San Francisco Giants World Series Trophy Tour – Stockton

Spent 3 hours in line at Santa Rosa trophy tour. Finally at 2:30 we were near the entry door (event sched from 1 — 3pm). They announced they were closing the door and the several hundred of us remaining fans in line were denied entry. The megaphone man cited the GGBridge closure as the reason for closing since they had to return to SF after the event. No excuse… GGB has been announced for months and no excuse to close early. We fans were a mixed aged grp, lots of parents with kids, calmly and patiently waiting in line, only to be turned away with an early closure. Poor planning. only 2 hrs for each event??? And in Santa Rosa only 1.5 hrs??? No longer a fan.

Wow, 52 years on the «making»!! We deserve this more than anybody. Line is ¾ around the block and doors don’t even open for another ten minutes! Go Giants!

Getting to see the trophy was worth the 52 year wait!!!
Its not like I am not 52 years old but it’s been 52 years since the Giants have won a World Series.
I was going to be visiting Stockton to see my family anyways this week when to my surprise I found out the World Series trophy was going to be making a stop in the Central Valley in my hometown!
The viewing was only from 4−6pm and was at the Civic Auditorium in downtown Stockton. We arrived about thirty minutes before the viewing started and there was already a line around the block! Orange and black was everywhere. The people in line acted like it was everyone’s birthday and like we all were family. It was a very unifying experience, especially in a place like downtown Stockton.
The line took about 45 minutes or maybe a hour to get through. When we got to the front they were letting groups of around 30 people inside the actual auditorium where you got to wait in another long circular line to take your picture with the trophy. You were allowed to take pictures of the trophy from a far with your own camera but when it came time to take your picture with the trophy they had a «professional» photographer who took a single picture of you. You were handed a little slip of paper with a website address and gallery number and according to the guy who I talked to the picture would be available for purchase online within 24 hours. I hear it costs 20 bucks. You better believe if I look even halfway decent in the picture I will totally buy it.
They were even cool and didn’t get all upset when I got behind the photographer with my cell phone to get some good up close pictures of the trophy itself.
The long line was totally worth the once in a lifetime experience of being up close and personal with the World Series trophy.
Long live the Orange and Black!
Gooooooo Giants!
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