Bobcats listing mistakenly goes to adult line

CHARLOTTE, N.C. - A local phone book lists a number that's supposed to provide callers with information on buying Charlotte Bobcats tickets but instead refers them to an adult chat line.

The NBA expansion team and BellSouth officials are trying to figure out how it happened.
The correct number, (800) 4NBA-TIX, is an official NBA number established by the league three years ago through which callers in any city purchase single-game tickets.

It's the same number that ran in the 2002-03 BellSouth White Pages, back when the city had the Charlotte Hornets.

But the number in this year's BellSouth book released in September — as well as last year's 2003-04 book — lists a toll-free number that's different from the official NBA one.

BellSouth and Bobcats officials said they learned of the glitch Thursday.

"We certainly apologize to any of our fans who have been inconvenienced by this," said Chris Weiller, Charlotte Bobcats executive vice president of corporate affairs.

The Bobcats want the incorrect number rerouted to the Bobcats' direct line for tickets and other information: (704) BOBCATS.

Clifton Metcalf, a BellSouth spokesman, said the company followed its usual procedures with the Bobcats.

Weiller said team officials didn't review the ad for this year's phone book.

 

Cue DaveW and the moon article.

 

why do things like this always involve sex chats? You'd think a daycare or funeral home would get mixed in every now and then, but it's always the we-are-18 sex chat numbers...

 

not a lot of Daycares with 800 numbers.