ST. LOUIS – One content creator who has grown his platform through the challenge of walking onto professional fields, staying as long as he can, and more made a pit stop through Missouri last month.
Garrett, who goes by GFed, was on a work trip from Wyoming to Colorado in March 2023. While on the journey, he passed by the University of Wyoming and had the thought to check out the stadium as well as documenting it for social media.
While he made it onto the football field, he was unsuccessful with the basketball arena. However, this sparked the idea of a new series, the walk-on challenge, which expanded to something bigger than he imagined.
“People seemed to like it. I went back to my home base in Chicago, did a few more (videos)…and it just picked up,” he said. “I continued doing what was working for me…tried to get an audience of people who liked to see it, not just for the challenge of it all but also just to see parts of the stadium that they probably would not see.”
Since September 2023, GFed has been a full-time content creator, visiting all around the country to complete these challenges. It has since grown from the original walk-on challenge to new ideas of entertainment, including how long he can stay at places, how fast he can leave, and more.
Throughout May and June, GFed posted several videos from his visit to the Show Me State, including Busch Stadium, The Dome at America’s Center, Six Flags St. Louis, University of Missouri’s Faurot Field, and the Kansas City Royals Kauffman Stadium.
“I like St. Louis; I’m a Midwest person, so I feel like I always have some priority for the Midwest states,” GFed said. “I came to St. Louis at a really good time because I got to see Metro Boomin’…on top of that, Busch Stadium—I mean, I’ve probably been to 10 MLB parks, and that was one of the best.”
Over the course of two games at Busch Stadium, he did two videos on how fast he could get out of the stadium and how long he could stay. He walked out the gates within one minute and 20 seconds, and he stayed over an hour after a different game ended, nearly locking himself in the stadium.
“You will not see a content creator in the entire country play as hard as I will the rest of the season,” he said in his ‘How fast can I leave’ TikTok. “You will not see another content creator push themselves harder than I will this season.”
GFed has three rules when it comes to his videos:
- No jumping over gates
- Leave everything as it is
- No lock-picking
“I’ve seen it all happen—I mean, I’ve gotten kicked out of a few stadiums for people not wanting me to be there,” he said. “Everyone’s pretty cool about it. If you’re cool, they’re cool.”
The video of his walk-on challenge at Mizzou’s Faurot Field came rather late compared to other college stadiums, which was a result of being asked by the university to tell the internet he was there for a tour and not on his own terms.
On his first visit, he found an open gate with other people inside the stadium before he was asked to leave and was told of the conditions under which he could post. On his second visit, he found the same gates open but did not enter out of respect.
“Wow, what do you know? Same exact gate, wide open, with nobody here,” he said in his TikTok video. “I just wanted to say, y’all were kind of weird for that, Mizzou, just a little bit.”
In his other videos highlighting popular places to visit in Missouri, he managed to stay at Six Flags just over an hour past close, 35 minutes after a Kansas City Royals game ended, and 46 minutes after a Battlehawks game at The Dome.
He’s faced his challenges for the dedication, including getting banned from all NFL stadiums at one point and from the 2024 Super Bowl, which has since been reversed, after taking a $250 four-hour course on fan conduct.
Despite this, all of these visits have led to GFed attending larger events and completing his challenges, including the Indianapolis 500, Kentucky Derby, Lollapalooza, and more.
“I think there’s still room to grow beyond just being a sports creator,” GFed said. “I think the end goal is to be a full-time content creator, which I’ve already accomplished and it feels really good. (I’m going to) continue to keep the ball rolling.”
To follow along with GFed’s adventures through stadiums, parks, and more across the country, click here.
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