Can’t Pay Your Mortgage? The St. Louis Blues Want to Help.
KK Hockey —
From the St. Louis Blues:
Fannie & Freddie Mortgage Saturdays
At every remaining Saturday home game this season, one lucky fan will have their mortgage or rent paid for four months!
A fan will be randomly selected during the game, and all you have to do is be at Scottrade Center when your seat is called. Hold on to your ticket stub and watch for an announcement that you’ve won.
Read on for contest rules, plus more ways the Blues want to save you money.
Random Musings
Hitting The Post —
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Chuqui 3.0 —
... Interesting idea. I've received email from the St Louis Blue's PR wire about the "free food" nights and a "Fan Bailout Plan" that will pay rent or mortgage for 4 months (up to $4k--rents and mortgages must be really cheap in the St Louis area) for some lucky fan. ...
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Fire Jay Mariotti —
... The promotion itself is called the Fan Bailout Plan – in reference to the controversial $700-billion government economic injection meant to prop up the U.S. economy. And the games are being billed as Fannie & Freddie Mortgage Saturdays – in reference to the U.S. mortgage giants the government took over in September and whose failures are at the heart of the economic crisis. ...
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Puck Daddy —
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