{"id":4336,"date":"2012-03-04T10:40:01","date_gmt":"2012-03-04T14:40:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stallonezone.com\/wordpress\/?p=4336"},"modified":"2012-03-04T11:48:39","modified_gmt":"2012-03-04T15:48:39","slug":"sz-exclusive-an-evening-with-sly-stallone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stallonezone.com\/wordpress\/2012\/03\/04\/sz-exclusive-an-evening-with-sly-stallone\/","title":{"rendered":"SZ Exclusive: An Evening with Sly Stallone"},"content":{"rendered":"

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<\/strong>Recently Sly<\/strong> headlined an event called “An Evening with Sly Stallone”<\/span><\/a><\/strong><\/span> which raised $100,000<\/strong> for the Canadian Diabetes Association<\/strong>.\u00a0 StalloneZoner<\/strong>, Hisham<\/strong> aka SlyStalloneFan<\/span><\/a><\/strong><\/span> was there and provided this report and photos.
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Yo, Craig<\/strong>!<\/span><\/p>\n

StalloneZoner<\/strong>, SlyStalloneFan<\/strong> here.\u00a0 I just got home yesterday after three amazing nights in Canada<\/strong> to see my idol Sylvester Stallone<\/strong>. The first time I heard about Sly<\/strong> going to Canada<\/strong> was back in October<\/strong>. At that time, I wasn’t sure if it would be possible for me to attend these events. But I know my personality very well and I would feel miserable, if I missed an opportunity to see my favorite actor and hero in person. So I had to get to work to develop a plan. Thankfully as time got closer to these events, everything came together wonderfully.<\/p>\n

I flew from Utah<\/strong> to Chicago<\/strong>, Chicago<\/strong> to Buffalo<\/strong> and then drove from Buffalo<\/strong> to Canada<\/strong>. The events were in both Hamilton<\/strong> and Niagara Falls, Ontario<\/strong>. As I approached the US\/Canadian<\/strong> boarder, I experienced some problems. <\/span><\/p>\n

I got to the check point and had all my documents ready. They asked where I arrived from and why are I was visiting. I explained that there was a Sylvester Stallone<\/strong> event that I was going to attend. The officer was surprised by the answer. He asked, “You flew in all the way from Utah<\/strong> to Canada<\/strong> to see Sylvester Stallone<\/strong>?”\u00a0 I explained how big a Stallone<\/strong> fan I am and that attending the events meant a lot to me. Yet he kept asking more questions. “How much was the ticket?” “What would Stallone<\/strong> talk about?”\u00a0 Then he told me to park my car on the side and to step out of the car. They kept asking more and more questions. Then another officer approached asking even more Stallone<\/strong> questions. <\/span><\/p>\n

Thankfully, I had a picture of me with Sly<\/strong>, that I had enlarged hoping to get Sly<\/strong> to autograph it. The officer saw the photo in my car and came to me saying, “Boy, you really are a big fan!”\u00a0 So, finally they let me go. <\/span><\/p>\n

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The first event was was in Hamilton Ontario<\/strong>. While I was driving, I passed by a big digital billboard with Sly<\/strong> on it with information on the upcoming event for the Canadian Diabetes Association<\/strong>. There was so much great memorabilia for many of Stallone’s movies<\/strong> on display and for people to place bids on. I personally got interviewed that night by a crew from a local TV station.<\/span><\/p>\n

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The next two events were at the Falls View Hotel & Casino<\/strong> in Niagara Falls<\/strong>. I arrived early to the hotel. I am talking way early due to the level of excitement that I had. There were TV screens with Sly’s picture<\/strong>. There were also a couple of posters of Sly<\/strong>. <\/span><\/p>\n

As I was walking around the hotel, I got approached about 3 different times. I didn’t know these people, but they all approached me saying,\u00a0 “Aren’t you that big Stallone<\/strong> fan?\u00a0 I was very surprised and was curious to how they knew that. A couple said that they saw me on TV.\u00a0 It was the short interview I had from the first event. According to the couple, they said it was playing over and over on TV to the point where they actually remembered exactly what I said during the interview. Another person approached me saying he saw my pic on a Stallone website and we all know which site that is. <\/span><\/p>\n

The cool thing that night was that I got to quickly talk to Sly’s<\/strong> producer and long time friend, Kevin King<\/strong>. Even though it was short, I made it clear that I came all the way just to show my appreciation for Sly<\/strong> and he was happy about that.<\/span><\/p>\n

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<\/strong>All three events<\/strong> started with a tribute video<\/strong> for Sly. Sly<\/strong> talked about his early days, his career, injuries on set, etc.. Here are some of the highlights..<\/span><\/p>\n