The morning walk through practice was held this morning before a smaller crowd in the stands while the rest were waiting for autographs. The attendance in the stands is deceiving due to the fact of the draw to hope and meet Adrian Peterson. The first 2000 people were given a scratch off with 150 of them winning. It is a sight to see the people that won and of course people that lost have the look that they lost their best friend. It is just like watching the movie Willy Wonka and hearing people in the movie saying “I ‘ve got the golden ticket.”
The tough part on this is if a parent brings their kids and only one wins I have seen my share of tears and of course the other emotion of jubilation. There is no age limit so kids can get a scratch off as well as adults.
As a fan walks up to the entrance of Vikings Village their right hand is marked with a marker so you can not come through more than once. I have heard and seen people in the past try and wipe the mark off to come through again. I just always hope people can be honest and if they do no win better luck next year.
The demand to meet Adrian is unreal. I credit the Vikings organization for trying something like this. The hours of waiting although I never understood why come so early. It is a scratch off with the odds no better early than arriving in the first 2000.
An update since in talking to people. There was not 2000 people here today so the staff had winning ticets and found kids and gave them so they could meet Adrian. I talked to one father who had a 3 and a 5 year old daughter that were each given a winning scratch off. The dad was in heaven watching his 2 little girls meet Adrian. Nice touch by the staff for giving the kids that were given the tickets an extra smile and the parents that saw it.
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Purplestick
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