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With 29 of 38 home games scheduled for Friday or Saturday night, the team is hopeful for plenty of sellouts.
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Costa said the goal last year was to stay vis- ible, even for just a few hours a week. That meant donating meals to frontline workers, trotting out mascot Boomer at community events, and team- ing up with the Massachusetts Lottery to spot- light first responders.
“We genuinely feel like people like us and want to support us.
At the end of the day, that speaks volumes about who you are as an organization. So the biggest thing was doing right by the people who have done right by us for the first four years of our franchise.”
“It was important to keep the community aspect front and center,” he noted, adding that the Springfield Business Improvement District stepped up with cash, allowing the team to acti- vate more community promotions and just “keep our lights on and keep our people engaged and keep the business moving forward.”
His goal was simply to be sustainable during
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show them that the team overdelivered on atten- dance for the other 31 home dates. The team has also included sponsors in its social-media and community activities during the pandemic.
“We genuinely feel like people like us and want to support us,” he added, noting that the team ranks at the top of the league, among like-
sized markets, in sponsorships and full season- ticket sales. “At the end of the day, that speaks volumes about who you are as an organization. So the biggest thing was doing right by the peo- ple who have done right by us for the first four years of our franchise.”
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