Anita from the Houston Astros talks about Light Up the Park

Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
Now, Anita. One of the things that I tell our
Sunny listeners, I said, if you guys want to promote
some really fun event, now's the time to do it
during the holidays, because that's when we have a listenership
of like three million people. Everyone loves the Christmas music
on Sunny. So what the astros have planned for the
holidays is so much fun. Why don't you share it
with us?

Speaker 2 (00:20):
Yeah, we're so excited. I mean, this city loves the holidays, Yes,
and we've had lots of opportunities. The Zoo does an
incredible job with their lights, sugar Land does an incredible
job with their lights. This will be the first newly
created climate controlled light show because we're going to do
it for the very first time at Dyke And Park

(00:41):
and it's a really immersive experience. You'll honestly for families
of all ages. It's just going to be incredible for them.
They'll get to walk the concourse, the service tunnel, they'll
end up walking on the field to end this beautiful
tour with just amazing themed lights, incredible food. We've completely

(01:04):
transformed our home plate store into a merchandise holiday wonderland.
Amazing holiday gifts, all with a great fun Astros and
holiday theme. It's going to be a really incredible thing
to do.

Speaker 1 (01:16):
All right, So now tell us we get our tickets
and what do we expect we're going to bring our
kids for this? What we're going to start a new tradition.

Speaker 2 (01:23):
We're going to start a new tradition. The actual tour
itself will take about forty five minutes or so, but
it's at Dyke And Park. You can go on astros
dot com slash light Up the Park. Tickets will be
on sale on November fourth, and you can pick what day.
We're going to have it open for forty five days
and you can pick what day and pick what time.

(01:45):
Bring your entire family out for an evening at dyk
And Park all around the holidays.

Speaker 1 (01:50):
That's just incredible. And so when you said there's going
to be food, there's going to be shopping. What types
of foods and products? I mean? Will we be able
to buy unique Christmas gift?

Speaker 2 (02:00):
Absolutely? So we bought products specifically for holiday. It'll have
a great kind of Christmas wonderland feel in our retail
shop with all kinds of different holiday gifts from sweaters
and apparel to ornaments, to unique giftable items, stockings, just

(02:22):
all kinds of different things. I'm sure if you're still
looking for an ugly sweater for a Christmas party, you
can find it there. We're going to have themed cocoa
items and great different photo opportunities. And we've really got
some fun nights too. We've got a pajama night planned,
we've got a movie night plan, We've got an ugly
sweater night plan. So just go online astros dot com,

(02:45):
slash light up the park and you'll get all kinds
of great ideas around when you want to attend.

Speaker 1 (02:50):
I love it and the fact that it's going to
be climate controlled. You don't know, you know, this past
weekend we canceled so many events. Won't have to worry
about that. So you pick your night, you go out
enjoy what age kids? I mean, if it's a forty
five minute tour, what are you thinking? Oh?

Speaker 2 (03:05):
Literally, we built it for families of all ages. It
is going to create so many great holiday memories, so
many great photo opportunities. It's a great easy path for
everyone eighty a set, so really anyone can come and
enjoy it.

Speaker 1 (03:24):
I love that great Christmas picture ideas with the Astros
at Dyke In Park with all the festivities of the holidays. Yeah,
could get better.

Speaker 2 (03:32):
You wouldn't want your twenty twenty five holiday season to
happen without spending an evening at Dyke And.

Speaker 1 (03:37):
I'm glad that you're giving us another fun tradition in
our city.

Speaker 2 (03:40):
Yeah, and it's actually Houston First and Downtown Plus have
been great partners because it's actually going to be added
to all of the Downtown holiday tour initiatives, So anybody
who's coming downtown to spend the holidays will have it
available as kind of part of their downtown Of what's
the cost, The cost is it will depend on the day,

(04:04):
but the cost per person is going to be about
forty dollars perfect.

Speaker 1 (04:08):
That's I mean, that's totally doable. I love that. Astros
dot Com a new holiday tradition from the holiday music
station Sunday nighty nine point one and our Astros