I think one of the best parts of my job is that there isn’t a typical day. Every day is something different. I think the closest thing to a typical day for me can be categorized into 3 different categories:
Gameday, non-game day, off-season.
For a typical 7pm game, I will arrive at the stadium around 9am and prep and review my notes of what is going on that night. Around 10am, we will have an all-staff game day meeting. There we will cover everything going on that night as a staff. We make sure to hit every layer and department; from which promotions we are running to which concession stands will be open and everything in between.
Following the game day meeting, I will work on finishing the game script and our “cheat sheet”. The “cheat sheet” is the top page of our script and contains everything we covered in the game day meeting so someone can quickly reference it if they have a question on what’s going on.
After I wrap that up, I’ll meet with our promotions intern and cover everything we need to get ready for the night and what we can work ahead on.
Then I’ll grab lunch (and usually nap).
Following lunch, I’ll triple check the scripts and when they are good to go I will send them out to the staff and print them off for the promo team and various other departments.
After that, until about 4pm I could be doing anything. Finishing last-minute details for the game that night, prepping for upcoming games, repairing on-field games, making or uploading video board graphics, etc.
Then, about 4pm, I’ll turn my attention back to the game that night and make sure I have everything taken care of. Then our promo team and video crew arrive so I will meet with each of them and cover all the elements for that game and then it usually about time for gates to open and kick off the show.
After the game, I will meet with the promo team and have a quick recap meeting where we cover anything we need to improve on, but also praise good work and cover anything we may need for the next night. Then I’ll do some wrap-up stuff with tracking sponsor elements and tracking other elements, some game prep for the next day and try to leave the ballpark by midnight.
Non-game days are spent prepping for upcoming games and homestand. We have a core group that will meet for a homestand meeting a couple of days out and then right before the homestand starts we will meet as a whole front office.
Off-season days could be anything.
One day I could be booking an entertainment act, calling Santa, and running around the stadium coming up with new promo games and trying to figure out how to turn it into a water park for the upcoming season and then the next day can be filled with meetings and office work.
