The weekend of FanFest--as chaotic as a game, but without the all the hassle of clearly-defined roles and all that baseball weather.
The end of the work week and into Saturday was filled with preparations and cleaning, set up and hustling. FanFest is 20 years strong, and every year we have to essentially reinvent the wheel and try to both give the fans everything they want and nothing they don't, stay fresh but not divert from what works, fix problems from years past, and appease PARTNERS!~ It's a huge juggling act and I think our team(s) of staff did a great job. I was a part of putting together some of our Charity Yard Sale in the 162 Landing. This is where we sell old merchandise, collectibles, and assorted team memorabilia with all proceeds going to our Rays Foundation. it helps us clean out or backstocks of old stuff, gives the fans something awesome to collect, and it all goes to a good cause.
Another thing I did was help with the Goodwill partnership table display. They wanted to engage fans with trivia questions so we were tasked with coming up with Rays-centric questions. It was actually a difficult job, trying to come up with questions that were challenging without being impossible. I got the medium-to-hard questions, so I really tried to be creative
UPDATE: FanFest was a rousing success. It was well attended, we raised nearly $100,000 for charity, we signed up over 3200 people for miniplans, and I heard very little complaint about anything. Our fans can be a little finicky and fickle, but the response was overwhelmingly positive.
Another thing I did was help with the Goodwill partnership table display. They wanted to engage fans with trivia questions so we were tasked with coming up with Rays-centric questions. It was actually a difficult job, trying to come up with questions that were challenging without being impossible. I got the medium-to-hard questions, so I really tried to be creative
UPDATE: FanFest was a rousing success. It was well attended, we raised nearly $100,000 for charity, we signed up over 3200 people for miniplans, and I heard very little complaint about anything. Our fans can be a little finicky and fickle, but the response was overwhelmingly positive.