Carolina Mudcats Unveil Stadium Upgrades As Part Of 20th Anniversary Celebration

New Seats, Lights And Sound System Among Upgrades For Double-A Baseball Team

[USPRwire, Mon May 03 2010] The Carolina Mudcats (www.carolinamudcats.com), Wake County’s hometown professional baseball team, is celebrating its 20th anniversary in the county by the addition of several upgrades in its Five County Stadium home. These include brand new green seats in the general admission section, which frame the stadium with a green border around all of the red that makes up the seating bowl, new lighting that provides a 40 percent increase covering the playing surface, and a state-of-the-art sound system that allows better acoustics throughout the park. The team is celebrating its previous seasons by highlighting important facts of the stadium’s history by year and making reference to notable players and events that occurred in that particular time frame through fact sheets and slideshows at each home game as well, in honor of the Mudcats being in North Carolina since 1991.

QUOTES:
“We are very proud to announce these improvements as we begin our third decade of operations here,” said Steve Bryant, owner of the Mudcats. “We are committed to this area, and we thank all our fans in Wake, Franklin, Johnston, Nash and Wilson counties and beyond who have contributed to our growing success every year. We look forward to offering our guests even more amenities that will make the Carolina Mudcats the most fun they have had at a ballpark.”

NEW MEDIA CONTENT:
Mudcats Facebook page
www.facebook.com/carolinamudcats

Mudcats Twitter page
http://twitter.com/carolinamudcats

DETAILS:
- The 2010 home season opener for the Mudcats occurred April 14 and included a successful drive to recruit more than 2,000 fans on its official Facebook page.

- The Mudcats came to North Carolina after relocating from Columbus, Ga., where the franchise had been operating since 1969.

- Bryant has owned the franchise since 1988.

- The club was founded in 1959.

ABOUT THE CAROLINA MUDCATS:
The Carolina Mudcats is Wake County’s hometown professional baseball team, located in Zebulon, N.C. The Double-A affiliate of the Cincinnati Reds, the Mudcats play in the North Division of the Southern League at home in Five County Stadium off U.S. 264 near Franklin, Johnston, Nash and Wilson counties. The Mudcats have been an established minor-league fan favorite in Raleigh, Cary, Garner, Rocky Mount, Wilson, Smithfield, Clayton, Louisburg, and surrounding towns and communities since 1991. Offering everything from fireworks to weekly promotions and group event nights from April through September, with seating ranging from inexpensive general admission to luxury suite rentals, the Carolina Mudcats provide a fun and exciting afternoon or evening of entertainment for casual and hardcore baseball fans alike. For more information, call (919) 269-2287 or visit www.carolinamudcats.com.

Jake Potter
MMI Public Relations
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jake@mmipublicrelations.com
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