Cat video festival takes over baseball stadium – SB Nation

What do you like to do at baseball stadiums?

Do you like to watch baseball? Do you like to sink low in your seat and blink at fireworks after watching baseball? Do you like to sing baseball songs, and eat baseball foods? Do you like to play baseball?

Just a giant cat puppet.

A photo posted by Karen Larson (@kelarson1976) on Aug 12, 2015 at 8:46pm PDT

At CHS Field in St. Paul, Minn., home of the indy league St. Paul Saints, 13,000 Minnesotans used the baseball confines last night to watch cat videos, paint cat faces on one another and do other generally cat-related, or at least easily cat-punned, activities at the fourth-annual Internet Cat Video Festival.

Cheshire Cat gracing us with an appearance #catvidfest Follow us on instagram for more: @catvidfest pic.twitter.com/aiLDqiva8L

— CatVidFest (@CatVidFest) August 13, 2015

Top honors went to “Cat Behavior Finally Explained,” winner of the 2015 people’s-choice Golden Kitty award. Cats were not allowed to vote.

#catvidfest is a sold out event! 13,000 people have gathered here at CHS Field to watch cat videos! #venustwofacecat #pudgethecat #catsofinstagram #walkerart #catsrule

A photo posted by Laura (@cricketkittycatmastermind) on Aug 12, 2015 at 6:30pm PDT

The event, hosted by St. Paul’s Walker Art Center, featured the mayor of St. Paul throwing out a ceremonial ball of yarn.

I met these girls tonight at the Internet Cat Video Festival. I think they really enjoyed themselves. #catvidfest

A photo posted by Jen van Kaam (@jenvankaam) on Aug 13, 2015 at 12:43am PDT

Attendees were not allowed to bring their cats, though they were encouraged to dress as them.

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