Encouraging news emanated out of Port Arthur Stadium last week.
Yes, the facility itself has made the final in a nationwide search for Canada’s best ballpark.
But what’s even more exciting is?Thunder?Bay Border Cats owner Brad Jorgenson’s emphatic commitment to bring the Northwoods League team back to the city for a 10th season.
With attendance hovering in the low 700s for most of the season, Cats fans poured through the turnstiles in the latter third of the season, upping the average crowd to about 800 a night.
That’s just what Jorgenson, a year ago, said he needed to make the team viable.
Surely, a few hundred more a night – and we know you’re out there – might make things a little easier on the franchise’s dutiful owners.
But it’s a good start.
Now it’s up to Jorgenson, assistant GM Bryan Graham and manager Mike Steed to do their part.
Sure, weather can be blamed for much of the attendance woes in the first half, but as Thunder?Bay sports fans have proven time and time again, having a winning product on the field goes a long way to convince the cash-strapped ticket-buying public to head out to Port Arthur Stadium and take in a game or six.
And to the fans in Section 2, thanks for keeping the baseball dream alive.
Yes, the facility itself has made the final in a nationwide search for Canada’s best ballpark.
But what’s even more exciting is?Thunder?Bay Border Cats owner Brad Jorgenson’s emphatic commitment to bring the Northwoods League team back to the city for a 10th season.
With attendance hovering in the low 700s for most of the season, Cats fans poured through the turnstiles in the latter third of the season, upping the average crowd to about 800 a night.
That’s just what Jorgenson, a year ago, said he needed to make the team viable.
Surely, a few hundred more a night – and we know you’re out there – might make things a little easier on the franchise’s dutiful owners.
But it’s a good start.
Now it’s up to Jorgenson, assistant GM Bryan Graham and manager Mike Steed to do their part.
Sure, weather can be blamed for much of the attendance woes in the first half, but as Thunder?Bay sports fans have proven time and time again, having a winning product on the field goes a long way to convince the cash-strapped ticket-buying public to head out to Port Arthur Stadium and take in a game or six.
And to the fans in Section 2, thanks for keeping the baseball dream alive.
