Tyler Day banquet tickets sold out

The banquet at the Black River Coliseum is sold out but fans can still see Poplar Bluff native Tyler Hansbrough return home Thursday.

The Indiana Pacers rookie will be at Peters Gym at Poplar Bluff High School for a ceremony starting at 5:30 p.m. Thursday. The event is free and doors open at 4:30 p.m.

The banquet, which will start at 7:30 p.m. at the Coliseum, has sold out and only ticket holders will be allowed into the event.

Poplar Bluff City Cable will broadcast from the Coliseum on Channel 2 starting between 7-7:30.

I'll have a complete rundown of events in Wednesday's DAR.

HERE'S WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW IF YOU GO ...

Tyler Hansbrough Day

Thursday, Aug. 13 in Poplar Bluff

If you have not purchased a ticket

Go to Peters Gym (Located at the high school, 1300 Victory Lane)

Doors open at 4:30 p.m. and the event starts at 5:30.

Seating is general admission (first-come, first-serve basis). There's room for about 3,000, which includes standing-room around the stands. Seating on the stage and court will be reserved. Everybody who attends will get a program that features a color photo of Hansbrough (limit one per person).

A concession stand will be open and the Indiana Pacers will have their Fan Van outside the gym with merchandise and ticket sales in the lobby. Boomer the Pacers' mascot will also be there and Poplar Bluff's band will play before the event starts.

The program will feature members from the city and school giving Hansbrough awards followed by short comments from former Mules coach John David Pattillo, North Carolina coach Roy Williams and Pacers coach Jim O'Brien.

The event will conclude around 6:30 with Hansbrough and guests leaving the gym (he will not have time to sign autographs) and getting a police escort to the next event.

Poplar Bluff city residents can watch the next event at the Coliseum on City Cable channel 2.

If you have purchased a ticket

Go to the Black River Coliseum (301 South 5th Street)

Doors open at 6:30 p.m. and the event starts at 7:30.

Only ticket holders will gain admission into the Coliseum. (Tickets however do not reserve a seat at Peters Gym.)

Tables in the main room at the Coliseum will be set up with eight to nine seats at each with some tables reserved for family members and guests. The head table will be up on a stage. Following dinner there will be a 15-minute highlight video from Hansbrough's UNC career. Speakers will be the same as the first event with a few surprises thrown into the program.

The Pacers will also be on hand with merchandise and ticket booths.