Celebrating Your College Gridiron Allegiance

Posted January 30, 2015 at 11:57 am

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Textile services operators who are fans of any U.S. college football team are in for a treat at the Clean Show in Atlanta. By participating in TRSA’s Clean Show Kick-Off Tailgate, Wednesday, April 15, they’ll be able to celebrate their favorite school through interactive displays at the event’s host, the College Football Hall of Fame.

In registering for the event online or in print (see link above), you’ll indicate which college football team you cherish most. This will enable the Hall to generate your museum admission ticket containing RFID chips telling the Hall who you cheer for. Passing the card over readers at various exhibits will enable you to undertake school-specific activities such as:

  • Illuminating your team on the 40-foot wall of 700+ helmets
  • Activating a 52-foot-long touchscreen wall that displays your team’s traditions, highlights and pictures
     

If you’ve already registered for the Tailgate and didn’t select a school (the registration form was just recently updated with this capability), e-mail registration@trsa.org (link above) with your choice. 

The Tailgate continues TRSA’s tradition of staging the industry’s most popular reception on the night before the biennial Clean Show. TRSA member and nonmember laundry operators and TRSA associate members are invited. Tickets, which include food, beverages and Hall access, are expected to sell out.

The Clean Show is the world’s largest exhibition of commercial laundry, dry cleaning and textile services equipment and ancillary products. More than 11,000 people from nearly 90 countries are expected to visit more than 425 exhibiting companies to see and compare working equipment through live demonstrations. Attendees will see the newest equipment and services and attend industry education programs, including seven hours of TRSA presentations.

Much of the activity at the Tailgate will take place in the Hall’s simulated 45-yard indoor field where attendees will congregate, sip cocktails and nibble hors d’oeuvres. Besides the above described attractions and the area saluting enshrined players, the Hall includes a theater, gallery with interactive games, coaching greats exhibit, 360-degree stadium vistas, broadcast “karaoke,” rivalry history and more.

Continuing the college football theme at the show, TRSA is staging a keynote presentation by ESPN commentator Lee Corso on Friday, April 17, at the Georgia World Congress Center, the exhibition’s site. Free tickets for this presentation will be distributed at the TRSA exhibit (#840) during show hours on Thursday, April 16. Corso, the former football coach who stars on ESPN’s “College GameDay,” will discuss “Winning with Integrity.”

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