Want to watch the World Series From the Mayor's Box?
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Want to watch the World Series From the Mayor's Box?
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UPDATE: The Mayor's press office has updated the release to note that the contest is open to anyone -- NOT just city residents. And winners will be notified after noon on Oct 24th, not Oct. 23rd. So you have until before noon Friday to get your entry in!Mayor Nutter is raffling off tickets to the home games in the World Series. Check the press release below for how to enter. And good luck!
MAYOR NUTTER TO RAFFLE OFF WORLD SERIES TICKETS
Philadelphia, October 22,, 2008 – Today Mayor Michael A. Nutter announced a drawing for World Series tickets. Six tickets, awarded in pairs of two, will be given to watch each of the three home games.* Citizens can win the tickets by correctly answering the trivia question below and emailing the response to philliesticketraffle@gmail.com by noon on Friday, October 24th. Nine winners, for a total of 18 tickets, will be randomly selected from qualifying respondents.
“I know all Philadelphians share my excitement about the World Series and I want to give everyone a chance to watch the games with me,” said Mayor Nutter. “Head to your local library, send me an email with the correct answer, and come Saturday night you might be watching the game from the Mayor’s Box.”
Contest Rules:
Answer the following trivia question and place your response in the subject line of the email. In the body of the email, include your name, address and telephone number. Winners will be notified after noon on Thursday, October 23rd. The contest is open to Philadelphia residents only. City employees are ineligible for this drawing but are welcome to participate in a separate drawing open only to City workers.
Question:
WHAT IS THE MAIN INGREDIENT TO SHANE VICTORINO’S FAVORITE DISH?
*Game five will only occur if neither team wins the first four games.
This is a great idea - the only question I have is...isn't it highly likely that the correct answer to this question is going to cause all emails with correct answers to end up being filtered out??? ;)— MSimpsonNJ- spam— rispogin
So entry deadline is Friday at noon, but they notify winners after noon on Thursday? I think the voting works like that in Philly too!- Pata— Nancy Streit
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David Gambacorta spent a small eternity writing about cops, drug dealers and serial killers. Now he’s writing about power and politics – which sometimes reminds him of the old crime beat. He joined the Daily News in 2005. And yes, he knows you’re not quite sure how to pronounce his last name. E-mail tips to gambacd@phillynews.com
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Jan Ransom, a native New Yorker, joined the Daily News in 2010 after graduating from Howard University. She has since written about the difficulty of filing police complaints, tax deadbeats and life after violent home invasions. She joined the Daily News City Hall Bureau in 2011 and has plunged headfirst into reporting on administration budget battles and City Council shenanigans. E-mail tips to ransomj@phillynews.com
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Sean Collins Walsh is from Bucks County and went to Northwestern University. He joined the Daily News copy desk in 2012 and now covers the Nutter administration. Before that, he interned at papers including The New York Times, The Dallas Morning News and The Seattle Times. E-mail tips to walshSE@phillynews.com
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