The big blue sleepover, 2.0
If you saw our story about the first Dodger Stadium sleep-over promotion last season and were interested in taking part this year, the Dodgers have announced that Friday, July 27 will be the date to save this year.
The twist this year is that it won't be after a Dodgers home game. Instead, you'll be able to watch the Dodgers play Colorado from Coors Field on the Diamondvision board (a 6 p.m. start) and then have a movie, the latest remake of "The Sandlot," afterward.
For that, we give it an even bigger stamp of approval. One of the not-so-cool elements of last year's event was having all that garbage from the previous Sunday afternoon game left sitting in the stands all night, and then the cleaning crew showed up at the crack of dawn to start banging around and sweeping it up, causing a whole other racket.
This way, the stadium's quiet and clean from start to finish.
Having it start on a Friday and ending Saturday should work much better, too, for those who had to get up Monday morning and head to work last year.
“Last season’s sleepover event was a tremendous success and the feedback confirmed that we should bring the event back this year,” said Dodger Chief Operating Officer Marty Greenspun said in a statement released by the team. “Dodger Stadium is a great place to create memories and we are excited to continue cultivating unique opportunities like this.”
The price of the event is $200 per adult, $100 per kid. There's also a $500 package for two adults and two kids 14 and under, which includes a goodie bag, dinner, buffet breakfast and a Dodger pillow.
The first 500 who sign up by July 1 will be admitted.
To register: www.dodgers.com/sleepover
And to revisit our experience, here's a link back to the blog entry from last July