US flag for 9/10

I've had illusions of grandeur in the past, but we pulled the jersey flag off.

Anyway, we have a home game on 9/10. I was at the greek festival, and they have a massive US flag. I'm bad judging sizes, but they had it hanging vertically (stripes going up and down) and the flag must have been 20 feet top to bottom.

So, yesterday at the game, I talked to one of the Crew staff about them borrowing the flag for us. I was directed to someone else, who's name I forgot.

I think it would be appropriate for the occasion to raise the US flag above our heads as the teams come on to the field for the Open Cup game.

JM, you wanna be in charge or should I make the phone call down to the Crew? The game is next Tuesday, and with monday off for holiday, time is of the essence.

If it's a good idea, I can call on Tuesday, get the guy's name and pass it along.

 

bailey8,

car dealerships aren't a bad idea, but I'm within walking distance of the Greek Church. If I take it home after the game, I can easily take it back on the 11th. I'd just like crew management to make the calls since they have more authority than I do. See what i'm saying??


Eggy,

Like I said, this flag had to be at least 20 feet top to bottom when hanging vertically.

i'll start making calls on Tuesday.


The tricky part is, if we get it, we must return it in the exact condition we got it in. If we borrow it once, and return it in likewise condition, perhaps they'll let us borrow it again. bla bla bla...

I'm saying we put it up for the player's entrance, and then don't mess with it for the rest of the evening.
I'm wondering if they have a box to store it in... hmmm....

 

i emailed micah dickerson (my former account manager) and will call him on Tuesday to follow up unless JM wants to take control of this project.

 

good deal.

 

I have called the crew office and scott debolt has been notified.

I have also called the Greek Church (home of flag) and the woman who answered the phone didn't know if it could be rented or borrowed, but said she'd look into it and call me back.

 

exactly the point, KK.

 

Scott DeBolt says that US Soccer is bringing a flag down that's 30x60... I don't know if that's the famous "Big Ass Flag" from NJ Brigade or not, but anyway..

He's unsure what they're gonna do with it. I said we could put it above our heads similar to the Jersey Flag as the teams come on the field which was my original intention.

Of course, that all depends how many people we can get it 137. If we don't have enough, we can always space out in 137, then regroup for the game. If we still don't have enough, we'd have to go to plan B.

Then he asked me about Sunday, and I told him not to even bother.

 

yeah, i don't know what flag.. all i know is US Soccer is bringing a 30x60 foot flag.

So yeah, it's probably their "ceremony flag"

Another idea I have is rather than raising it for the entrance, raise it for the national anthem. We could get neil to say "and now please rise for the national anthem" and during that point, we'd put it up.

In fact, that's actually better.

 

so i'm about to call scott later on and try and secure the flag for 137's use.

so speak now, or forever hold your peace.

 

Yeah, i see what you mean. If you're gonna honor dead people, you should honor all countries who lost people.

From what Scott said on the phone, it sounded like US Soccer would be bringing a flag. I'm just asking do we want to raise it or should it be done on the field?