Promotions and Events

Senators GM, Randy Whitaker, published a new blog post last evening, Keep 'em Coming!. The topic of that post and his previous post (Got Any Good Ideas?) was promotional nights or events. In the most recent blog entry he listed a “few of the more interesting suggestions” (which I have listed below)

-Change the music before the games (seems like the same music before every game)
-Christmas in July (actually this was done last year, but will probably repeat)
-NASCAR night
-Rewards for wearing Senators gear
-More games for adults or for whole families
-Update the website more often (I hope you’ve already seen that!)
-Ads and promo announcements in the restrooms
-Concerts on the field after the game (maybe an ‘09 thing)
-Halloween at the park
-More website contests
-Autographs, autographs, autographs (everyone wants more chances to get a player autograph)

I sent an e-mail of my suggestions and I figured I would share them here. Read over them and let me know what you think.

I vote for keeping the pre-game music the same, at least most of it. Most are classic baseball songs, wish I could get a CD with all of them on it.

Have to say, in recent months the Web site has been updated pretty often. About as often as I update mine. This time of year it’s hard to find breaking news or fresh content that isn’t already posted on five different Web sites.

Ads and promo announcements in the restrooms is another thing that was done in prior years, at least those types of things were posted in the men’s room.

In past seasons, concerts were being conducted on the back concourse prior to games. After game concerts would be a good idea. Only problem I see with that is it’s not really family oriented, at least not for families with small children. With games usually ending around 9-9:30, a concert would not begin until about 10 or so. This would be geared towards single people and couples without children.

Other ideas:

More raffles. Autographed game used materials (hats, bats, balls, jerseys). This is mostly done at the end of the season. Maybe offer this throughout the season and frequently (twice a month). Another raffle idea would be, Dinner with Your Favorite Player.

Photo with a Player Night. Use a Polaroid camera to take a photo of fans with a player of their choice and let the fan get it autographed (think something like this was done back in the early 90’s for Fan Club members).

To expand on the suggestion of Halloween at the Park, prizes for best costume by age group and best over all (grand prize).

This year there should be a fair amount of Nationals top prospects in Harrisburg. Anything that could be done to bring the fans closer to those players would be good. In past years this has seemed limited. Making the experience between player and fan more personal is something the fan will remember.

If you have any ideas make sure you e-mail them mailto:AFanistheGM@senatorsbaseball.com. If you want to share your ideas here, you’re welcome to post it in the comments section.