Scheduled events include a community youth clinic, city-wide scavenger hunt and complete takeover of the Monroe Street Midway DETROIT — The Detroit Lions today announced the return of Detroit Lions Season Launch Week presented by Rocket Mortgage. Every year, in the days leading up to the regular season home opener, the Lions and Rocket Mortgage host events throughout the community to celebrate the return of football. MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 6 – COMMUNITY YOUTH CLINIC Children from local community groups will participate in a Lions Football Education clinic at Ford Field on Labor Day. The clinic will provide an opportunity for children to learn directly from Lions Legends and will feature Roary and Detroit Lions Cheerleaders. WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 8 – CITY-WIDE SCAVENGER HUNT The Lions and Rocket Mortgage will hide 100 footballs around Detroit. Each one will have a QR code that fans can scan to receive two tickets for the home opener against the San Francisco 49ers. Hints on where to find the footballs will be posted on Lions social media accounts throughout the morning. THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 9 – ROCKET MORTGAGE AND LIONS MONROE STREET MIDWAY TAKEOVER The Lions and Rocket Mortgage, in partnership with Bedrock and Rocket Community Fund, will take over the Monroe Street Midway in the heart of downtown Detroit. It features the Rollout Detroit Roller Rink – which will offer free skating from 4 – 7 PM – and the Rocket Mortgage Sports Zone – where fans will be able to enjoy playing basketball and other Lions themed tailgate games. The takeover will include appearances from Lions Legends, Detroit Lions Cheerleaders, Roary and DJ Ray – the Lions official DJ – as well as face painting and tailgate games. Free skating, snack vouchers and Monroe Street Midway merchandise will be given on a first come, first served basis, with limited rink capacity and supplies. SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 12 – WELCOME BACK LIVE MURAL PAINTING Fine artist and muralist Phil Simpson will be painting a live mural in Pride Plaza beginning at 10:30 AM before the season opener (1 PM kickoff). For up-to-date information on Detroit Lions Season Launch Week presented by Rocket Mortgage, follow @Lions on Twitter, @detroitlionsnfl on Instagram and @DetroitLions on Facebook. #30# ABOUT THE DETROIT LIONS The Detroit Lions are a professional American football team based in Detroit, Michigan. They are members of the North Division of the National Football Conference (NFC) in the National Football League (NFL), and play their home games at Ford Field in downtown Detroit. The team located to Detroit in 1934 and is the National Football League’s fifth oldest franchise. The Detroit Lions most recently made the NFL playoffs in 2016, when they finished with an 9-7 record. For more information, please visit www.detroitlions.com. ABOUT ROCKET MORTGAGE Detroit-based Rocket Mortgage, the nation’s largest home mortgage lender, enables the American Dream of homeownership and financial freedom through its obsession with an industry-leading, digital-driven client experience. Rocket Mortgage closed $320 billion dollars of mortgage volume across all 50 states in 2020. In late 2015, it introduced the first fully digital, completely online mortgage experience. Currently, 99% of all home loans originated by the company utilize Rocket Mortgage technology. Rocket Mortgage moved its headquarters to downtown Detroit in 2010. Today, Rocket Mortgage and Rocket Companies employ 24,000 full-time team members nationwide. The company generates loan production from web centers located in Detroit, Cleveland and Phoenix and operates a centralized loan processing facility in Detroit. Rocket Mortgage ranked highest in the country for customer satisfaction for primary mortgage origination by J.D. Power for the past 11 consecutive years, 2010 – 2020, and also ranked highest in the country for customer satisfaction among all mortgage servicers the past seven straight years, 2014 – 2020. Rocket Companies, Rocket Mortgage’s parent company, ranked #5 on Fortune’s list of the “100 Best Companies to Work For” in 2021 and has placed in the top third of the list for 18 consecutive years. |
