Well, the regular home season has wrapped up for us and I was curious to poll the BS/Wizards community as to what your top five off-field accomplishments the Wizards did this year that made the season work/suck for you. No Trolls Please. Here are mine. Top five in gaining new attendence (promotions): 1) 4th of July Fireworks (and a win) 2) Labor Day Fireworks (and a spectacular win) 3) BOBBLEHEADS YEAH!!! (again not cheap crap) 4) Whoever that concert was. (I know specific people who went because of that and really enjoyed a family evening out) 5) Moving the game time up so that younger kids could make it through the match or their parents knew they could make it. (I personally like it later for drinking purposes, but I understand the reason.) Top five in retaining new attendance: 1) Hosting the USA World Cup viewing parties in the pavillion. (Super props on that piece of magic) 2) Ticket exchange policy on unused tickets good for any unpaid seat at a future game. (This is too cool and enabled me to bring several friends out this year and/or saved me a ton on my girly's ticket when she came. 3) Season ticket lock in rates that I took advantage of 2 years ago. Plus the 4 "Special Game" tickets which ensure that I see and support our team play in the Playoffs, USOC or Champions Cup type events. (Although I'd pay for playoff tix anyway if I had to) 4) A microphone in the Cauldron. (Even though you guys are no choir, it's definitely a better atmosphere than canned music DJ'd by the Oldies 95 guy. And you guys are only getting better.) 5) In addition to everything above, scheduling mostly Saturday evening games. (Sunday afternoon's just suck and Wednesday's are tough to make after work.) Top 5 Wish list for Off-field moves in the Offseason: 1) Lock in 2 out of 3 long holiday weekends every year for home game fireworks. Memorial, 4th, Labor etc... This is becoming a great tradition in town and the people really love the chance to get on the field if they can with their family or dates. 2) Schedule as many Saturday night games as possible. 3) Media for every away game period. Ideally MetroSports air every away game on TV. If not a quality matchtracker on their site. Not just the score and card summary that MLSnet has but something like the summary we get after games where detailed information appears every 3 to 5 minutes during the game like the NATS get. Or radio of Wheelocks simulcast like I hear in the head at the 'Head at home games. I'd even settle for hispanic AM radio but have something every game. 4) Open the pavillion or a tent somewhere that caters to the adult demographic of your audience where say for $10 and a valid ID I get a Brat and as much beer as I can get in me before heading in. This would give a place for true fans to congregate, drink, and get to know each other outside of random tailgates everywhere. Any of you ever hang out at the bar in Kemper during the old Blades games? We always go before and catch some of the game there as well during. I know they try to promote a family atmosphere but if we can corral all the enthusiastic drinkers/smokers into one area I'm sure we wouldn't be too hard to manage. 5) Concession prices have got to go down. We may not have much control over this but $6.00 a beer is rediculous. A cheap hotdog is $4.25 and their spread on pop has got to be of extortionist levels. A family can't afford that kind of outing plus the cost of tickets. Volume Services can kiss my arse. Why are the prices going up (skyrocketing)? It's not like beer companies have raised their prices by more than 20 cents in the last 5 years so the initial cost hasn't gone up. If they raised the wages of the workers for a better crop less turnover then they got robbed. Most of the counter people wouldn't last five minutes at a Quick Trip. My hat does go off to the walking vendors though as they get the stairmaster workout from hell.... LEMONADE, LEMONADE, LEMONADE, WHOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!
I'm not sure if the liquor laws allow for this, and especially if the SSS winds up getting built on the Kansas side of the line. Kansas has some f'ed up liquor laws... (But at least we don't sell hard liquor at gas stations )
There is no state law in Missouri that prohibits the underselling of alchohal. Most of those restrictions come from the municipalities.
Actually, our liquor laws aren't half as wacky as, say, Pennsylvania, where it is absolutely impossible to buy 18 beers at one time.
So I guess it's impossible to have a "Flaming Dr. Pepper." (A shot of Amaretto with Bacardi 151 floated on top and flamed, dropped into a draw of Bud Light, which is then chugged, and the resulting aftertaste is the namesake.) And isn't it ironic that the topic 5 best off-field accomplishments of the Wizards is sliding towards a discussion on drunkenness....
Speaking of shots... They would need to set up a corner in this tent that had the ol' Radar Gun set up for bragging rights and friendly wagers. Nothing fancy just the inflatable thing like the kiddies used to have at the soccer celebration where you either challenge your buddies on shot placement or overall power. And if someone was fool enough to put on a helmet and cup (for liabilities sake) they could try to snuff out PK's for further entertainment much like the insulting clown at the old carnival dunk tanks. Throw in big screen replaying the last Wizards game that would end 20 minutes prior to kickoff or show EPL highlights etc. Raffle a chance to upgrade seats to a black leather Lazy-Boy mini section on the sideline ala NY Giants/Jets. No we're not talking Watson hot tub in the endzone, these would be premo 50 yardline "on field" behind the ad wall with the meat and cheese tray and your own stocked cooler. Now that would get me out to games even earlier to partake in everything Wizards...
Really? Then I hope the statute of limitations has expired from my college days. Considering how long it has been, I think I'm safe.
outrage Damn - $6 a beer over there? It was $5.75 at Giants Stadium, now up to $6.25 cuz of the jets and giants. That blows for you, cuz cost of living is supposed to be much higher here.
They run the hell outta the option in Nebraska. On principle alone, it's illegal to drop anything in the whole state.