An employee at the Kia Center, home of the Orlando Magic, has blamed Ghost for cursing the team, which has gone winless since the Swedish band played the arena earlier this month.
The show was the launch of Ghost’s tour and proved to be a lavish, theatrical performance — as captured in this photo gallery. But one Kia Center employee believes the band put a hex on the team.
In a since deleted post on Reddit (preserved via The Noise’s Instagram post below) titled “Kia Center Needs Holy Water” after the Magic were drubbed by the Charlotte Hornets 124-97, the employee posted:
“So I work at Kia. The night before we got blown out by Charlotte there was a concert there by this rock band called Ghost & I’m not even exaggerating super satanic vibes.”
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Clearly not amused by the occult dabblings of Tobias Forge and company, the employee described the show as having “devil imagery, stained-glass church setup, chanting ‘Lucifer,’ all types of weird shit I’m not into at all,” adding: “I was mad as hell I was forced to sit through that lol.”
The employee continued:
“So my theory is that whatever energy they left in the building carried over into the game because there’s no other explanation for how bad we looked. Is this a valid excuse or are we just inconsistent af?”
Well, the Magic have now lost two more games in a back-to-back with the Cleveland Cavaliers, one at Kia Center and the other on the road — both by double digits.
A less fun explanation is that the Magic are suffering from some extended jet lag, as their losing streak also aligns with the NBA’s Berlin and London games earlier this month, in which they faced the Memphis Grizzlies in a pair of games abroad. Their next chance to exorcise their demons comes tonight in a road matchup against the Miami Heat.
Meanwhile, after canceling some shows due to the recent multi-state winter storm, Ghost will be bringing the Satanic Panic to a few more NBA arenas as their North American tour rolls on. Get tickets here.