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New Devils owner Joshua Harris also owns the Philadelphia Seventy Sixers

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PHILADELPHIA -- It probably isn't the ticket offer most Sixers fans were expecting to get when they checked their inbox.

The Sixers sent an email recently to their season ticket holders, asking if they wanted to buy New Jersey Devils tickets. Why?

The Devils and the Sixers share the same owner in Joshua Harris, who purchased the Devils earlier this year. The decision by Harris to buy the Devils was not met well in Philadelphia, with Sixers fans less than pleased their owner was buying a rival team of the Philadelphia Flyers.

Moments like these are probably why.

Here is how the email, selling tickets to the Devils-New York Rangers game at Yankee Stadium began:

On Sunday, January 26, Yankee Stadium will be hosting the Stadium Series, a staple of the NHL. This event has sold out to the general public, however, as a member of the Sixers' family, we are pleased to be able to offer you the opportunity to purchase up to four (4) Stadium Series Tickets to attend the game, and bring family members and/or friends.

And it ended with:

This offer is available exclusively for Sixers Season Ticket Holders until December 20. Tickets will only be provided as hard tickets, on souvenir stock. Tickets will be mailed out the first week of January.

So if you see some Michael Carter-Williams jerseys in Yankee Stadium soon, you'll know why.

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