The New York Mets announced their full promotional schedule this morning, and I’m sure you’ve already seen it by now. (Here’s a link, just in case.)
A previous Mets collector's cup giveaway (I think this one was from 2009)
The high-profile events (five bobblehead giveaways, Banner Day and John Franco‘s Mets Hall of Fame induction) had been announced previously, and they’re all pretty cool.
The “best of the rest” include a magnetic schedule giveaway on Opening Day, fingerless “texting gloves” on Saturday, April 7th, a Mr. Met poster on Sunday, July 8th, a t-shirt on Sunday, July 22nd, and a tote bag on Sunday, Aug. 25th.
The ever-popular plastic collector’s cup, presented by Premio, will also return for another year on May 4th.
The newly-announced giveaways will be nice bonuses for fans who attend those games, but I don’t see anything that will sway me to make a special trip to Citi Field.
When I can shop for individual game tickets next week, I’m still looking at three dates: Opening Day on April 5th, Jose Reyes‘ first game at Citi Field as a Marlin on April 24th, and the Mike Piazza bobblehead giveaway on August 25th. Anything else will depend on availability later, the weather, my mood and my budget.
Not a Met fan, but always like to see what the clubs are giving away. I’m shocked they are doing promotions when they are playing the Yankees. Promotions should be used to bring in fans when a less than thrilling team is coming to play, so you can sell more seats. (With this year’s team, should probably be every home game, sorry, couldn’t help myself.) They know they are going to have a full house when they play the Yankees.
FYI, here’s a link to one of the Brooklyn Cylones promotions. I went last year with my kids for one of these jerseys, they’re not too bad, not great, but what do you want for “free”. The link
http://www.brooklyncyclones.com/
The cap trade-in promo has been a staple Subway Series promotion for years, going back to when the Mets were an annual playoff contender. While baseball teams want to use promotions to bring in fans, sponsors want to run promotions at games that can guarantee a large audience.