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Man Uses Times Square Billboard To Propose To His Girlfriend
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https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2023/03/20/Times-Square-billboard- proposal/3001679335523/
By Ben Hooper
March 20 (UPI) -
- A Connecticut man made a trip to New York's Times Square with his girlfriend all the more special by using a billboard to pop the question.
Jose Negron of Waterbury dropped down to one
knee and pro- posed to his girl- friend, Alicia, beneath a giant billboard that dis- played a photo of the couple and their son with the message: "Will You Marry Me?"
Alicia accepted the proposal.
Negron said the plan came about after he learned about an offer on timessquarebill- board.com, which offers individuals the opportunity to have their photos displayed on the digital billboard. The service, which costs $150, has the photo dis- played for 15 sec- onds every hour for 24 hours.
Jaime Suarez, the owner of the bill- board, said the idea came about as a means of making good use of the advertising space during the pandemic. He said
a similar offer for businesses will display a photo or short video ad for 60 seconds each hour for 24 hours for $500.
A British bachelor, Muhammad
Malik, incorporated billboards into his own search for a happily-ever-after in January 2022. Malik had multiple billboards erected in the Birmingham, England, area imploring available women to "Save me from an arranged mar- riage." He said the ads led to hun- dreds of responses on his website.
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