You’ve arrived at T-Mobile Park for the bases and the balls. You have a footlong hot dog in one hand, a tall can of Mexican beer in the other, and in your third hand you have a hard-won gift courtesy of the great people in the Mariners marketing department and their many sponsors. Because who doesn’t love free stuff?! My father-in-law certainly does, his house filled with decades of MLB merchandise. So, if you want an extra prize with your ticket, here are promotional giveaways coming up in the first half of the season, with more to be announced the further we get into 2024.
A note: The early bird catches the worm, so if you absolutely, positively must have these items, show up at least an hour early, then grab a drink and a snack in the ’Pen.
Monday, April 1st:
Anime Night T-Shirt
Special Ticket Offer
📸: Mariners
Are you one of those super-cool people who like the relaxed pace of baseball but also the wild, no-holds-barred world of anime? Do you like Sakura-Con? Keep the party going with T-Mobile Park’s inaugural Anime Night and watch the Mariners go up against the Cleveland Guardians. Hey, through the right manga lens, imagine it’s a battle between gallant seafarers and villainous midwestern beasts! Not enough? Let me sweeten the deal. If you use the special themed ticket offer, not only do you get discount seats to the Main and View levels (with $5 of each ticket going to the Asia-Northwest Cultural Education Association), but you also get a dope new T-shirt that splits the difference between your two pastimes.
Monday, April 1st – Wednesday, April 3rd:
Julio Rodríguez “No Fly Zone” Bobblehead Day
First 10,000 Fans
📸: Mariners
I’ve written about Seattle’s golden boy before. This year, be part of the legend of the 23-year-old Dominican slugger with a figurine sporting his signature pose. Don’t you dare hit anything big out to center field, because Julio is going to run faster than you can ever imagine, leap like a dolphin, and snag that fly ball like it’s nobody’s business, much to the dismay of the visiting team and the delight of the passionate J-Rod Squad fanbase (sections 102-104). Bonus: the giveaway will last the entire series against the Cleveland Guardians, and each is a value game, with <$20 tickets for the bleachers over the No Fly Zone.
First time at T-Mobile Park?
Read our First-Timer’s Guide to T-Mobile Park to find out how to get there, where to sit, and what to eat 🌭
Friday, April 12th: DC Comics Night Aquaman Bobblehead
Special Ticket Offer
📸 : Adam Kubota
Aquaman is the King of Atlantis and can communicate with sea creatures. And on DC Comics Night, the Mariners will be sporting their ocean-blue City Connect jerseys as they do the King’s bidding and trounce the Chicago Cubs. It’ll be like the 1993 film Rookie of the Year (secretly one of the best baseball movies), but instead of an injured kid playing in the big leagues and making sure Chicago wins, it’ll be you and your brand-new Mariners-themed Aquaman bobble ensuring that the Windy City loses and loses big. (You take that, Thomas Ian Nicholas!) The ticket offer comes with some great discounts, especially for the cozy, bougie Club Level, one of the few places at the Park you can purchase hard alcohol and drink like a fish. (Please drink responsibly.)
Monday, April 15th – Wednesday, April 17th: Ken Griffey Jr. “Home Run Robbery” Bobblehead Night
First 10,000 Fans
📸: Mariners
Continuing the theme of center fielders snatching home runs from the enemy, you now have the opportunity to reminisce about one of the great moments in Mariners lore each time you look at your mantle. Here, you will handsomely display Ken Griffey Jr.’s magical catch on April 26th, 1990, where he climbed the wall and denied New York Yankee Jesse Barfield glory. (If you’re thinking “Didn’t he do this more than once over his 22-year career?” Yep. Here’s a compilation.) I will say, if you’re a long-time M’s fan, you have plenty of Griffey merchandise, but what’s one more bobblehead or two? And the bonus? Yep, you guessed it: All three opportunities to own this bobblehead fall on value game ticket days.
Monday, April 29th: Bark at the Park Special Item
Special Ticket Offer
📸: Mariners
It’s everybody’s favorite night in SoDo. And by everyone, I mean me! There’s nothing like hanging out with a bunch of lovely little bark machines up on the third deck, participating in Simba Cam™, and circling the bases after the game. Purchase a ticket for you (and your little pooch) for as low as $35 so you can howl along as the M’s go up against the Atlanta Braves. Also, $2 of your ticket will help benefit Washington’s Pawsitive Alliance rescue society. And if you miss this one, don’t worry, because there are six Bark at the Parks throughout the 2024 season. But this one is top tier, because ticket price includes a special, soon-to-be-named dog-themed item.
Tuesday, April 30th: Hello Kitty Night Jerseys
Special Ticket Offer
📸: Mariners
Due to popular demand, there will be two entire Hello Kitty Nights at T-Mobile Park. While the second one is scheduled for September 10th, I’d say come out to the April date. Because few things say spring baseball more than London’s own little cutie, Kitty White. (Or so I’ve been told.) Not only that, cameras will spot you lovely weirdos and put you on the Jumbotron in all your glory. You might even make it onto some ROOT Sports B-roll footage. What else can you get with your special ticket purchase? Real cheap tickets for the first and third deck, but more importantly, Hello Kitty-themed Mariners jerseys for participants! That’s right, you too can be the envy of all as you strut your fashion mash-up of Major League Baseball and the wonderful world of Sanrio.
Saturday, April 27th: ‘90s Night – Mariners Neon Hat
First 10,000 Fans
📸: Mariners
Remember when the Bill Clinton was president, Color Me Badd was on the radio, you tuned into FOX every week for the latest episode of Martin, and the Mariners played in a giant concrete brutalist spaceship echo chamber? That’s right, bay-bee, it’s ’90s Night. The T-Mobile Park deejay will be playing the biggest hits from your youth, I will be dressed like an absolute slacker POS, and the first 10,000 people through the gates will be able to rock a bright, neon blue hat. Sure, we’ll still be living with 21st-century problems, but for a few hours in late April, we’ll be 2 legit 2 quit.
Friday, May 10th: The Dump Yard T-Shirt
Special Ticket Offer
📸: Mariners
I’ve written before about Seattle Mariners catcher Cal Raleigh‘s nickname “Big Dumper.” (In short, it’s because he “brings the booty and the bombs.”) And now the team is doubling down on this madness, reviving the lovingly cheesy TV spots starring our hometown boys doing their best to wrap their mouths around scripted dialogue and goofy puns. One of their latest introduces us to Big Dumper Trucking. If you purchase your ticket through this special offer ($29 Main Level seats!), you will get a sweet Big Dumper Trucking t-shirt and become part of the group of fans now christened as “The Dump Yard.” Sounds like a great gang to be with as the Mariners make quick work of the Athletics. Correct, by this point the team may no longer have “Oakland” sewn on their jerseys as they’re abandoning my birthplace for three years at a minor league stadium in Sacramento before they (maybe! who knows?!) settle in Las Vegas. #SellTheTeam #FireJohnFisher
Wednesday, May 29th: Pearl Jam Jersey
Special Ticket Offer
📸: Mariners
I don’t know if you’ve heard about this band Pearl Jam. They’re pretty great, tbh, both musically and politically. Also, did you know they’re from Seattle? And that they rule? “Yeah yeah, shut up with your jokes, Marcus. We already have tickets to their two-night bow at Climate Pledge Arena.” Oh ho ho, but did you know that there’s something to do in town between their two dates on May 28th and May 30th at CPA? And you get to see some mothaflippin’ baseball in the process? On May 29th, come see the Mariners face off against the Astros and get yourself a Pearl Jam-themed Mariners jersey—I am deeply jealous of the people who snagged one a couple years ago as I was 20 minutes too late—and $10 of your ticket goes to Pearl Jam’s Vitality Foundation. Plus, indulge in some deeply discounted seats; I highly recommend getting the $45 Club Level seats, which is a Julio-level steal of a deal, gets you some of the best views in the city along the first base line, and puts you in one of the stadium’s few spots where you can purchase hard alcohol.
Saturday, June 1st: Pride Day – Mariners Trucker Hat
First 10,000 Fans
📸: Mariners
Pride Month comes in like a lion and out, well, also like a lion. As June begins, get yourself a truly accurate representation of the Pacific Northwest—a trucker hat adorned with big rainbow letters—while witnessing the team crush the “rebuilding,” now Shohei Ohtani-less Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim of Southern California of the United States of North America of Earth. And using an additional, special-themed ticket offer, you can also go home with a gorgeous Pride Month jersey. You’ll be doing charitable work, too, as $5 of every ticket will go to the GSBA Scholarship Fund, which assists LGBTQ+ students secure their futures.
Saturday, June 29th: Aloha Shirt Night
First 15,000 Fans
📸: Mariners
There are few things better in Seattle than a clear, warm night at T-Mobile Park, so kick off the summer with a Modelo and a sexy tofu luau plate from Marination (section 119), spread out in the left field bleachers with your friends, and sport a dope aloha shirt that mixes M’s art with flamingos. Because what screams Seattle more than flamingos? Hey, maybe it’s not your immediate association with our cloudy city, but it’s certainly more than I can say for the opposing team that night, the Minnesota Twins. Flamingos would freeze to death up in that dang ol’ Minneapolis half the year.
