Cyclones Expecting Millionth Fan
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The last time a Brooklyn baseball team drew 1 million fans was 1957, the season before the Dodgers left for Los Angeles. And while they don’t have Duke Snider, Gil Hodges, or Don Drysdale – and it’s taken them a little more than three years’ worth of games – a Brooklyn baseball team will finally match the feat.
The Brooklyn Cyclones’ millionth fan will pass through a Keyspan Park turnstile sometime before tonight’s game – and whoever it is will get a Big Apple-sized prize.
In addition to earning a trip for two to Mets spring training in Port. St. Lu cie, Fla., a jersey with the number one million on the back, and a prize package from sponsors, the fan will get a chance to win $1 million, if he or she can throw three balls through a target on the field.
“There are no better baseball fans than those in Brooklyn,” said the Cyclones general manager, Steve Cohen. “Reaching this milestone in our fourth season is an incredible feat. It proves that baseball is back in Brooklyn, and it’s back to stay. We hope that we’ll have millions more fans to come.”
The team is averaging 7,951 fans this season in 11 games this year. Keyspan Park holds 7,500, with extra space for standing-room fans.