The Internets Celebrities are making a film about New York's new stadiums. With billions of public money spent, can we finally claim Stadium Status?
American cities have gone crazy for lavish new sports stadiums, whether they can actually afford them or not. Our own hometown of New York City is in the midst of a whirlwind of development. The Yankees and Mets both debuted new parks this year at a total cost of over three billion dollars. Next year, there'll be a new Giants Stadium for our football teams. A big hole in the ground in Brooklyn currently represents the potential future home of the New Jersey Nets. This week's news even has the Islanders threatening to leave town if they don't get a new facility.
It seems like every sports team owner these days is out for that Stadium Status... and they want us to pay for it!
The Internets Celebrities (Bodega, Checkmate, Vend Diagram, Ghetto Big Mac) want to make a video investigating why the public is paying billions of dollars for facilities that generate so much private profit for sports teams. We're going to check out these strange buildings and see what exactly we bought with our money. We'll approach the video with our usual blend of street-smart humor and fearless, on-location journalism. And we'll speak with fans and experts to bring the whole story to you.
You can learn more about us at http://www.internetscelebrities.com or connect with our Facebook community of over 1,000 fans at http://www.facebook.com/internetscelebrities
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Inner peace. The satisfaction of helping fund independent media that is at once delivering laughs and making the world a better place.
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Stadium Status Status Updates. You will receive email updates from us giving you a Behind the Scenes look at the making of Stadium Status including exclusive for your eyes only video.
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For a pledge of $15 or more the Internets Celebrities will record a custom outgoing voicemail message for you. Confuse and amuse your friends!
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Producer Credit. Your name will appear on a list of producers at the end of the video.
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Bodega Gift Basket. We will ship you a selection of fine treats from the local bodega.
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Triple Autographed Sports Memorabilia. We will pick out a fine piece of autographed sports memorabilia for you, with the autograph of a professional athlete. THEN Dallas and Rafi will autograph the item, thereby tripling the number of autographs on it!
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Internets Celebrities Deluxe Gift Basket. Includes bodega treats, the Internets Celebrities DVD "We Left Our Mother Basement" and a t-shirt.
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A lunch with the IC's. This is the smart shopper's alternative to the chi-chi $500 sit-down dinner option. We may not even be sitting as we have lunch but we will have good cheap eats and priceless conversation.
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A pair of sneakers personally selected for you by the Sneaker Fiend. Noted sneaker connoisseur Dallas Penn will learn about you and then send you a pair of kicks purchased especially for you!
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An entire Internets Celebrities look. Dallas Penn will act as your stylist and use his superhuman powers of color coordination to deck you out in the flyest gear.
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Dinner date with the Internets Celebrities. Dallas, Rafi and Cas will take you out for a dinner to remember in New York City.
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Sponsor graphic in the closing credits. For sponsoring at this level your still graphic will run for five seconds near the end of the video.
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Post-roll video spot. We'll run your 15 second video clip at the end of our video. Must be in accord with copyright and decency laws.
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Custom-made post-roll video spot. We'll produce and star in your 15 second video ad to run at the end of our video.
