The Mastodons were fun. But big shoes?
To fund Team Dreams, the Visitors Bureau is offering fiberglass and weatherproof shoes 7 feet by 4 feet by 3 feet to businesses purchasing a $7,500 tournament sponsorship package. To maximize visibility of the sponsors, each custom-designed shoe will spend time in various locales in the city, including Glenbrook Square, Jefferson Pointe and downtown.
The shoes will be moved to Spiece Fieldhouse for the tournaments.
In 2005, Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne and United Way of Allen County organized the Mastodon project, resulting in a herd of 102 fiberglass mastodons around the city. IPFW, whose mascot is the mastodon, developed the project as part of its 40th-anniversary celebration.
I don't think so -- a cute idea taken, er, one step too far. What made the Mastodons fun was all the things that were done to them -- in an airplane, in a manhole, in a stagecoach, in a jack-in-the-box. The logos on the sides will be different, but a shoe pretty much looks like a shoe.
