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Originally Posted by malcolmk14
The problem with minor league baseball in Calgary is that they need to sell the ballpark experience, not the product on the field. They just fail to recognize this.
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BINGO! They need a Ron Bremner type guy (never thought I'd say those words) with his sort of ideas. Keep the beer cold and cheap. The hot dogs fresh and cheap. Give me something to look at between innings. Give me something to do before the game starts, or after it's over. If the team happens to be a winner, that's just icing on the delicious cake.
The Oilers own the team up here in Edmonton and it runs like a good minor league team should. I hate giving the Oilers credit for anything, but they do a great job with their (baseball) team. There is a special, or an event every single day of the week. It's almost like running a bar, if people show up to your bar on a Wednesday they know it's wing night. If they show up to a Capitals baseball game on Wednesday it's $2 hotdog night. It seems to make more sense to me.
The Vipers currently have a total of 5 promotions up on their website for the whole year. Although that is better than previous years where they came up with their promotions the week before.