TEEMCO: Services & Press Magazine Summer 2014 | Page 76

Publish Date: 05/13/2014 Thunder Fans Volunteer to Pack Arena Full of T-shirts GARMENT COLOR: WHITE PLACEMENT: FULL FRONT ©2014 INK COLOR: Thunder Looking to Win Series Against Clippers OKLAHOMA CITY —One of the things fans look forward to playoff home games are the T-shirts. Every playoff home game, volunteers cover ever y chair in Chesapeake Energy Arena with T-shirts and signs. For Game 5, more than 18,000 people will be dressed in white T- s h i r t s , p r a y i n g a n d h o p i n g that the Thunder shut down the Clippers. Brian Byrnes, senior vice president of sales and marketing for the Thunder, said, “Tonight is our 35th home game so if you’re looking for good omens, No. 35 76 TEEMCO Press Portfolio is typically pretty good for the Thunder.” Teemco cranked out thousands of shirts on short notice so fans could Thunder up in style. Most workers don’t even go to the games, but love feeling like a part of the team. “We are in it together, and we work together and we make it happen together,” volunteer Mitzi Mattox said. Source: Steffen, B. (2014, May 13). Thunder fans volunteer t o p a c k a r e n a f u l l o f T- s h i r t s . k o c o . R e t r i e v e d June 4, 2014, from http://www.koco.com/news/ t h u n d e r- f a n s - v o l u n t e e r- t o - p a c k - a r e n a - f u l l - o f tshirts/25962126#!WJFBM