Embed Size (px)
Citation preview
August 2011
SEPTEMBER 2-4
Padres vs. Colorado Rockies
Sept. 2 – Season Ticket Renewal Deadline
Friday Night Fireworks Presented by Northgate Gonzalez Market
Sept. 3 – Padres Go Green Bags presented by Smile Generation and Go Green Night presented by Sony
Sept. 4 – Padres Gumball Machines for Kids presented by Bank of America and Kids Run the Bases
2011 san diego padres newsletter 1
IN THIS ISSUE
Official Newsletter of San Diego Padres Season Ticket Holders
UPCOMINGEVENTS CALENDAR
SAN DIEGO PADRES
SEASON TICKET HOLDER INSIDER
Pg 1. Are You In for 2012?
Pg 1. Unused Season Ticket Night #4
Pg 2. Hoffman Ceremony Recap
Pg 3. 15 Prizes in 15 Games
Pg 3. Padres’ Wives Golf Tournament
Pg 3. Account Specialist Spotlight
Pg 3. Season Ticket Holder Tip
UNUSED SEASON TICKET NIGHT #4 The final Unused Season Ticket Night, an exclusive benefit for Season Ticket Holders, is Tuesday September 27 vs. the Chicago Cubs for any of your unused season tickets from April-September.
If you have an unused season ticket from your season ticket plan, please bring the physical ticket to our ticket windows (100 Park Boulevard). In order to obtain the best seating opportunities, please exchange season tickets as early as possible. However, all exchanges must be completed twenty-four (24) hours prior to the Unused Season Ticket Night selected. There is a $1.00 per ticket processing fee and seating is subject to availability at the time of the exchange. The original Season Ticket Holder does not need to be present.
Please contact your dedicated Account Specialist if you have any questions on Unused Season Ticket Night.
Please note: The Padres are unable to guarantee seating availability for Unused Season Ticket Night, regardless of the original face value of the season ticket, may not be exchanged into areas that include food and beverage.
ARE YOU IN FOR2012? We are excited to announce that your Season Ticket
Holder renewal packet for 2012 has been sent.
Renew your 2012 Season Tickets today and
you’ll be eligible to win one of our 15 Prizes in 15
Games. For a complete list of prizes, visit us in the
Ticket Lounge on gamedays before first pitch or visit
www.padres.com/renew.
You’ll also receive Friar Funds to spend on
concessions and merchandise at the ballpark through
the end of this season and an exclusive Trevor Hoffman
collectible when you renew by September 2nd.
Click here to renew your 2012 Season Tickets online
and save $15!
If you have questions about or did not receive
your 2012 Season Ticket Holder renewal packet,
please contact your dedicated Season Ticket Account
Specialist. If you have already renewed for the 2012
season, we thank you for your support of Padres
baseball!
SEPTEMBER 5-7
Padres vs. San Francisco Giants
My son and I
have a tradition. “When he comes to the ballpark when he’s 30,
he’s going to say I remember coming with my dad.”
“We can give our kids things we didn’t get to experience in life when we were kids
and it’s affordable.”
The Smelcer Family New San Diego Padres Season Ticket Holders
August 2011
2011 san diego padres newsletter 2
Official Newsletter of San Diego Padres Season Ticket Holders
SAN DIEGO PADRES
SEASON TICKET HOLDER INSIDER
IN STIRRING CEREMONY, HOFFMAN’S NO. 51 RETIREDBy Tom Singer / MLB.com
... Send not to knowFor whom the bell tolls,It tolls for thee.
– John Dunne, poet; 1624
SAN DIEGO – Three-hundred and eighty-seven years after a British poet wrote those famous words, the bell tolled one last time on Sunday at 12:37 p.m. PT for Trevor Hoffman. PETCO Park became Area 51, as the iconic closer’s uniform number disappeared forever, retired in perpetuity by his devoted primary team as members of his original team watched and joined the tribute. At the end of an hour-long ceremony, which veered from amusing to poignant and climaxed with sobs as his late father’s taped image and voice rendered the national anthem, Hoffman responded with typical humility.
“No one person deserves all this. We don’t do things for accolades. It’s a dream come true to have this bestowed upon you,” Hoffman said. “This is amazing.” So was the playing career, and is the fiber and character, of the man San Diego stopped to honor. San Diego Mayor Jerry Sanders declared it “Trevor Hoffman Day.” The Padres declared “No. 51” forever off limits. And dozens of former tutors and teammates declared their respect and affection for Hoffman by appearing as surprise guests at this party. As the festivities got under way on a stage erected between the mound and second base, emcee Ted Leitner declared, “This is your life,” and the cliched reference to the old television show for a change was very appropriate. A few minutes earlier, Hoffman had made his familiar walk in from the center-field bullpen – this time surrounded by his wife, Tracy, and sons
Wyatt, Brody and Quinn. Now, Hoffman was asked to take his familiar place atop the mound, connected to the tunnel under the stands by a red carpet upon which people from his past took turns strolling into his embrace. For the rest of this article, please click here.Relive the entire ceremony on padres.com by clicking here or watch a 2-minute recap by clicking here.
August 2011
2011 san diego padres newsletter 3
Official Newsletter of San Diego Padres Season Ticket Holders
SAN DIEGO PADRES
SEASON TICKET HOLDER INSIDER
15 PRIZES IN 15 GAMES Imagine taking a trip to the 2012 All-Star Game to watch the best of the best compete. Or taking some swings with a few of your friends during your own private batting cage session at PETCO Park. How about adding to your memorabilia collection with an autographed baseball from every player on the Padres 2012 Opening Day roster? These are just a few of the extraordinary prizes we’ll be rewarding 15 lucky Season Ticket Holders during the 15 Padres home games in September. All it takes to be eligible is as little as a 12.5%* payment, or an initial payment towards your 2012 season tickets.
Contact your dedicated Season Ticket Account Specialist today to be eligible for these exciting prizes, or click here to renew your 2012 Season Tickets online and save $15! *and enrollment in a payment plan.
PADRES WIVES TO HOST CHARITY GOLF TOURNAMENT
The Padres players’ wives will be teeing off for a great cause in September – Rady Children’s Hospital and the Padres Foundation.
When: Thursday, September 15 @12:00 pmWhere: Sycuan Golf and Tennis Resort
A limited number of MVP foursomes are available that will include one Padres player or coach to join your group of three and one hole sponsorship. Proceeds benefit Rady Children’s Hospital (MRSA Fund and Heart Defect Fund) and the Padres Foundation.
To register for this event, please go to padres.com/golf or contact 619-795-5274.
SEASON TICKET ACCOUNT SPECIALIST SPOTLIGHT
Steve Services: Field Box 109-119 (First Base side), Field Box 110-118 (Third Base side)
Born: Blacksburg, VA (moved to SD in 1985)
Years in the Majors: 5
Favorite Padres moment: Sweeping the final three games at Dodger Stadium to clinch the NL West in 1996
Favorite all-time Padre: Tony Gwynn
Favorite thing to eat at PETCO Park: The nachos in the Hall of Fame Bar and Grill are incredible!
If you were a Padre, what position would you play and what would your theme song be: A five-tool centerfielder who comes to bat to “A Country Boy Can Survive” by Hank Williams, Jr.
How did you become a member of the Padres Front Office: I started off working part-time on game days for Compadres and Junior Padres in Section 135 and moved up since then.
Not sure who your dedicated Account Specialist is? Click here to find out!
Steve Carter [email protected]
WAYS TO USE YOUR SEASON TICKETS August’s Tip # 76 - Give thanks to your family and friends by taking them to a game.
Click here to read more tips on creative ways to use your Padres’ Season Tickets!
COMMISSIONER’S
SUITE
You and Ten Friends in the
PICNICTERRACEPICNICTERRACE
Party at
