T-Mobile CEO John Legere showed up Tuesday night at rival AT&T's CES party at Rain Nightclub inside the Palms Casino Resort in Las Vegas.
Ran into @JohnLegere at the AT&T party. Yep, he crashed it. And still wearing the pink t-mo shirt. #CES2014
Roger Cheng
@RogerWCheng
Ran into @JohnLegere at the AT&T party. Yep, he crashed it. And still wearing the pink t-mo shirt. #CES2014
Macklemore and Ryan Lewis were performing at the event.
It looked like an awesome show.
CNET News Executive Editor Roger Cheng, who was in town to cover the tech show, said Legere was promptly thrown out and AT&T was "not happy."
Oh wow, security just escorted @JohnLegere out of the party. AT&T is not happy with my tweet. #ces2014
Roger Cheng
@RogerWCheng
Oh wow, security just escorted @JohnLegere out of the party. AT&T is not happy with my tweet. #ces2014
Talk about fierce competition! No music for you! #CES2014
Roger Cheng
@RogerWCheng
Talk about fierce competition! No music for you! #CES2014
According to Cheng, security guards surrounded Legere and escorted him out of the event.
@EmilyDreyfuss @JohnLegere Some security guards escorted him out. It was crazy.
Roger Cheng
@RogerWCheng
@EmilyDreyfuss @JohnLegere Some security guards escorted him out. It was crazy.
A security guard later told Geek Wire AT&T representatives claimed Legere was “harassing” attendees at the party.
@felixsalmon @JohnLegere It was actually a surreal series of events. All pretty random.
Roger Cheng
@RogerWCheng
@felixsalmon @JohnLegere It was actually a surreal series of events. All pretty random.
After getting the boot, Legere responded on Twitter, blasting both AT&T and the Palms.
@RogerWCheng great to see you! I just love Macklemore! Very bad move by @ATT and #PalmCasino . Have a great night! I am very angry!
John Legere
@JohnLegere
@RogerWCheng great to see you! I just love Macklemore! Very bad move by @ATT and #PalmCasino . Have a great night! I am very angry!
Legere and his crew legitimately got their passes from Macklemore's agent, Cheng said, but apparently AT&T wasn't having it.
Not sure what’s craziest: That @johnlegere crashed the AT&T party; that @rogerwcheng gloat-tweeted it; or that AT&T then kicked him out
felix salmon
@felixsalmon
Not sure what’s craziest: That @johnlegere crashed the AT&T party; that @rogerwcheng gloat-tweeted it; or that AT&T then kicked him out
The CEO told Re/code, “I just wanted to hear Macklemore."
Best argument why Sprint should not be allowed to acquire T-Mobile. We might not get more of this… http://t.co/nQqdlEWP3E
Ina Fried
@inafried
Best argument why Sprint should not be allowed to acquire T-Mobile. We might not get more of this… http://t.co/nQqdlEWP3E