Along With a Ball Game
Warm weather means baseball season and taking this summer’s gang to see the Yankees (group sales: 718.293.6000) or the Mets (group sales: 718.507.8499). This year, give your team a chance to learn more about the sport. Give them copies of The Glory Days: New York Baseball, 1947–1957 (due in May from HarperCollins), or take them to see the accompanying exhibit at the Museum of the City of New York, which opens June 22. The show includes photos, film footage, uniforms, trophies, and sports equipment from the era when the city had three major league baseball teams and celebrated seven Subway Series. If you purchase 10 or more books from the museum (shop orders: 212.534.1672, ext. 330), passes are included, and members of your group can check out the show at their leisure.
After a Tour
It’s a simple idea: Show off the city to out-of-towners and make them feel connected and comfortable by sending them on a guided tour. Tours with knowledgeable guides from the Municipal Art Society provide insight into the city’s neighborhoods, with details about social, urban, and architectural history. (They’re great for natives, too.) Tours for groups of as many as 35 cost $395. And here’s the cool new part: At the end of the excursion, new chain Yolato can deliver healthy, low-fat yogurt, sorbet, and gelato to your group, along with cups, spoons, and napkins. For groups of as many as 50, you just need 24 hours’ notice.
Before a Broadway Show
Grease, as they say, is the word when the 1950s-inspired production featuring Sandy and Danny, the cars, the hair, the clothes, and the tunes comes back to Broadway, with previews at the Brooks Atkinson Theatre beginning July 24 (group sales: Broadway Inbound). Here’s a way to add something different: After a matinee, or before an evening performance, throw a party for your group amidst vintage vehicles—like a ’57 T-Bird or Corvette—at the Cooper Classics Collection in the West Village. The showroom can swap around its collection to suit the vibe of the event.
Warm weather means baseball season and taking this summer’s gang to see the Yankees (group sales: 718.293.6000) or the Mets (group sales: 718.507.8499). This year, give your team a chance to learn more about the sport. Give them copies of The Glory Days: New York Baseball, 1947–1957 (due in May from HarperCollins), or take them to see the accompanying exhibit at the Museum of the City of New York, which opens June 22. The show includes photos, film footage, uniforms, trophies, and sports equipment from the era when the city had three major league baseball teams and celebrated seven Subway Series. If you purchase 10 or more books from the museum (shop orders: 212.534.1672, ext. 330), passes are included, and members of your group can check out the show at their leisure.
After a Tour
It’s a simple idea: Show off the city to out-of-towners and make them feel connected and comfortable by sending them on a guided tour. Tours with knowledgeable guides from the Municipal Art Society provide insight into the city’s neighborhoods, with details about social, urban, and architectural history. (They’re great for natives, too.) Tours for groups of as many as 35 cost $395. And here’s the cool new part: At the end of the excursion, new chain Yolato can deliver healthy, low-fat yogurt, sorbet, and gelato to your group, along with cups, spoons, and napkins. For groups of as many as 50, you just need 24 hours’ notice.
Before a Broadway Show
Grease, as they say, is the word when the 1950s-inspired production featuring Sandy and Danny, the cars, the hair, the clothes, and the tunes comes back to Broadway, with previews at the Brooks Atkinson Theatre beginning July 24 (group sales: Broadway Inbound). Here’s a way to add something different: After a matinee, or before an evening performance, throw a party for your group amidst vintage vehicles—like a ’57 T-Bird or Corvette—at the Cooper Classics Collection in the West Village. The showroom can swap around its collection to suit the vibe of the event.
Opening day at Yankee Stadium.
Photo: NYY
Opening day at Yankee Stadium.
Photo: NYY
Yolato’s healthy treats.
Photo: Courtesy of Yolato
Laura Osnes and Max Crumm as Sandy and Danny in
Photo: Chris Haston
