There's now a Jurassic Park in Fred VanVleet's hometown of Rockford, Illinois

BarDown Staff

'We just have to go get it': VanVleet on Raptors' motivation to finish the job in Game 6

Cities across Canada have been hosting public viewing parties during the NBA Finals in their own versions of Jurassic Park and it turns out these viewing parties aren’t just happening in Canada.

Fred VanVleet was born and raised in Rockford, Illinois, and his hometown is showing the Toronto Raptors guard plenty of love during his team’s historic run.

REMINDER: Jurassic Park Rockford opens at 6:00pm, two hours before the Game 6 tip-off. 3500 people came out for Game 5, can only imagine it’ll be a similar or bigger crowd for @FredVanVleet and the #Raptors. #WeTheNorth #NBAFinals pic.twitter.com/ABz9BjG0Pb
— Dan Cohen (@DanCohenWREX) June 13, 2019

The city of Rockford put together their own Jurassic Park for Game 5 and 3,500 people showed up to watch the game and cheer on VanVleet and the Raptors.

Oh my goodness. This is Jurassic Park Rockford before tip-off. WOW! #WeTheNorth #NBAFinals pic.twitter.com/v5ZsVKleqj
— Dan Cohen (@DanCohenWREX) June 11, 2019

We do it again on Thursday.
See you for Game 6. #WeTheNorth #NBAFinals pic.twitter.com/9II3ED8YBz
— Dan Cohen (@DanCohenWREX) June 11, 2019

It’s pretty awesome to see all the support the Raptors have been getting during this run in the NBA Finals, especially since the love is coming from beyond the border, as well.

(H/T Twitter/dancohenwrex)