Phillies’ Marketing and Events Coordinator spoke with Rowan students and explained the reasoning behind banning Dollar Dog Night at Citizens Bank Park
At the start of the 2024 MLB season, the Philadelphia Phillies made the decision to discontinue Dollar Dog Night at Citizens Bank Park. Obviously, fans were outraged with the news, but there was a specific reason as to why it happened.
The reason was obvious, Dollar Dog Night took away the “family friendly environment” the Phillies were looking to have at The Bank during games.
Anthony Figozzotto, the Phillies’ Marketing and Events coordinator recently spoke at Rowan and broke down the situation to remove Dollar Dog Nights from the calendar.
Why the Phillies removed Dollar Dog Night in 2024:
Definitely some fair points made here. The lines were insane and Phillies fans created the first and only Dollar Dog Wave throughout the ballpark. It was one of the most innovative fan-created experiences in the history of Major League Baseball- something that should have been celebrated, not criticized and ultimately banned from existence.
I mean seriously, just look at this masterpiece. Not even God himself could bless us with such a magnificent display of unity. It’s right up there with Mother Mary’s immaculate reception conception.
Phillies Fans Create “Dollar Dog Wave”
Throwing hot dogs at Dollar Dog Night is out. Throwing dogs while doing the wave is in. https://t.co/OQbRXHRL1S
— Crossing Broad (@CrossingBroad) May 10, 2023
Innovative: Tossing Hot Dogs during Dollar Dog Night at Citizens Bank Park might save baseball fans obsession with ‘the wave’ >>
Listen, I absolutely adore a packed Citizens Bank Park but I have been on record multiple times about my overall disdain for the wave at baseball games.
Everything changed with the creation of the Dollar Dog Wave.
Given the fact that the wave itself is the worst thing to ever enter ballparks in America, adding the Dollar Hot Dog Toss into it has to be considered the last hope in saving one of America’s pastimes this summer.
The wave is pretty stupid and rarely “looks cool” when watching it circulate the seats at Citizens Bank Park. The whole ordeal is outdated and it’s not hard to assume the wave was started before there was anything else to do at the ballpark and games were 4.5+ hours long. Point being, it’s an outdated ballpark schtick that should be banned from ever happening.
Just the visuals alone make the wave look so much cooler than it does without hot dogs being tossed into the air.
These aren’t even aggressive throws of hot dogs, these are celebratory tosses into the air. I’m sure there are a ton of old, miserable people that go to Phillies games and will hate it but still, maybe just don’t attend a Dollar Dog Night and find another game to go to this summer.
Philadelphia Phillies fans are an innovative bunch and the Dollar Dog Wave was just the next great thing to hit Citizens Bank Park.
When it happened, I stressed how if I was a beer company, I would be on the horn with the Phillies immediately to try to mix in a nice beer toss (plastic cups of course) at some point over the summer.
That would REALLY make older people mad at the ballpark but with the proper “heads-up” to fans who are looking to buy tickets, if the MLB is looking for a way to grow the game and get younger butts in the seats then this is the direction they need to take the ballpark experience.
Again, this isn’t something new. I have been ranting and raving about adding more to ballparks in America after seeing the videos from the World Baseball Classic where ballparks in Taiwan, China, Japan, and South Korea basically throw massive parties during baseball games.
It was what we needed in America and was a small step in the right direction. The Dollar Dog Wave Toss was set to open up unlimited possibilities in the future, until the Phillies’ marketing department wanted games to be “family friendly” – oof.
Also worth noting: Nick Castellanos predicted the Dollar Dog Night ban that night by preemptively launching a bomb against the Blue Jays.
Join The Chase
Read More
Oh No: Phillies players got booed at the Flyers game tonight
Kyle Schwarber, Trea Turner, Bryson Stott, Jesus Luzardo, and a…
Dave Dombrowski held a Press Conference, said nothing, and somehow made mimself look worse than the team
Dave Dombrowski fired Rob Thomson on Tuesday morning and then…
Phillies begin the Don Mattingly era with a 7-0 win over the San Francisco Giants
Rob Thomson is out. Don Mattingly is in. The Phillies…
Comments (0)