Quote:Written Task: The drama is over. Your team will not be moved to Saskatoon, you have a real pro-level arena again, and your owner has stopped asking you to get involved in local politics on his behalf. For now. But he has one last thing to request your input on: the special event for opening night!

What special event, gimmick, promotion, or otherwise memorable frosting will you add to your team's opening night cake in your brand new stadium? What's something your fans will never forget? (150+ words)

Opening night would be theme'd night to attract more attention. It needs to be a random theme though to really get the buzz up and get people talking. So it'll be an "alien" theme. We'll hand out those plastic hair beret with alien antenna sticking out for people to wear. There will be an area for kids where they can be "beamed up" where a camera is hooked up to a computer to make it look like they disappear on the screen. The music will be nothing but the X-Files theme song and songs played on the theremin.

The staff ushers will all be decked out in uniforms to look like the FBI Alien Task Force trying to scan people entering looking for aliens. Then during the intermission we can have a model space ship appear to decend onto the ice surface and have an alien kidnap the mascot and then have the ship go back up into the rafters.

We can build up excitement by having people dressed as aliens wearing the team jersey during the week before the game. They can just be walking in groups downtown and in populated areas to get people talking.

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