Opening Day Partners

Opening Day Partners
Opening Day Partners, LLC
Type Private
Industry baseball team operations
Founded 1982
Headquarters 650 North Prince Street
Lancaster, PA 17603
Key people Peter Kirk, Jon Danos,
Brad Sims,
Brooks Robinson
Website Opening Day Partners

Opening Day Partners is a company that owns and operates independent baseball teams in the United States. Since 1982, Opening Day Partners have owned and operated its own Minor League Baseball teams, operated teams for other organizations, assisted in the sale and purchase of teams, and advised and consulted with international clients.[1]

The Opening Day Partners formula has proven to be one of the most successful in professional sports. One of the several elements of the formula include the standardization of comfortable ballpark features such as hotel lobby-style box offices, more legroom for fans, padded seats, individual cupholders, 360-degree walkways, picnic areas able to accommodate 500 fans, and large playgrounds. The company was the first minor league baseball to implement 20-horse carousels and bumper boat attractions able to accommodate children and adults. Currently, the only minor league ballparks in the world that have the bumper boat attraction are Clipper Magazine Stadium and Regency Furniture Stadium.[2]

Another element of the Opening Day Partners formula is an emphasis on philanthropy through various fundraisers, charity events, specialty jersey auctions, and children book-reading programs. Finally, the formula incorporates the local fans, ranging from the occasional to the hardcore, with fan fests, name-the-team contests, the incorporation of local companies and their products, and homages to each team's baseball and socio-geographic history. While many of these various elements of the formula are not unique to Opening Day Partners, the company is one of few that incorporate them to create a comfortable and enjoyable environment for all fans and their families.

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History

Opening Day Partners, formerly known as Keystone Baseball, have owned and/or operated several Major League Baseball-affiliated, professional baseball teams in the Maryland cities of Aberdeen, Bowie, Frederick, Hagerstown, and Salisbury. The company currently owns and operates highly successful Atlantic League of Professional Baseball teams in Camden, New Jersey, Waldorf, Maryland, and the South Central Pennsylvania cities of Lancaster and York. Plans for a new ballparks in Loudoun County, Virginia and Sugar Land, Texas are being finalized for the 2011 and 2012 seasons respectively.[3] Opening Day Partners is also in the preliminary stages of building a 5,000 to 7,000-seat soccer-specific stadium in the Port Covington neighborhood of Baltimore, Maryland. The venue is being considered for Crystal Palace Baltimore, a United Soccer Leagues Second Division team owned by the London-based Premier League club, Crystal Palace F.C.[4]

Baseball & Sports Associates, LLC is an Opening Day Partners-owned company that handles baseball operations, including player development for numerous Minor League Baseball teams.

Relationship with Major League Baseball

Opening Day Partners has a long-standing relationship with Major League Baseball, and many of its individual clubs. The assignments undertaken by Opening Day Partners and its affiliates include:

  • Providing the grounds crew for the Sydney, Australia Summer Olympic Games under contract to the Commissioner's Office.
  • Providing stadium refurbishment and grounds crew for the Baltimore Orioles historic exhibition game in Havana, Cuba.
  • Providing field design and installation advisory services to the Houston Astros.
  • Advising several Major League Clubs on their Minor League operations.
  • Operating the Maryland Fall League for minor league players.

Stadium design and construction projects

Through its facility management division, Opening Day Partners has provided stadium design, construction, and operation services to numerous communities, in addition to providing such services on its own ballparks. Clients have included:

Ballpark Location
Ripken Stadium Aberdeen, Maryland
Bernie Robbins Stadium Atlantic City, New Jersey
Harry Grove Stadium Frederick, Maryland
Hadlock Field Portland, Maine
Mercer County Waterfront Park Trenton, New Jersey
Prince George's Stadium Bowie, Maryland
Arthur W. Perdue Stadium Salisbury, Maryland
Daniel S. Frawley Stadium Wilmington, Delaware

Food and beverage services

Through its food and beverage entities, Opening Day Partners has provided concession and catering services to minor league parks, arenas and universities nationwide including:

Venue Location
Capital Centre Landover, Maryland
BB&T Coastal Field Myrtle Beach, South Carolina
Patriot Center Fairfax, Virginia
Stanford University Stanford, California
Towson State University Towson, Maryland

Teams currently owned by Opening Day Partners

Team Location Stadium
Camden Riversharks Camden, New Jersey Campbell's Field
Lancaster Barnstormers Lancaster, Pennsylvania Clipper Magazine Stadium
Southern Maryland Blue Crabs Waldorf, Maryland Regency Furniture Stadium
Sugar Land Skeeters Sugar Land, Texas StarTex Power Field
York Revolution York, Pennsylvania Sovereign Bank Stadium

References

External links

Official website

Team websites


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