The Cage: What Worked, Didn't Work?

[C.Coronato]

I definitely agree with the displays. If you notice towards the end of the expo we started putting them on display in the shop. It was just difficult to do it with the small space we had.

As for the Whey, since BB.com had a booth and Whey is exclusive to them i could understand why we didn't have any to sell.

Whey was released from them a little bit ago, so it actually can / should be else where now.

[STRONGfireMAN]

A cut through between shop & cage would be ideal to not have to dive into the masses everytime.

Signs, especially for bleachers

Bring back supps. Fielded a few dozen questions asking about buying cans of supps (pump, flex)

Everything else seemed to have worked smoothly.....or I was just so jacked up on the Bang drinks it just seemed that way 😁

[HIGA MONSTER]

1. Water jug for the crew working The Shop. Those guys were busting their ass all weekend and no water close by.

2. Entrance & Exit signs for the line to The Shop.

3. Display the hats on a mannequin head behind the counters of The Shop, and I would also hang a Gym Bag too.

4. Security of the entrance to The Shop was super important, but the Athlete's Corner was pretty much you had to really pay attention to who was actually in line for an hour to buy gear. Cause when I was there for an hour, there were a couple of people who acted they were in line trying to get a free Whey sample and almost got their asses kicked by the people who really were standing in line for an hour to buy Animal gear.

5. Signs on top of the clothes racks to tell the customers that we have them behind the counter, and just use to size up only?

6. I like the bigger Cage better IMO but it seems like a lot of people loved the Bleachers.

7. Had no idea there was only 1 credit card machine. No wonder that line was long all the time. Cash line moved a lot faster.

Hats off to the crew who worked The Shop and to the Interns who really busted their butt helping out!

HIGA MONSTER

[Standing_Guard]

I think most of us was jacked up on Bang, might be something R&D wants to look into for next year

[Razor]

Whey was released from them a little bit ago, so it actually can / should be else where now.

Interesting i had no idea! Thanks pal. haha

[C.Coronato]

Interesting i had no idea! Thanks pal. haha

I got you!

[naturalguy]

6. I like the bigger Cage better IMO but it seems like a lot of people loved the Bleachers.

We will fix that for next year, bigger Cage with the bleachers

[justh8me]

2. Entrance & Exit signs for the line to The Shop.

3. Display the hats on a mannequin head behind the counters of The Shop, and I would also hang a Gym Bag too.

5. Signs on top of the clothes racks to tell the customers that we have them behind the counter, and just use to size up only?

7. Had no idea there was only 1 credit card machine. No wonder that line was long all the time. Cash line moved a lot faster.

HIGA MONSTER

^ These for sure, and then I was thinking about a single bench seat or something on the 2 sides where the bleachers were not. Might allow for a better view for the crowd. You get a couple of tall guys that make it up front and the folks behind them are hosed.

However I also don't want to just say how it could improve but want to say thank you to all of the reps, athletes, and interns who busted their butts to make this a great year at the cage. I was only able to make it for Friday this year, but I ended up spending about 60% of my time at the cage. It is truly awesome seeing how much the entire crew puts into making the cage an absolute icon every year.
Watching the athletes push each other and how much respect they have for each other even when they are competing for some bragging rights was truly amazing once again, and is the reason that Animal is by far the best freaking company at the Arnold year after year!
Thanks again to all who make it happen.

[npcdusty]

Oh I love the sound of this!!!!!

We will fix that for next year, bigger Cage with the bleachers

[Jay]

The cage was, from what I saw, a success as usual. Even with a few booths trying to mimick the cage, the animal cage was the place to be. It was packed each time I stopped in. My only issue was that I had some trouble seeing some of the events. I know it was crowded but maybe bigger bleachers ? Or. Maybe a v.i.p section where people reserve seats or something? I was looking for some various samples. Example, I haven't tried ragexl mango yet and was scoping out the shop to see if there was samples available. Credit card availability was perfect. The shop set up was kick ass and easy to navigate.