| Pigeon Forge Giving Away A Tanker Truck of Gasoline! Pigeon Forge, TN. (May 2006) - Pigeon Forge, TN is giving away a tanker truck load of gasoline to summer visitors who come to play in this tiny resort town at the edge of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. "When life gives you lemons, make lemonade - or in this case, gasoline," said Leon Downey, Executive Director of Tourism. The Pigeon Forge Great Gas Giveaway started May 24 with the arrival of an 8,500 gallon tanker from East Tennessee Transport. Throughout the summer, volunteer members of the Pigeon Forge Gas Patrol will give $30 gasoline gift certificates to visitors on a random basis. Volunteers will wear bright red shirts with white letters that say "Gas Patrol" on the front and "Great Gas Giveaway" on the back. They plan to encounter guests at the city's many theaters, outlet malls, restaurants, attractions and specialty shops and at the city's official welcome center. Only the Pigeon Forge Welcome Center is a guaranteed giveaway location Gas Patrol members might walk into a restaurant and ask to find someone from Atlanta, Cincinnati or Nashville. Or they might make arrangements with a theater to welcome the entire audience and then choose whoever's sitting in the middle of the 13th row," Downey said. "The pure randomness is going to be lots of fun." Gas certificates will be given away at the Pigeon Forge Welcome Center at random times determined every morning. |