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http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2016/02/03/49ers-cancel-girl-scout-campout-at-levis-stadium/
49ers cancel Girl Scout campout at Levi’s Stadium
Posted by Darin Gantt on February 3, 2016
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The 49ers just gave the old Do-si-do to a bunch of Girl Scouts, so they could make some more dough.
According to Mike Rosenberg of the San Jose Mercury News, the 49ers just informed Girl Scout leaders that a planned sleepover at Levi’s Stadium for the girls who sold the most cookies had to be canceled, so they could schedule a concert there instead.
The event scheduled for May was going to be a reward for the scouts who sold 600 or more boxes of cookies during the annual sale.
“There was a lot of excitement about it. I’m deeply disappointed,” Marina Park, CEO of the Girl Scouts of Northern California, said. “They’re running a business and I guess I’m sorry their relationship with us wasn’t valued as highly as some other things.”
The 49ers said their contract with the Girl Scouts stipulated they could opt out of the contract if something bigger came along. They offered to try to reschedule the event for the scouts in July, but Park said she didn’t want to get the kids’ hopes up again in case the team found another more lucrative event.
“With the fluid nature of bidding for major stadium events, unfortunately occasional conflicts arise between private events and public ticketed full-stadium events,” the team said in a statement. “Although it is an unusual occurrence, we notify private event clients prior to booking of that possibility and all private event contracts inform clients of such contingencies.”
Roughly 1,200 girls were expected to attend the event. The 49ers wouldn’t say who was performing at the show, which that artist is probably grateful for, since they might not necessarily want to be linked with crushing the dreams of a bunch of Girl Scouts.
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I am beginning to think the 49ers don’t like children. First they pave over the soccer fields and now this. On the other hand, they did promote a child to run the team.
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In related news, Girls Scouts of America now has a location other than the dump to send all of their unsold coconut cookies from four years ago…
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They would be better off camping on some rugged mountain terrain. It would be a better sleeping surface then Levi’s field.
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What a classless act from a one time classy organization. We’re talking about getting little kids hopes up and them taking it from them.
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Welp, guess kaepernick and tom Brady won’t be camping out after all. Sorry ladies
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It’s unfortunate that the 49ers organization did not arrange another venue (and PAY FOR IT) for the Girl Scout camp-out. They can afford it. Considering the fact they reserved the right to cancel the second date offered, they’re not attempting to make things right at all.
Amazing that an organization badly needing good PR did something like this. They must have some shining stars in their PR/marketing department!
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I’m continually embarrassed to be a 49ers fan by the inept, incompetent, egotistical, and greedy ownership under the Yorks, especially the son Jed Dork.
Someone should start a petition to bring back Eddie DeBartolo.
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“We’re going to win with class.”
No class and no wins.
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Nickelback wins again.
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How about rescheduling it DURING a 49ers game? The girls could then just sleep in the end zones. No worries labout the 49ers bothering them there….
49ers cancel Girl Scout campout at Levi’s Stadium
Posted by Darin Gantt on February 3, 2016
The 49ers just gave the old Do-si-do to a bunch of Girl Scouts, so they could make some more dough.
According to Mike Rosenberg of the San Jose Mercury News, the 49ers just informed Girl Scout leaders that a planned sleepover at Levi’s Stadium for the girls who sold the most cookies had to be canceled, so they could schedule a concert there instead.
The event scheduled for May was going to be a reward for the scouts who sold 600 or more boxes of cookies during the annual sale.
“There was a lot of excitement about it. I’m deeply disappointed,” Marina Park, CEO of the Girl Scouts of Northern California, said. “They’re running a business and I guess I’m sorry their relationship with us wasn’t valued as highly as some other things.”
The 49ers said their contract with the Girl Scouts stipulated they could opt out of the contract if something bigger came along. They offered to try to reschedule the event for the scouts in July, but Park said she didn’t want to get the kids’ hopes up again in case the team found another more lucrative event.
“With the fluid nature of bidding for major stadium events, unfortunately occasional conflicts arise between private events and public ticketed full-stadium events,” the team said in a statement. “Although it is an unusual occurrence, we notify private event clients prior to booking of that possibility and all private event contracts inform clients of such contingencies.”
Roughly 1,200 girls were expected to attend the event. The 49ers wouldn’t say who was performing at the show, which that artist is probably grateful for, since they might not necessarily want to be linked with crushing the dreams of a bunch of Girl Scouts.
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I am beginning to think the 49ers don’t like children. First they pave over the soccer fields and now this. On the other hand, they did promote a child to run the team.
--------
In related news, Girls Scouts of America now has a location other than the dump to send all of their unsold coconut cookies from four years ago…
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They would be better off camping on some rugged mountain terrain. It would be a better sleeping surface then Levi’s field.
---------
What a classless act from a one time classy organization. We’re talking about getting little kids hopes up and them taking it from them.
----------
Welp, guess kaepernick and tom Brady won’t be camping out after all. Sorry ladies
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It’s unfortunate that the 49ers organization did not arrange another venue (and PAY FOR IT) for the Girl Scout camp-out. They can afford it. Considering the fact they reserved the right to cancel the second date offered, they’re not attempting to make things right at all.
Amazing that an organization badly needing good PR did something like this. They must have some shining stars in their PR/marketing department!
----------
I’m continually embarrassed to be a 49ers fan by the inept, incompetent, egotistical, and greedy ownership under the Yorks, especially the son Jed Dork.
Someone should start a petition to bring back Eddie DeBartolo.
----------
“We’re going to win with class.”
No class and no wins.
----------
Nickelback wins again.
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How about rescheduling it DURING a 49ers game? The girls could then just sleep in the end zones. No worries labout the 49ers bothering them there….
