Houston Astros sell marriage proposal packages that put you on the big screen





The following stadiums do not allow proposals: Rogers Centre, Camden Yards, Kauffman Stadium, Angel Stadium and Citi Field.

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If your dream is to propose at a home game in Minute Maid Park, the Houston Astros organization has a deal for you.

For $500 you can have your marriage proposal shown live on the video board and get a DVD of the moment you popped the question to your sweetheart in front of your fellow Houstonians. The price tag also includes two tickets to the game.

Lifestyle blog Swimmingly detailed the Astros proposal package, along with those of other Major League Baseball teams.

Astros officials confirmed the proposal package exists, but weren't available to comment further as they were tending to opening day festivities. The team's marketing department handles the proposals, which happens on the Kiss Cam in between one of the innings during the game.

That $500 price tag may seem steep, but at Dodger Stadium it will set you back a cool $2,500 for the same treatment, sans tickets and DVD. The Philadelphia Phillies offer their own package with four tickets, a champagne toast, DVD, and an onscreen proposal for $450. You would think here in Houston $500 would at least get team mascot Orbit popping a champagne bottle for you.



At the Tampa Bay Devil Rays' Tropicana Field, your beloved gets a dozen roses, which would make a good consolation prize if the ring you picked out wasn't up to snuff.

Most stadiums only allow the text proposal to be shown on the scoreboard. Doing that at a Pittsburgh Pirates game will run you a budget-friendly $39.



YouTube is awash in clips of Minute Maid Park marriage proposals. The girls usually turn into crying jellyfish immediately.



Sadly, there are no refunds if your significant other turns down your marriage proposal. Back in 2007 a man proposing to his girlfriend at Minute Maid Park didn't quite go as planned. Back then, it was only $300 to pop the question at the Juice Box, according to a Houston Chronicle piece about the proposal gone awry.

If you want to continue the baseball theme with your actual nuptials, you can also rent out the stadium for your wedding. Getting hitched at home plate can be a reality, for a price.

There is no charge for doing marriage proposals at Toyota Center, according to Rockets spokeswoman Sarah Joseph, who says that they have proposals every now and then at the arena during games.

Gina Rotolo,who is in charge of PR, marketing, and booking at BBVA Compass Stadium says that you can propose at Houston Dynamo games, for a fee.

"It runs through Dynamo Charities like all video board messaging, which is a donation to the organization. We will work with people for more elaborate proposals, if necessary," said Rotolo.

"For a $50 donation, fans can have a message displayed during pregame on the video board prior to home games," adds Jon Schuller, senior director of marketing at BBVA Compass Stadium. "These messages include birthday wishes, anniversary and congratulatory messages, and the occasional marriage proposal. "

As for the Houston Texans, spokeswoman Amy Palcic said Tuesday that they do not do onscreen proposals, as the limited number of home games doesn't make it possible.

You can conceivably ask someone to marry you at your seat, of course, but only the people in your section might see it.