Last Saturday was the last home game for Dixie State College. Ethan's flag football team has a tradition of going to a Dixie game at the end of the season. One of the dads gets tickets from work and we all go.
This year the Alumni Association hosted tail gate parties before each home game...for FREE! Yes, they had free food, all-you-could-eat ice cream and snow cones, games and tons of entertainment. We decided to go and see what it was all about.
There were quite a few people there and the kids got to play around while I waited in line for the food. Then we all got hotdogs/hamburgers, chips, left over Halloween candy and drinks. When they had eaten their fill, they got in the ice cream line, which was self-serve, and got huge cups full of ice cream. They played on bounce houses and the playground. There was a climbing wall but it was crowded and the lines were long.
I couldn't believe it was all free. I guess they are trying to get people to come to the games and this is the best way they have found to do it. I signed up with the "D Team" which sponsors events like that and we got 2 t-shirts and will now get free food at any Dixie College sporting events this year. Not bad for $10.
We all sat together at the game and...Dixie lost. But the kids had fun making paper airplanes from the programs and flying them around the stadium. They also each scored a Dixie State t-shirt from the cheerleaders. Courtney also snagged a little plastic football. They were tired when the game ended but we had a lot of fun.
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