The Dolphins season started out so poorly and so did Takeover ticket sales. People were so down on the Dolphins we would go weeks without selling a ticket, but just like the Dolphins season we turned a corner and in the end the 2025 Takeover was an absolute blast. With the cost of Jets tickets in the dumpster and playing in December we still had one of our smallest Takeovers, but it was one of the smoothest, most enjoyable Takeovers I can remember.
The weekend started out at our bar Slattery’s Midtown Pub the night before the game. It’s always great to hang out with everyone. We need some raffles and sold some merch and just got to talk football and see people we only get to see once a year at the Takeover. It’s always so much fun even though we end kinda early because we have to be right back at Slattery’s at the crack of dawn to set up for the bus trip over to New Jersey.
For the tailgate itself stripped down our budget a bit and decided to sell all our t-shirts at half price to clean out our inventory so we were still able to raise a bunch of money for charity. Our 50/50 raffle raised more than $600 and the person who won is a teacher and is planning on using the money on school supplies for kids so it was a huge win/win.
Huge shoutout to Urban Tailgate for another great set up. With a slightly smaller crowd the lines were moving quickly and the food was great as always. Our DJ Drell was killing it all day and spinning some great tunes and our videographer got some great footage that I can’t wait for you guys to see.
The game itself was incredible and we were absolutely rocking up in the cheap seats as always. It was so funny to see a nearly completely empty stadium except for our group of Dolphins fans packed in the corner. The weather got pretty cold by the end of the game, but considering recent years it was a really great day weatherwise. Honestly everything was amazing. I even walked down to the lower levels and watched the last Jets drive from about the 3rd row on the 40 yard line right behind the players bench. I took a couple shots down there so you can check that out along with all the tailgate photos.
Thanks so much to everyone who came out and I honestly cannot wait to blow it up next year. Just pray for an early season game, good weather and some big wins. We will also be making all new merch for next season hopefully that’s something to get excited about as well. Phins up!
Click below to see all the photos I took and hopefully our recap video will be coming sooner rather than later!
