Portland's Best Pick-Up Spots Revealed in City-Wide Search
Locals Salute the Locales They Visit to Pick Up Everyday Favorite Things
Portland area resident picks up a new 2005 Dodge Dakota pickup truck
AUBURN HILLS, Mich., April 16 -- Portland residents have spoken and the results to the city-wide "Best Pick-Up Spots" search are in with their favorite hang-outs, go-to stores or must visit locations in eight different categories:
* KOIN News Channel 6 -- Best place to pick up sports, weather and news
updates
* McDonald's -- Best place to pick up a carryout meal
* GI Joe's -- Best place to pick up sporting or outdoor equipment and
gear
* Home Depot -- Best place to pick up "manly tools"
* The Ram -- Best place to pick up the big game or race on TV
* Starbucks -- Best place to pick up a cup of "Joe" and the paper
* Meire & Frank -- Best place to pick up gifts to impress your
significant other
* Reinlander Restaurant -- Best place to pick up fondue
Beginning March 2, 2005, "Best Pick-Up Spot" nominations were collected online at http://www.dodgepickupspots.com/ and 9 EB Games Stores (Electronics Boutique Holdings Corp.) located throughout the Portland metropolitan area. On April 16, winning spots were announced at an open-to-the-public event in Clackamas Town Center in Portland Ore., and awarded an official "Best Pick-Up Spot" plaque.
Upon submitting a pick-up spot nomination, consumers' names were entered in a drawing for a chance to receive one of 40 keys that could start a new 2005 Dodge Dakota. Stacy Paylor, 25, from Portland, Ore., held the winning key that started his new Dodge Dakota Quad Cab Laramie 4x4 pickup truck, the ultimate pickup to transport him to all his favorite pick-up spots. The other key-holding contestants were rewarded Dodge Affiliate Rewards to use toward the purchase of a 2005 Dodge Dakota.
"The moment I felt the key turn smoothly in the ignition, I knew I was about to hear the engine start," said Stacy Paylor, the winner of the "Pick-Up Spots" key turning contest and proud new owner of a 2005 Dodge Dakota. "With my wedding around the corner, my fiancee and I will be able to haul all our gifts home in style with my new Dodge Dakota pickup."
During the event, visitors also took part in a giant game of 6-foot-5-inch pick-up-sticks and were given prizes that included free EB Games coupons and Dodge merchandise.
Portland is one of ten cities where Dodge is conducting the "Best Pick-Up Spots" search. Other cities where the contest will take place are: Seattle, Tampa, Fla., Phoenix, Sacramento, Calif., San Diego, Dallas, Houston, Las Vegas and Orlando, Fla.
About the All-New 2005 Dodge Dakota
The Dodge Truck lineup continues to haul the most leadership claims. Bigger, bolder and tougher, the all-new 2005 Dodge Dakota stands alone as the largest and strongest mid-size pickup on the market with the only V-8 in its class. New interiors improve comfort levels on both Dakota Club Cab and Dakota Quad Cab models, with more interior room than any other mid-size pickup. The Dodge Dakota Quad Cab offers the most interior space in its class with available six-passenger seating.
About Electronics Boutique Holdings Corp.
Electronics Boutique, a Fortune 1000 company, is the leading global specialty retailer dedicated exclusively to video game hardware and software, PC entertainment software, accessories and related products.
As of January 1, 2005, the company operated 1,981 stores in the United States, Australia, Canada, Denmark, Germany, Italy, New Zealand, Norway, Puerto Rico and Sweden -- primarily under the names EB Games and Electronics Boutique. The company operates an e-commerce website at http://www.ebgames.com/ . Additional company information is available at http://www.ebholdings.com/ .
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