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Listen in to see how the Marlins organization puts together a game for Super Saturdays. Find out what special events they do for fans and season ticket holders.

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Hello and welcome to inside the Marlins I'm frank fort clearly the focal point of any Marlins home date is the game itself. But what does it take to present the game and make it an event. Well there are hundreds of people in and around the stadium who work hard to make it happen to add to the enjoyment of the people who come through the turnstiles to see the Marlins game day is in the words of one Marlon executive. Controlled chaos.

It may be chaotic but the start of at all it's common control. Several days prior to the start of -- homestand the various departments within the Marlin organization have a planning meeting with the stadium operations. Forget the attendance for Saturday with the I predict that this rule 21000 point -- open. The fact that not only are we playing a baseball game which is the -- defend. There's also concert. It happens after the game with a fireworks show and between. So the level coordination. And -- a lot of different apartments in Germany deal opened the show Q fifteen minute set -- dvds will be a thirty minute set. We'll have approximately 300 fans in the -- Number one to bring all the information to one's one source. So he's got all sales marked me yet marketing folks doing something EST operations department for the Marlins that. Has there thing that they needed a break it all together so there's 11 place that.

The information is coming from. And almost had also hosts our stadium half related deaths were certain things are whether it's autograph session whether it's. I give away a lot of moving parts there are a lot of moving parts as you'll see this time it's pretty impressive when you see the finished product. The game is the selling point but the Marlins philosophy goes far beyond that. Being in South Florida assistant self defense -- his publicist and growing market. So we wanted to event ties Marlins games -- way to do that the past many weeks where we can into the night people more like most likely to go. But Saturday night -- officials Friday. That's how we can over super Saturday essentially what we do is just put on a big party here surrounded on a baseball game. And try to pride as much entertainment value. To the ticket dollar -- fans are spending.

At Saturday home games there is generally warn you baseball clinic or in the case of this for. -- practice court season ticket holder. It was fantastic. Having lived in South Florida my whole life pride you can't. Help but expect to have some ways but as usual the club Justin. Fantastic job recognizing their sponsors like my firm very important. -- what we contribute to the team so we really appreciate it but he gets rid of the ball into the W free of their sponsors and delegate getting used to go behind the -- Feels like -- really a little soreness in my back a beautiful little too hard on the.

That's followed by a sound check where. -- that -- super Saturday concert. It takes over starting to prepare the field for that night's game. As the players riding begin this game day for Argentine commercial shoot schedule. Highlighting upcoming game promotions. -- A team. Before the game report reveals some moves -- in your free everything in and then having been. The thing is that one day with the man because he's gonna commercial with the big guys. Just drive my car you can -- baffles me that few weeks ago. Yeah definitely you know anytime that we can. I'll help the team out there kind of the most dot com -- out and after pretty hard actually. Behind the scenes there was an enormous amount of coordination just to get all the right people. In the right places at the right time. Right now against the Dodgers -- appreciation night. And will be recognized that -- here from Monroe Miami Dade Broward and palm beach county and got one of the schools. -- As part of their -- There're sponsors to be recognized just to be presented charitable organizations. And drummers of that ceremonial first pitch count -- to my.

Yeah yeah. Ever doing everything -- extremely close. The volunteers running backs that would. We're always finding ways of -- for -- could be --

Sometimes that's a celebrity like Regis Philbin which got another layer to the already busy day it's -- missed opportunity brother -- a baseball game for the first time.

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