Dodger Game Taiwan My Town
The Dodger have a great promotion working with the different cultures and communities, called My Town. They honor the heritage backgrounds of the fans of the Dodgers. I made plans with my friends to attend the Taiwanese Heritage night at Dodger Stadium on the Sunday early evening game on September 6th, 2009.
What makes this night special is their unique menu items they feature for the section. This night they had Shacha Sauce Spiced Pork, Spicy Sesame Chicken, and Lychee. In addition this ticket also has an all-you-can-eat dodger dogs, peanuts, nachos, and popcorn with sodas. The ticket is $45 presale and $50 on the day of the game – seems to be a bit pricey. But the best thing about this special night was the T-Shirt that we all got. Its a great T-Shirt that features the slogan “This is My Town – Dodgertown” with an image of the country of Taiwan.
The Shacha Sauce Spiced Pork wasn’t that good, in my opinion. I could barely taste the pork. It was a bit tough. My friends said the pork was quite good. The chicken – the Spicy Sesame Chicken, on the other hand, was quite good. I picked a large piece, unfortunately was white meat. I prefer a juicy dark piece, most of the time. I think the Taiwan Tourism Bureau worked with the LA Dodgers in producing this menu.
Personally, I think this is a great promotion for the Dodgers. These seats, in section 56 and 60, are the worst seats in the house. These seats are even worse than the outfield pavilion seats – where at least you can catch a homerun. But the dodgers and the community leaders created this night that people crave for. The T-Shirt is probably the driving factor. I repeated asked different souvenir vendors if they had the My Town t-shirts sold after each of those nights – each time with the polite answer of No. I recently saw a Filipino My Town Shirt on ebay going for $68.99. I do wish the price of the tickets – plus the $5.50 service charge was a bit lower. But it appears, that demand will maintain this lofty price – I know the USC My Town section is sold out.
Other countries that the LA Dodgers have honored includes the Dominican Republic, Mexico, USC, UCLA, Italy, Korea, the Philippines.
