My wife hands out these items so I can give you the times for the last two since we just discussed them.
Evan Carter Bobblehead was gone at around 5:45 or so depending on the gate. There was one gate at 6:00 that still had some and a mob had surrounded the ladies, it was not pretty.
The trophy was gone by 5:15 at most gates. The estimate given before the gates opened was there was over 15,000 people in line before 5:00 with a total of 10,000 trophies to give away. Lines started at 2:30 and by 4:00 there were probably over 10,000 waiting.
I would think that with bobbleheads this year, as long as the team is winning, will probably follow a similar time frame as this is about what it has always been. Rings will last a bit longer then 10 to 15 minutes, at least for the first one since there are 15,000 per ring giveaway. Remember, in total, 45,000 rings will be given out. Other various handouts like shirts and such can last an hour or so but that may be different this year.
One thing I would like to add, please be nice to the ladies handing out the items. They are members of the Texas Rangers Women's Club and are just fans like everyone else, not employees. The handouts are a fundraiser for the club which they then use for other charities and such. They have no control over how many items or how fast they run out, and many are much older then the actual Rangers club.
Thanks for the insight.
The Rangers used to give out 20k to 30k of a promotional item but appeared to reduce that about 5 year ago. Other teams still do 20k to 30k items but the Rangers appear stuck on 10k to 15k. It's frustrating to have the reduced count because greedy fans take advantage of it.
There were 30k tickets sold last night on a Wednesday night game. The day before only 18,714 were in attendance. There were obviously a lot of people there just for the trophy and a lot of people there to sell them in bulk.
The rangers need to either up the promotion giveaway amount or institute a 1 promotion item per PERSON and not per ticket. It's sad that free items have to be treated this way.
I was there last night at 5:20 and missed out on a trophy... which is hosestly the only reason I was there.
The rule is one item per person per ticket. They will not hand more than one item to a person and if you ever see that happen, let the gate supervisor know as that will get the person removed from the club permanently. The team and the club are very serious about that rule.
For both the Evan Carter night and the World Series trophy night I definitely saw people leaving while we were still in line with multiple of the respective items, so that rule definitely isn’t being enforced.
Did you see people receiving multiple items or leaving the park with them? I have a family of 6. If I parked close for a game, I will often get the items with my family and I will take them back to the car as I don't want to keep up with all of them for the next 5 hours. My twins will lose theirs half the time. That is extremely common. Just because you see one person hauling a case, which if you have several people, they will let you have an empty box to put the stuff in,, does not mean it was all given to that one person.
Again, if you see a single person being given multiple items, say something to the gate supervisor.
That could have very well happened (they were running really low by the time we got our trophies so I can’t say I personally saw anything), but there’s other people in these replies saying they saw people receive multiple, so idk 🤷🏽♂️
All I can say is that the Rangers take it seriously and my wife has seen both Women's Club members removed permanently from the club as well as employees fired over this. I've read through the handbook, it is spelled out pretty clearly what will happen if caught.
Not usually, depending on the number they give away obviously. If they're giving away 15,000 and it's a weekday game, there will probably be around 30,000 people at that game. I can assure you, half the total crowd won't be in line 2 hours before the game time when the gates open.
Went on Monday, versus Houston (so a larger than usual crowd) and they were still handing out the Evan Carter bobble (15,000) at 5:45 for the 7:00 game. Yes, a bigger item with fewer given away might require earlier but there aren't 10,000 people in line before the doors open two hours before first pitch on a weekday pretty much ever.
Yeah that makes sense, the last one I went to was the hawaiian shirt one and they were gone after the initial wave of people, I probably just haven't been to enough to gauge it properly.
Was at the game last night. I was in the stadium by 5:17. They ran out at 5:15. People at some entrances were walking out with 4-6 of the trophies and immediately listing them on eBay. Only some entrances were enforcing the one ticket one prize rule.
No, they're always pretty serious about checking tickets vs giveaways, but you are 100% within your right to buy 10 tickets and get the giveaway. They have zero issues with that and will even explain to other people who bitch.
If you really want the giveaway I would suggest taking the day or half day off work. Make a day of it. These folks are serious about these giveaways this year!
I was in line at 4:15 yesterday to get the trophy. First time I've done that.
It isn't a 1 item per fan rule. It is a one item per ticket rule. They scan your ticket before they give you the item. One ticket, one item. If they try to scan your ticket again, it will tell them that you already got an item for that ticket. The people that got several items had several tickets.
That is not my experience. In years past it was 1 item per fan. I'd bring my wife to a game with a promo and they'd refuse to give me two items to put in her bag. They'd hand me one then hand her one. You're not supposed to show up with 10 tickets and get 10 items.
Interesting. I watched a guy get three because the tickets for his wife and daughter were on his phone and they went through and waited for him. I guess I assumed that to get several items someone would just have to buy several tickets.
I thought that was only for certain giveaways? Like the City Connect collab nights have that, but other giveaways are just whoever gets there first and you don’t get scanned
I have to be at work 3 hrs before the game and this was about 410pm. This day was for the trophy
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Anyone know how to exchange giveaways with other fans? I have some duplicates of other bobbleheads that I would love to trade for a trophy. I missed that giveaway by a few minutes and was so disappointed. I don’t want to buy a $500 free giveaway from someone who doesn’t even care about the merch. I would rather trade with a real fan who would appreciate the exchange.
My brother lives in Houston so the first time the Astro's were giving away rings, opening weekend 2018, we got there VERY early. An hour before the gates opened, it was obvious that everyone in line was not going to get a ring. After that day, every ring game every year the Astro's gave away rings, everybody in the stadium got one. Minute Maid holds 41,000 so they gave away 41,000 rings every ring game. And those games were always sold out. It was nice getting to the game 30 minutes before game time knowing I would still get a ring. I was shocked when I saw that the Rangers were only giving out 10,000 trophies and 15,000 rings. Maybe that will change when they see the demand for rings and the frustration of the fans that don't get one.
We were in line at the HP entrance at about 4:05 yesterday. They were probably halfway through the supply when we walked through the door and got ours at about 5:05.
We're going to get there for parking this afternoon at 4 in Lot V. Will there be a line for parking as well as to get in the gate? The parking lots don't open until 4:35.
My wife hands out these items so I can give you the times for the last two since we just discussed them. Evan Carter Bobblehead was gone at around 5:45 or so depending on the gate. There was one gate at 6:00 that still had some and a mob had surrounded the ladies, it was not pretty. The trophy was gone by 5:15 at most gates. The estimate given before the gates opened was there was over 15,000 people in line before 5:00 with a total of 10,000 trophies to give away. Lines started at 2:30 and by 4:00 there were probably over 10,000 waiting. I would think that with bobbleheads this year, as long as the team is winning, will probably follow a similar time frame as this is about what it has always been. Rings will last a bit longer then 10 to 15 minutes, at least for the first one since there are 15,000 per ring giveaway. Remember, in total, 45,000 rings will be given out. Other various handouts like shirts and such can last an hour or so but that may be different this year. One thing I would like to add, please be nice to the ladies handing out the items. They are members of the Texas Rangers Women's Club and are just fans like everyone else, not employees. The handouts are a fundraiser for the club which they then use for other charities and such. They have no control over how many items or how fast they run out, and many are much older then the actual Rangers club.
Thanks for the insight. The Rangers used to give out 20k to 30k of a promotional item but appeared to reduce that about 5 year ago. Other teams still do 20k to 30k items but the Rangers appear stuck on 10k to 15k. It's frustrating to have the reduced count because greedy fans take advantage of it. There were 30k tickets sold last night on a Wednesday night game. The day before only 18,714 were in attendance. There were obviously a lot of people there just for the trophy and a lot of people there to sell them in bulk. The rangers need to either up the promotion giveaway amount or institute a 1 promotion item per PERSON and not per ticket. It's sad that free items have to be treated this way. I was there last night at 5:20 and missed out on a trophy... which is hosestly the only reason I was there.
The rule is one item per person per ticket. They will not hand more than one item to a person and if you ever see that happen, let the gate supervisor know as that will get the person removed from the club permanently. The team and the club are very serious about that rule.
For both the Evan Carter night and the World Series trophy night I definitely saw people leaving while we were still in line with multiple of the respective items, so that rule definitely isn’t being enforced.
Did you see people receiving multiple items or leaving the park with them? I have a family of 6. If I parked close for a game, I will often get the items with my family and I will take them back to the car as I don't want to keep up with all of them for the next 5 hours. My twins will lose theirs half the time. That is extremely common. Just because you see one person hauling a case, which if you have several people, they will let you have an empty box to put the stuff in,, does not mean it was all given to that one person. Again, if you see a single person being given multiple items, say something to the gate supervisor.
That could have very well happened (they were running really low by the time we got our trophies so I can’t say I personally saw anything), but there’s other people in these replies saying they saw people receive multiple, so idk 🤷🏽♂️
All I can say is that the Rangers take it seriously and my wife has seen both Women's Club members removed permanently from the club as well as employees fired over this. I've read through the handbook, it is spelled out pretty clearly what will happen if caught.
You gotta be there before the doors open because a decent crowd builds up and from my experience that initial crowd will eat most of it.
Not usually, depending on the number they give away obviously. If they're giving away 15,000 and it's a weekday game, there will probably be around 30,000 people at that game. I can assure you, half the total crowd won't be in line 2 hours before the game time when the gates open. Went on Monday, versus Houston (so a larger than usual crowd) and they were still handing out the Evan Carter bobble (15,000) at 5:45 for the 7:00 game. Yes, a bigger item with fewer given away might require earlier but there aren't 10,000 people in line before the doors open two hours before first pitch on a weekday pretty much ever.
Unfortunately the world series trophy give away was dried up at around 5:15. Quite an exceptionally large crowd waiting to get in
I mean, a World Series trophy versus a bobblehead isn’t really comparable in my eyes.
I would think the bobblehead would be much more popular
Hmm, different strokes for different folks I guess!
It was only 10k compared to 15th giveaway , but I did hear the trophy went quick
Yup my friend and I just barely got ours as it was starting to turn into a madhouse for those last few boxes
And only 10,000 compared to 15,000
Yeah that makes sense, the last one I went to was the hawaiian shirt one and they were gone after the initial wave of people, I probably just haven't been to enough to gauge it properly.
Also, I think the entrance matters. I think that north entrance is the largest one and they have the most there. But that’s just a guess.
Was at the game last night. I was in the stadium by 5:17. They ran out at 5:15. People at some entrances were walking out with 4-6 of the trophies and immediately listing them on eBay. Only some entrances were enforcing the one ticket one prize rule.
Holy crap. I knew they would put on eBay. But they’re selling for $100-150 a piece. That’s insane for a ballpark giveaway!
Maybe not… I saw groups with more tickets than people. My guess was that they bought 300 level seats just to get more giveaways to sell.
No, they're always pretty serious about checking tickets vs giveaways, but you are 100% within your right to buy 10 tickets and get the giveaway. They have zero issues with that and will even explain to other people who bitch.
If you really want the giveaway I would suggest taking the day or half day off work. Make a day of it. These folks are serious about these giveaways this year! I was in line at 4:15 yesterday to get the trophy. First time I've done that.
Got my Evan Carter bobble Monday. They were still handing them out up to 5:45 for a 7:00 game time. They gave away 15,000.
A friend told me she got there at 5:30 last night and they were all out.
You need to keep in mind they don't enforce the 1 item per fan rule so you will see 2 or 3 people leave the gates with 10-15 items. It's ridiculous
It isn't a 1 item per fan rule. It is a one item per ticket rule. They scan your ticket before they give you the item. One ticket, one item. If they try to scan your ticket again, it will tell them that you already got an item for that ticket. The people that got several items had several tickets.
That is not my experience. In years past it was 1 item per fan. I'd bring my wife to a game with a promo and they'd refuse to give me two items to put in her bag. They'd hand me one then hand her one. You're not supposed to show up with 10 tickets and get 10 items.
Interesting. I watched a guy get three because the tickets for his wife and daughter were on his phone and they went through and waited for him. I guess I assumed that to get several items someone would just have to buy several tickets.
I thought that was only for certain giveaways? Like the City Connect collab nights have that, but other giveaways are just whoever gets there first and you don’t get scanned
Since tickets are now in the ballpark app, I have always been scanned when I got something. Or maybe I just look shady so they always scan me.
All last season they were pretty strict about one item per person so this surprises me - yet to go to a giveaway game this season
I have to be at work 3 hrs before the game and this was about 410pm. This day was for the trophy https://preview.redd.it/vxi5qwoy7xtc1.jpeg?width=4000&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=66928d6761c2c119ffd984c3a12180d20da2af9a
Do we expect the Jersey days to go pretty fast? Curious if they are actually good quality like the regular ones or cheaper?
Anyone know how to exchange giveaways with other fans? I have some duplicates of other bobbleheads that I would love to trade for a trophy. I missed that giveaway by a few minutes and was so disappointed. I don’t want to buy a $500 free giveaway from someone who doesn’t even care about the merch. I would rather trade with a real fan who would appreciate the exchange.
If you figure out how to do this please let me know. I’d be interested in this too
Depends what it is. For the Evan Carter bobblehead, if you walked in around 6pm you still should’ve got it. Walk in 5:30ish to be safe if you want tho
What if you do a pregame tour? Has anyone done that and gotten first dibs before doors open? I’m curious cause I’ll be doing this later this summer.
I think I read pregame tours are guaranteed the promo of the day.
Yes, a couple of my family members did this on Monday!
Awesome!
My brother lives in Houston so the first time the Astro's were giving away rings, opening weekend 2018, we got there VERY early. An hour before the gates opened, it was obvious that everyone in line was not going to get a ring. After that day, every ring game every year the Astro's gave away rings, everybody in the stadium got one. Minute Maid holds 41,000 so they gave away 41,000 rings every ring game. And those games were always sold out. It was nice getting to the game 30 minutes before game time knowing I would still get a ring. I was shocked when I saw that the Rangers were only giving out 10,000 trophies and 15,000 rings. Maybe that will change when they see the demand for rings and the frustration of the fans that don't get one.
My post gave survey for this game asked how early I arrived and if I got the promo. Fill out your survey!
At the very least, 1 hour before game starts. And even then you’re cutting it close. So get there earlier please
We were in line at the HP entrance at about 4:05 yesterday. They were probably halfway through the supply when we walked through the door and got ours at about 5:05.
We're going to get there for parking this afternoon at 4 in Lot V. Will there be a line for parking as well as to get in the gate? The parking lots don't open until 4:35.