The St. Paul Saints gave Prince a final farewell — complete with a lot of purple, and some red Corvettes.
Record crowd on hand as St. Paul Saints play Purple Game to remember Prince
The St. Paul Saints gave Prince a final farewell — complete with a lot of purple, and some red Corvettes.
May 30, 2016 at 5:56PM
Before Sunday's Purple Game, the players arrived at the field in the Corvettes. Players wore purple uniforms, which were auctioned for the Elevate Hope Foundation, a charity co-founded by onetime Prince band member Sheila E. that provides music and art therapy to abused and abandoned kids.
KSTP-TV reports (http://bit.ly/25tZfjB) that Prince was one of the charity's early supporters.
The game ended with a purple fireworks show set to Prince music.
The Saints say there were more than 10,000 fans at the special game, breaking a franchise attendance record. The Saints beat the Kansas City T-bones, 4-1.
Prince died at his Paisley Park home on April 21. His cause of death hasn't been released.
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