geluf Posted April 24, 2017 Share Posted April 24, 2017 8 minutes ago, garfield said: Indy is in Indiana. People work hard. The don't stay awake to experience a night-life because they have to get up and go to work in the morning. People work hard in every city in the US. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris7997 Posted April 24, 2017 Share Posted April 24, 2017 You pay extra for a "fan experience." DCI could set this up. What would that entail? Say you are a fan of the Cavaliers. They are your corps. If you pay the premium fan experience for the Cavaliers, you get ...(included, but not limited to) 1. Free Cavaliers gift bag, including t-shirts 2. Cheer them on in the tunnel as they come out onto the field. Be RIGHT there near the line. 3. Sit up front with the instructional staff during the show 4. Take selfies with some of the players after a show 5. You congratulate them on Finals night at the end of the awards ceremony. It would be marketed as the "total fan experience." DCI would love it because they'd have the opportunity to make more $$$. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcifanforlife Posted April 24, 2017 Share Posted April 24, 2017 4 minutes ago, chris7997 said: You pay extra for a "fan experience." DCI could set this up. What would that entail? Say you are a fan of the Cavaliers. They are your corps. If you pay the premium fan experience for the Cavaliers, you get ...(included, but not limited to) 1. Free Cavaliers gift bag, including t-shirts 2. Cheer them on in the tunnel as they come out onto the field. Be RIGHT there near the line. 3. Sit up front with the instructional staff during the show 4. Take selfies with some of the players after a show 5. You congratulate them on Finals night at the end of the awards ceremony. It would be marketed as the "total fan experience." DCI would love it because they'd have the opportunity to make more $$$. Completely unworkable. Having a decent seat on finals night should be your fan experience. DCI is not interested in making money with something like this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris7997 Posted April 24, 2017 Share Posted April 24, 2017 Other possible ideas to add interest in Indy: 1. <<insert corps>> meet-and-greet "Meetup" at a local restaurant...go meet fellow Cadets, Blue Coats, Vanguard etc. fans 2. Food trucks...there should be a unique Food Truck Row outside the stadium...the food at Lucas Oil is bad 3. T-shirt tosses (like they do at basketball games) into the crowd? 4. Contests and prizes (maybe shown over the stadium's video monitor in between performances)...like they do at sporting events...Drum Corps questions like, "Tell me when Star of Indiana won the championship?" or whatever...and the fan guesses the answer...win a free whatever. 5. Mini-mini- standing brass line to give unannounced performances inside the stadium...near booths...like they do at Disneyland when all of a sudden a brass line comes out and tears it up 6. Backstage tours? 7. Tours of the Indy Zoo! ; ) 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ouooga Posted April 24, 2017 Author Share Posted April 24, 2017 17 minutes ago, dcifanforlife said: Completely unworkable. Having a decent seat on finals night should be your fan experience. DCI is not interested in making money with something like this. I'm trying to wrap my head around why a business wouldn't be interested in making money if an opportunity presented itself. (not saying this is viable or not, just trying to understand that last sentence better) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garfield Posted April 24, 2017 Share Posted April 24, 2017 42 minutes ago, dcifanforlife said: Completely unworkable. Having a decent seat on finals night should be your fan experience. DCI is not interested in making money with something like this. Really curious why you show such conviction that this wouldn't work... Not that I disagree that it would fail, but that it's workable or not. It would fail, IMO. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garfield Posted April 24, 2017 Share Posted April 24, 2017 4 hours ago, geluf said: People work hard in every city in the US. Sorry, didn't mean otherwise. I was trying to make a point that Indiana is corn and farmer country. Like Ohio. Get 2 miles outside the outerbelt and you have corn. Lots of farmers who rise before the sun. Sorry, didn't mean to imply otherwise. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
corpsband Posted April 24, 2017 Share Posted April 24, 2017 3 minutes ago, garfield said: Really curious why you show such conviction that this wouldn't work... Not that I disagree that it would fail, but that it's workable or not. It would fail, IMO. if only from the disruption of logistics. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghost Posted April 24, 2017 Share Posted April 24, 2017 1 hour ago, chris7997 said: Other possible ideas to add interest in Indy: 7. Tours of the Indy Zoo! ; ) Hire a company to provide tours of corps rehearsal sites. At least those who allow visitors during finals week. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xandandl Posted April 24, 2017 Share Posted April 24, 2017 12 minutes ago, Ghost said: Hire a company to provide tours of corps rehearsal sites. At least those who allow visitors during finals week. a trip to see animals in a zoo and spectators viewing last minute tweeks, changes, and "surprises" by panicking faculty and techs might not be too different. Do not feed either. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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