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Astros fans flock to holiday event at Minute Maid
- Updated: December 3, 2016
HOUSTON — Thousands of Astros fans, buoyed by seasonal temperatures and a flurry of offseason signings, took a chance to escape Saturday’s torrential rain by coming to Minute Maid Park for the team’s first Homeplate for the Holidays event, which featured an appearance by “Orbit Claus.”
The event, which was free with a voucher, was a huge success, said Astros senior vice president of marketing and communications Anita Sehgal. The 5,000 event vouchers initially made available online were claimed within 24 hours, and the Astros made plans to accommodate more fans.
“We issued 5,000 vouchers in the first 24 hours, so we had to make some adjustments and plan for a bigger crowd,” Sehgal said. “We put another 1,000 online, and they were gone in 24 hours. We wanted to make sure people could take advantage of the activities, so we’ll probably cap it at 7,000.”
Gettin’ pretty festive at MMP! #HomePlateForTheHolidays …
