Hippo Ball 2025: Under The Sea

🐋Theme: Under the Sea! 🐟🐠🐡🌊🦀🐙🐬🐳🦑🪸🐋🐚🦈
🐚Dress code: Formal attire 👗👔👠

✨Event agenda:✨
6-8PM: 🐠 PRIVATE access to the Cleveland Aquarium 🐡
After-hours private access to the Cleveland Aquarium for viewing, pictures, stingray petting, and shark tunnel viewing! Includes:
- Two hours of private, fully-staffed aquarium access!! 🐟 Do you know what that means? You get to touch stingrays.....
- The undivided attention of marine life; great time for pics! 📸
- Hors d'oeuvres passed around on silver trays throughout the full two hours. You never even have to take your eyes off the jellyfish.
- Scattered cash bars throughout the aquarium (both alcoholic and non-alcoholic drinks will be available for purchase)

8-11PM 🪩 Make your way to the third floor for the reception portion of the evening 🪩 Includes:
- DJ and photo booth 📷 🎧
- Chef-staffed stir fry bar with the ability to customize your bowl based on your dietary restrictions.
- Hors d'oeuvres will be available throughout the entirety of the reception for light snacking. The only difference is that you have to walk to them this time...
- Cash bars for alcoholic and non-alcoholic purchases. (YOU NEED A PHYSICAL CREDIT CARD/ DEBIT CARD, NO CASH OR APPLE PAY)
- This is a good opportunity to reflect on what you saw in the aquarium!! How did the fishies make you feel? What would you do differently next time?

**** Important, read me: The reception room will be available to us starting at 6pm if you are able to untangle your gazes from the fish before 8pm, you are welcome to head to the reception room early. Elevators are available.

🎟️ 🎫 TICKETS 🎟️ 🎫
Student tickets available starting Sunday Dec. 8th 12PM (noon)
Guest tickets available starting Sunday December 15th at 12PM (noon)
TICKET SALES CLOSE ON THURSDAY, JANUARY 2nd AT 11:59PM!!!!

******On December 28th, ticket prices will increase to $40 per person!***** (no, this is not because we don't like you. It's because the venue charges to change the guest count after this date.)
***** NO REFUNDS AFTER DECEMBER 28TH.

🚗🚙 Parking/Ride Sharing: 🚗🚙
There is a paid parking lot at the venue. Ubers/Lyfts will have to take a ticket and enter the parking lot to drop you off at the door, but will be able to exit FOR FREE IF THEY LEAVE WITHIN 15 MINUTES.

🙋‍♂️ Questions we know you're dying to ask 🙋‍♀️ (I'll make it quick)

1. YES there is a COAT CHECK 🧥
2. YES the cash bar accepts CREDIT/DEBIT also 💸
3. NO you CANNOT BRING ALCOHOL IN (don't do it) 🍾
4. YES you should BRING YOUR ID because security will be CHECKING IDs at the door. No, they won't take our word for it that you're over 21.
5. YES we have SUBSIDIZED TICKETS AVAILABLE if the cost is prohibitive. Just email Keith or Grace (kea69@case.edu or gmj43@case.edu)

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