First and foremost, thanks to you guys who have reached out to me so I could hook you up with some partial season ticket plans for this season. I'm happy that you're on board for what looks to be an amazing 20th-anniversary season. You're going to see some legendary moments from the past and present and you've helped me maintain my status with the Magic. Good looking out.
On that note, tomorrow is our Select-a-Seat event at the Amway. It's basically an open house with activities, player autographs, and a chance to see what we've got for the upcoming season. 4-game, 7-game (buy six get one free!), 10, 15, half and full season, courtside, you name it. If you want to get seats in the NEW events center in 2010, this is your best bet.
You see, once you're a planholder of any kind, you have priority over the general public when it comes to seats in the as-yet-to-be-named new Magic arena. We start the 2010 season in the new place, but next season we will hasten the seating process. Our current full season-ticket holders have a guaranteed seat already.
So...if you can see yourself in 2 years being in better financial shape (and I truly hope you can) and can afford to drop less than 200 bucks on some seats to 7-10 high-quality games, you'll be doing yourself a favor by stopping by the Amway tomorrow from noon to 3. Family fun, free parking, popcorn, and soda, and player autographs. My man Dwight Howard (pleeeeease remember me, D-12) will be there around 1. There's certainly no obligation to buy anything, but should you feel so inclined the seats in each plan will be tagged. You want the seat, you pull the tag.
Just make sure you ask for me when you get there. Everyone will have a radio, so have them hit me and if you want to look at some seats, I'll do my best for you. I have a good amount of people coming out already, so I beg your patience if I'm busy...but I promise I will help you out. I will tell you exactly how I can get you bumped up the priority list for the new arena.
What a team you're going to see this year! We had our annual Magic University this past week. I had no idea such an event existed before I started my career with the team, and if I had known I would have been beyond envious. We got to ask questions to management, coaches, and players and get to know the "new guys" we picked up. This is a team that is about ten strong and I strongly believe we can surpass last year's 52-win season.
I hope to see you tomorrow at the Amway Arena. If you are only interested in looking at seats, email me at dgarabo@orlandomagic.com and I can still get you a VIP seating invitation for the 10 AM-12 PM slot. Thanks much. I still have a long way to go before I can challenge the top 4-5 salespeople, but thanks to a few of you I'm on my way!