The numbers.......

One of the goals of the front office this year was to hit 200,00 in attendance. After 17 gates the Defenders, according to the Eastern League website, have drawn 40,197 or an average of 2364 per gate. They are 11th out of the 12 team league. With 50 gates left due to rainouts, the team has to draw 159,803 or 3196 per gate assuming no more washouts. I still think they can do it with better weather, not this week however, and the meat of the promo schedule due up and with school being out soon.
The team continues to think up new promo's, the latest in celebration of owner's Lou Dibella's birthday on May 17th--all fans born on a 17th get in for free. Cute idea. Hoping they reprise the hat promo for the upcoming Seadog series for all those suffering Yankee fans out there. Also wondering if they repeat last year's gasoline promo. I think it was a free ticket with a purchase of 10 gallons from a gas station in Norwich.
I will say they have done a great job getting the word out on the bobblehead giveaways. Caught a blurb on channel 3 last week and it has popped up in a bunch of different news outlets.