With the All Star game comes a weekend of fun activities for fans to do. On Saturday, July 12, I went and checked out Fanfest and a concert.
I didn’t know what to think about the Fan Fest when I started thinking of the events around the All Star game.
The Minneapolis Convention Center was turned into a huge baseball museum of sorts. There were pictures explaining the history of the league.
Each part of the history of the game was broken down into different parts of the Convention Center.
They started with the Negro League and you could read history about that area of baseball.
They had a different section on the World Baseball Classic. They had old highlight videos of real game footage on that area of time.
One of the most areas that got a lot of attention by the fans was the Baseball Hall Of Fame. They had artifacts from different players who are part of the Baseball Hall Of Fame.
If you are a gamer they had different baseball video games with contests that fans could play.
Local media stations along with national media outlets were on hand broadcasting from the Fan Fest.
Throughout the event former current and future players showed up throughout the day to sign autographs. There were also sessions where fans could have a question and answer sessions with different players. There were also many chances to take photos and autographs with players, both past, current and future.
There was also a large section for silent and live auctions going on. Articles that were available for the auction were old game-used uniforms, lineup cards, gloves, bats, balls, etc.
In the middle of the Convention Center a huge makeshift field was set up. There was always action going on, on the field. Weather it was a t-ball game or a clinic the big field was a big hit for fans.
If you were looking to buy any All Star official shirts and apparel there was lots of chances to do that as all the teams were represented.
Overall I really enjoyed my time at the Fan Fest. You do truly need to spend a lot of time to get
through everything and bring your billfold and be prepared to shell out a lot of money for that All Star apparel.
Saturday night there was also free huge concert at TCF Bank Stadium on the campus of the University of Minnesota. There were multiple ways fans could win free tickets to the show. The show featuring the Imagine Dragons with Atmosphere as the leadoff group.
I thought that the concert was very good and entertaining.
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