Wall Street Plays Pac-Man, Shoots Hoops at Winter Game Night

  • NYU Langone’s Hassenfeld Children’s Hospital hosts fundraiser
  • Blackstone’s David Blitzer, Evolution VC’s Gregg Smith attend
Shooting hoopsPhotographer: Amanda Gordon/Bloomberg
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The 76ers were losing in Milwaukee Thursday night but Blackstone Group’s David Blitzer, a team owner, was still smiling as he watched some kids shoot hoops in New York.

Basketball in a ballroom -- with players in blazers and braces -- was a less sweaty, cuter date night than an NBA game. It was also a way to support the Hassenfeld Children’s Hospital at NYU Langone, with 450 guests raising almost $1.5 million.