For the first time ever, basketball fans in Louisville will be able to enjoy a live NBA game at the KFC Yum! Center when the 2013 NBA Champion Miami HEAT take on the New Orleans Pelicans in a preseason game on Saturday, October 4.

Currently ranked first in the Eastern Conference and coming off a string of sold-out games, the Miami HEAT’s All-Star roster includes Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh. The New Orleans Pelicans also have an impressive line-up of players including Anthony Davis and Darius Miller of the University of Kentucky 2012 NCAA Men’s Basketball Championship team and Eric Gordon, a former Indiana University shooting guard who has also played for the Los Angeles Clippers.

Tickets are on sale now at the KFC Yum! Center Ticket Office, all Ticketmaster outlets, online at Ticketmaster.com and by phone at 1-800-745-3000.

For more information, follow the event-specific Twitter handle @NBAatYum.

(Players subject to change in the event of uncontrollable external factors)