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NY Red Bulls face off against the Navy’s USS Roosevelt to help kick-off Fleet Week

A celebration of the U.S. Armed Forces held around Memorial Day in New York, Fleet Week offered up one of the best PR events Red Bull has ever held and a precious photo opportunity. Under blazing sun cut by the riverside breeze, the teams played two small-sided games on the flight deck of the former USS Intrepid, (now a museum) which sits docked along the Hudson River on the west side of midtown Manhattan.

Sadly few fans turned out for the weekday afternoon event, but TIAS was there…

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not exactly bum-rushed walking down the street

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public elevator to the flight deck

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the banner didn’t last long in the riverside wind

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the mid-day sun didn’t provide the best light for photos, but a well-placed                                          control tower helped here - Top Gun might be pushing it though

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this event might be the best idea Red Bull marketers have ever had…

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but I wish Travis Pastrana had jumped out of the Red Bull helicopter that circled overhead

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ball boys; certainly soccer balls are not the weirdest thing NYPD has pulled from the Hudson River

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photos by Nick Werner, exclusively for TIAS