For Prieb, that would be Racine, a city he tries to visit at least once a month. It means meeting with civic leaders, going to Rotary lunches and generally being seen. The other cities in the pilot program are Kenosha, the Fox Cities area, Green Bay and Madison. I do believe that people like to see you in their place. Put another way, the Brewers are reaching out because they have to.
Demographics are demographics.
Voight said his sense was that the roof was the key factor for outstate fans pondering buying tickets. And he's convinced there is a buzz out there that will translate into big crowds. Voight said the team received 100,000 postcards, many of them from outstate areas, as part of the opening day ticket lottery. The team made 3,000 seats available for the lottery. So Voight knows that when group sales are high, fans from outside the region are buying.