TV Studio & Media Workroom (located on the event level of the FieldHouse), in each media seating section or from anyone on the Cavaliers Basketball Communications Team. To Section C108: Access to this section is off the Club Level of the FieldHouse. Enter through Portal 43 and head down the stairs. The seating area is in the first three rows of the section on the right. To Section M104: Access to this section is off the Street Level of the FieldHouse by entering through Portal 4 or 6. The media section will be in the section on your left if walking through Portal 4, or on your right if walking through Portal 6. M104 is also accessible by taking the stairs up Section 105 (off the Event Level floor) and then entering Portal 6 on Street Level. One of the three elevators located on the Street and Club Levels the east side of Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse will be reserved for media. The elevators will be reserved for working media from two minutes before and after halftime and two minutes before and after the end of the game. Please show your credential to gain access to the elevator. 407407 Fred Mcleod TV Studio & Fred Mcleod TV Studio & Media Workroom Media Workroom The Cavaliers organization named the combined television studio and media workroom space at Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse the “Fred McLeod TV Studio & Media Workroom” on September 18, 2019 in honor of the team’s beloved 14-year play-by-play television announcer, who passed away unexpectedly on September 9, 2019. Given the indelible impact and legacy of Fred McLeod, and how he touched so many across the media and fan community, as well as the team he loved, the Fred McLeod TV Studio & Media Workroom serves as a lasting tribute to someone that was universally admired, respected and appreciated as a fellow media member and willing mentor to a countless number across the industry. Before and after every Cavaliers home game, home and visiting team media members gather in the television studio and media workroom space on the event level of Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse to hear from, and interview, the Cavaliers head coach. The space is also used for many other media events and reporting elements throughout the year by attending media covering games and events for newspapers, magazines, television, radio, websites and other digital platforms, as they write and file their respective stories and coverage inside the walls of this important area. A Strongsville, Ohio native, Fred served as the television voice of the Cavs since joining the team and FOX Sports Ohio in 2006. His NBA broadcasting career spanned 36 seasons, having spent 22 seasons with the Detroit Pistons, in addition to 14 overall with the Cavs (1979- 80; 2006-19). The multi-regional Emmy Award winner called more than 1,000 games during his time with the Wine and Gold. His diverse and extensive sports broadcasting career also included time in the NFL (Detroit Lions) and MLB (Cleveland Indians and Detroit Tigers), as well as local television sports reporting and anchoring in multiple cities, including Cleveland and Detroit. Fred was one of the most accomplished and respected announcers in the NBA and all of sports and was known for his love, passion and enthusiasm for his hometown Cavs and Cleveland. He was friendly and welcoming to all his fellow media colleagues, regardless of experience or outlet they represented, including up-and-comers who sought advice from him and appreciated his willingness to spend time supporting them. Fred made a lasting impression, so it is fitting that he will have this permanent space dedicated to his memory. In connection with the Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse transformation project, the state-of-the- art TV studio and media workroom space was recently re-designed, expanded and updated for optimal use, media support, technology and efficiency.