Thanks again to the traveler. We are very grateful and appreciative of the opportunity you provided us. Getting to share the Super Bowl experience with my son is something we will remember forever.
Monday, February 2, 2009
The Stuff!
We scored some pretty cool stuff at the game. We got hats, “Terrible Towels”, seat cushions, and some fan guides. The entire town was branded with Super Bowl. The room keys to our hotel room were even Super Bowl keys.
This has been a spectacular experience.
This has been a spectacular experience.
Game Over!
What a great finish to a game! We stayed and watched the post game show. Confetti was everywhere. It takes forever for the confetti to come down.
The Halftime Show
This was a great show. The music was great. The fireworks were fun. Everyone at the stadium had a seat cushion on their chair. In the cushion there were a few souvenirs including a small light. During this song everyone was asked to turn on their lights.
At the Game
This is the view from our seats. We could see everything very well. We had to be in the most enthusiastic section in the stadium. There were Steelers fans to the left and Cardinals fans to the right. When one side was happy, the other was sad. There were people standing and yelling the entire time. We stood for almost all of the game.
The Pirate Ship
The stadium has a pirate ship at one end. Usually it is a restaurant. NBC converted it into the announcer’s booth.
Sunday, February 1, 2009
Green Screens are Fun!
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Monster.com had a great booth with your choice of green screen pictures. Enjoy Connor being dumped on with Gatorade.
The NFL Experience
This was very cool. There are lots of games to play, stores to buy stuff, and you can watch the pregame show. The crowd behind the pregame show was standing on tables and chairs to be seen. When in Rome, so Connor and I both climbed up on chairs. We called Mary and she was able to see both of us on National TV.
NFL Media Bus
We were waiting for a shuttle to the Super Bowl. An NFL coordinator was at the hotel. He offered to let us ride on the NFL Media Bus. Why not? We rode to the game with a group of reporters.
Road Trip
The Super Bowl is in Tampa, FL. We are in Melbourne, FL. This means we get to have a road trip! We start out early on game day. The top is down and we are ready for action.
The Tickets!
Now that we have the tickets it is time to tell Connor. Connor was shocked. This is a very big deal. Connor took a picture of the tickets with his phone to show to his friends at school.
The Generosity of Strangers!
An unbelievable story!
The story starts Sunday, January 25, 2009. I was on a flight to Minneapolis Minnesota. The gentleman next to me seemed like any other traveler. We chatted while watching movies on the flight.
As we were exiting the plane, the traveler gave me his business card. I recognized a company name on the card and asked about the company. Wrong company. Oh well. The company I was thinking of could have been able to get us Super Bowl tickets. I asked the traveler anyway. He said he could make it happen. Just call his office tomorrow to follow up. Wow!
January 26, 2009
In between visiting vendors, I called his office. His assistant was expecting my call and took down my information. This was really surprising. Everything the day before could have just been casual talk on the plane.
The fact that his assistant was expecting the call got me very excited.
January 28, 2009.
I received a voicemail. The traveler had been able to get the tickets. He asked me to call his assistant and give her a mailing address. Absolutely unbelievable! This may actually be real!
I was able to speak with the traveler later in the day, he said he was happy to do this for me. I explained how overwhelmed I was that he was willing to do this and how much it would mean to me and my son. He asked for two conditions …
1) Call him after the game and let him know how it was.
2) Help out someone else when they ask you for a favor.
The company I work for builds heart monitors. I was wearing one of our new products for testing when we spoke. My heart rate jumped to 220 beats per minute.
January 29, 2009.
FedEx arrives at the house. Mary calls me at work. I immediately drop the conference call we were on and agree to meet her halfway between work and home to open the envelope. My coworkers look at me funny as I run out the door.
We meet in a shopping center parking lot and look at the envelope. It came from the Minnesota Vikings ticket office. Wow! I gently open the envelope and find two tickets to the Super Bowl. The generosity of strangers is amazing.
The story starts Sunday, January 25, 2009. I was on a flight to Minneapolis Minnesota. The gentleman next to me seemed like any other traveler. We chatted while watching movies on the flight.
As we were exiting the plane, the traveler gave me his business card. I recognized a company name on the card and asked about the company. Wrong company. Oh well. The company I was thinking of could have been able to get us Super Bowl tickets. I asked the traveler anyway. He said he could make it happen. Just call his office tomorrow to follow up. Wow!
January 26, 2009
In between visiting vendors, I called his office. His assistant was expecting my call and took down my information. This was really surprising. Everything the day before could have just been casual talk on the plane.
The fact that his assistant was expecting the call got me very excited.
January 28, 2009.
I received a voicemail. The traveler had been able to get the tickets. He asked me to call his assistant and give her a mailing address. Absolutely unbelievable! This may actually be real!
I was able to speak with the traveler later in the day, he said he was happy to do this for me. I explained how overwhelmed I was that he was willing to do this and how much it would mean to me and my son. He asked for two conditions …
1) Call him after the game and let him know how it was.
2) Help out someone else when they ask you for a favor.
The company I work for builds heart monitors. I was wearing one of our new products for testing when we spoke. My heart rate jumped to 220 beats per minute.
January 29, 2009.
FedEx arrives at the house. Mary calls me at work. I immediately drop the conference call we were on and agree to meet her halfway between work and home to open the envelope. My coworkers look at me funny as I run out the door.
We meet in a shopping center parking lot and look at the envelope. It came from the Minnesota Vikings ticket office. Wow! I gently open the envelope and find two tickets to the Super Bowl. The generosity of strangers is amazing.
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