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Take on the challenge of "Big Red" at the Kroc Center
Posted: 09.08.2011 at 3:20 PM Updated: 09.12.2011 at 5:10 PM
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First ride on the slide  / KHQA's Lindsey Boetsch
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QUINCY, ILL. -- UPDATED: September 12 at 5:07 p.m.

Victoria Huntley will be the first person to go down "Big Red", the water slide at Quincy's new Kroc Center!

She won the honor by being the highest bidder on the Kroc Center's Facebook page Monday with a $200 bid.

Congratulations Victoria ... want to hold a camera as you go down the slide?

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You could be the first to ride the 157 foot long water slide at The Kroc Center.

The Kroc Center will auction off the opportunity to be the first to slide down " Big Red" on Tuesday September 13th.

Here's how it works.

All you have to do is go to the Kroc Center's facebook page at www.facebook.com/krocquincy and like the page.

Then on Monday, September 12 watch for the the official Kroc Center comment "First Ride on the Slide BIDS".

You can start placing your bids starting at 12:10 a.m. and closing at 4:30 p.m. later that day.

If you are the lucky winner you will be notified via Facebook.

Now you must be available to ride "Big Red" on Tuesday, September 13 at 4:15 p.m. ... Please note you can designate someone else to ride on your behalf.

No one has taken on the challenge of "Big Red" yet, will you be the first?

Log onto the Kroc Center Facebook page here for more information!

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