{"id":545707,"date":"2026-04-07T15:10:17","date_gmt":"2026-04-07T15:10:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/545707\/"},"modified":"2026-04-07T15:10:17","modified_gmt":"2026-04-07T15:10:17","slug":"dallas-stars-ban-person-who-bought-tickets-for-group-of-spectators-seen-celebrating-a-goal-with-nazi-salute","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/545707\/","title":{"rendered":"Dallas Stars ban person who bought tickets for group of spectators seen celebrating a goal with Nazi salute"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao MvWXB TjIXL aGjvy ebVHC \">DALLAS, Texas &#8212; The <a class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/dallas-stars\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Dallas Stars<\/a> have banned a person from attending games at American Airlines Center after they bought tickets for a group of spectators seen celebrating a goal with a <a class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/dallas-stars-nazi-salute-investigation-7894f241fab39f9f8cca7ed73673a993\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Nazi salute<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">&#8220;Any type of discriminatory or hateful behavior will not be tolerated and has no place in our arena,&#8221; the team said Monday in a statement. &#8220;Creating and sustaining environments that are inclusive, safe and respectful is a non-negotiable for the Dallas Stars.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Stars fan Courtney Ripley told <a class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wfaa.com\/article\/sports\/nhl\/stars\/stars-fans-making-nazi-salute-american-airlines-center-says-its-investigating-viral-video-appearing-to-show-hateful-gesture\/287-ea6487b2-86bd-4c31-8cde-270051a4b834\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">WFAA-TV in Dallas<\/a> that she took a 12-second video at a game against Toronto in late December. It showed four fans reacting to a goal by appearing to raise and extend their right arms with a straightened right hand facing downward.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">The team conducted an investigation that identified the individual who bought the tickets, who was informed of the indefinite ban.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">&#8220;Additionally, we are increasing in-arena messaging regarding the Fan Code of Conduct and how our fans can report violations, along with prioritizing staff training to identify and handle situations that arise,&#8221; the team said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Fan codes of conduct are prominent throughout the <a class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/nhl\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">NHL<\/a>. Every team has a scripted segment that is shared on their video boards, through their public address system or both, telling fans about their respective codes of conduct.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC eTIW sUzSN \">The NHL also has a multipoint fan code of conduct that opens by stating, &#8220;The best hockey experiences happen in environments that are inclusive, safe and respectful.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Copyright \u00a9 2026 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"DALLAS, Texas &#8212; The Dallas Stars have banned a person from attending games at American Airlines Center after&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":545708,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[5117],"tags":[62138,196,147,5278,5,4,197],"class_list":{"0":"post-545707","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-dallas-stars","8":"tag-62138","9":"tag-dallas","10":"tag-dallas-stars","11":"tag-dallasstars","12":"tag-hockey","13":"tag-nhl","14":"tag-stars"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nhl\/116364065530194506","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/545707","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=545707"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/545707\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/545708"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=545707"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=545707"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=545707"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}