Here was my experience at Bunny's after the Saturday Blue/White scrimmage
I got to Bunny's around 230PM to set up our area which was the back part of the restaurant which covered about 10 tables and has a seating capacity of around 50 people. Unfortunately at that time most of the tables had customers there and the waitresses were still seating customers. Seeing that I sought out the manager on duty, Britney, a young and very pleasant lady. She told her staff to not seat anyone else as that area was designated for our event.
During that time many SHU people, mostly all from our board started to trickle in and sit in our area ordering food and drink on their own tabs. That continued until 3PM when the players (pictures later in the day curtesy of Harty9) came in and sat at the back tables allowing for easy access to the Pirate fans, both young and old.
Still, there were customers seated in the area finishing their meals and drinks causing some confusion as I was trying to ensure only those who paid were allows access to the area. In fact multiple people, many of them unpaid SHU students started to fill the area and had to be weeded out without disturbing the paid patrons.
Eventually those patrons left their tables by 315PM and from that point on I was able to control access.
I would estimate over the next hour plus we had a total of 80 people in the area talking SHU basketball, meeting the players, having children bring items to sign or have the players sign pictures of the roster I supplied. During that time Bunny's brought out pizzas to every table non stop until the event closed ship around 340PM or so. Here I want to plug Bunney's because there is no doubt they lost money as the rest of their restaurant was packed, both inside and outside. Losing 10 tables and making about 35-40 pies gratis was a gesture that all SHU fans should thank and in the future when anyone here is looking for a place to eat look no further than Bunny's, who supports the Hall as well as if not better than any restaurant in the Village.
A special shout out to Harty 9 who....
1. Took pictures for this site and for Eric's site.
2. Brought past Seton Hall superstar Glenn Mosley to the event.
3. Paid for Mosley's ticket as Glenn has faced difficult times financially and health wise.
Staying with Glenn....during the time there I introduced him to the team but as expected none of them knew who he was. After all he played decades before the SHU players were born. But once I told them of his feats at the school and the fact that he was a first round NBA draft choice that changed as you were able to see his interactions with the players. In short I told them that Glenn accomplished in the 70s what they desire to accomplish now, play BB at the highest level.
The final thing we did was to go outside and have multiple team picture taken by both Harty and Britney and then the event was over.
Bunny's handled everything so well that I sought out the staff and gave them a $200.00 tip. Money they earned as they no doubt lost tips from normal patrons in the 2 hours we had the area.
Bottom line, this went so well that I hope it becomes a yearly event. Everyone had a great time, Piratecrew was incredibly generous with their support and the players were well behaved and extremely cordial to everyone.
You here, the players and Bunny's made the end of University Day special.
Thank you all.
