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Downtown Dining Alliance Football Hospitality Tent Bluestone Level ($1,500) benefit in 2013
The Downtown Dining Alliance Hospitality Tent, which provides complimentary food and beverage to Duke Club members at home football games, will be accessible to donors at the Bluestone Level ($1,500) and above beginning in 2013. Since 2009, the tent has required a Gold Level ($1,000) gift for access. The increase reflects a growing number of Duke Club members accessing the tent. Last year the DDA served an average of 900 attendees per game. “In the last three years, our per game attendance in the tent has grown roughly 65%,” said Brian Powell, Director of the Annual Fund. “We have nearly 1,000 more season tickets that qualify for access than we did in 2009. When you couple that fact with the outstanding level of quality the Downtown Dining Alliance has provided, there are now a lot more people coming. We are maxed out of room for patrons.” Men’s and women’s basketball hospitality will be unaffected. Donors at the Bluestone Level ($1500) receive access to pre-game and half-time hospitality at the JMU Convocation Center during men’s and women’s basketball games. The hospitality room features complimentary food and beverages.