Hey DolfansNYC!!

It’s been an exciting off-season so far! So many great things going on with the Phins. We’re looking forward to throwing on our jerseys in a few weeks and taking over Radio City with all of our fellow Dolphins fans!

Before we get into those details, I just wanted to thank you guys for your enthusiasm and quick replies regarding the Mike Wallace Meet & Greet. Unfortunately, due to scheduling conflicts, they were unable to make this event happen. We will keep you posted if any other opportunities come up.

Now, onto the Draft. A few things to note:

1.) The Draft is FREE!

2.) In order to get a ticket to the Draft, you MUST show up on Wednesday, April 24th to get a wristband.

3.) They put the wristband on you. It is non-transferable.

4.) Below are the meet-up details. PLEASE DO NOT BE LATE!

5.) Be prepared to wait in line for about 3 hours. Make plans to eat, drink, use the restroom ahead of time. That being said, the time does go by very quickly because it is A LOT of fun! It’s a chance to be with all of your fellow Phins fans and talk football again. What’s better than that?! Here a link to last year’s video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K1-IifBuUk4

MEET-UP INFO:

The official meet-up location is in front of the giant fountain on 6th Ave between 49th and 50th streets. (it’s in front of a Chase bank).

Wednesday, April 24th – MEET AT 5:50PM. We’ll meet at the fountain and walk over to Radio City together precisely at 6:00.
Thursday, April 25th – MEET AT 5:50PM. We’ll meet at the fountain and walk over to Radio City together precisely at 6:00.

Now that you have all of the details, please reply if you know 100% that you are attending so that we can add you to a Draft-only mailing list.

Thanks and we look forward to seeing everyone soon! GO DOLPHINS!!

The DolfansNYC tailgate and takeover was the most successful thing we have ever done as a club. We bought 200 tickets, rolled up to the stadium in two packed busses and were pretty much the only fans left at the end of the game. It was amazing. There had to have been more than 300 fans at the tailgate and we sold out of EVERY Dolfans NYC t-shirt and raised a bunch of money for charity. We plan on donating $1500 to the Miami Dolphins Foundation when Michelle and I head down to Miami for the Titans game in two weeks. Really great experience.

If you somehow missed the news we had a few special guests at the tailgate… Dolphins owner Stephen Ross showed up with minority owner Fergie of the Black Eyed Peas, CEO Mike Dee, Phins great Nat Moore, MiamiDolphins.com Andy Kent and a ton of cheerleaders. It was so cool of them to do that and a pretty good PR move. Some Jets fan hit Mr. Ross with a cheeseburger knocking his glasses off. Luckily they fell right at my feet and as soon as Ross got his glasses back on he just ignored the whole thing and kept posing for pictures and signing autographs. One of our members asked him why he came down and he said “I could have stayed in my box all game but I had to check out the tailgate. This is the biggest Dolphins fan club in the United States!” Very cool.

After the tailgate we filled the stands. We may have been in the endzone in the nosebleeds but I assure you our presence was felt. Mike Dee tweeted after the game “Great to head home w/a win. Complete team effort w/ an assist from DolfansNYC, who kept the Fins chants going all game long!” Reggie Bush didn’t mention us by name but he Tweeted “Loved the Dolphins fans showing up today! We heard you guys loud and clear and so did the rest of the stadium! Thanks for your support.” Not to brag or anything (okay maybe a little) I was leading the chants from the endzone. By the end of the game all the Jets fans were gone and the Dolphins fans left seemed to flood into our sections and we chanted “LET’S GO DOLPHINS” so loudly you could hear it on TV. It was one of the best experiences of my life. What a great day.

I want to thank everybody who came out, and especially want to thank my partner Michelle who did all the dirty work on this one. I am pretty good at doing the promoting and doing the screaming but Michelle is the best party planner you could imagine and put all 199 tickets we bought on her credit card. We have worked on this for months, but she busted her ass all week on the details while I was off hanging out with my girlfriend in California. So thanks Michelle, thanks to Sailor Jerry rum for sponsoring the tailgate, thanks to Third & Long for hosting a breakfast before we got on the buses, thanks to everyone who joined us at the game and thanks to the Miami Dolphins organization for not just recognizing us but supporting us.

All the pictures I took at the tailgate are below. If you want to save one just double click it or you can just go directly to our Flickr page to see and save all the pictures there.

Go Dolphins!

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