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Elks Lodge Military Mondays added to weekly calendar
The Wisconsin Rapids Rafters will feature a different weekly promotion every night of the week during the 2018 season.
Sunday games will feature the McCain Foods Family Pack. For only $42, a family will receive four reserved bleacher tickets, four hot dogs, four fountain sodas and two baskets of McCain Foods french fries. This ticket package is available for purchase in advance of game day.
A new weekly promotion in 2018 will be the addition of Elks Lodge Military Mondays. All veterans or current military personnel can present Military ID at the ticket office at any Monday home game to receive a FREE reserved bleacher ticket, hot dog, fountain soda & hat, all courtesy of the Elks Lodge in Wisconsin Rapids.
The Rafters have again partnered with Mid-State Technical College for a one-of-a kind promotion: Free Tuition Tuesdays. All future, current, and previous students of Mid-State Technical College will be eligible to register via the Rafters official team website during the promotional period beginning on Monday, May 7th. The online registration form will be located under the “More” tab on raftersbaseball.com, under the drop-down subtab “Free Tuition Tuesdays”. For every Tuesday regular season home game, one randomly selected contestant will be chosen from all of the eligible entries to be the “Mid-State Free Tuition Tuesdays” guest at one of the three Tuesday home games this summer. The randomly selected contestant will receive a $500 scholarship, four complimentary Solarus Founders club all-inclusive tickets to gain entrance to one designated game and be eligible for the Free Tuition Tuesday’s grand prize that evening. The contestant will also receive four Rafters goodie bags and photo with Rafters mascot, Rosco, commemorating the event.
If during the third inning of their designated home game, the Rafters pitcher strikes out the first three consecutive batters of the opposing team without any of the batters reaching base, the pre-selected contestant will win free tuition to Mid-State Technical College courtesy of Mid-State’s Foundation, valued up to $15,000! Please see the full listing of official promotion and eligibility rules along with scholarship information at the online registration form page on raftersbaseball.com.
Tuesdays will also be Taco Tuesday Madness at Taco John’s in Wisconsin Rapids. Anyone that purchases a breakfast combo from Taco John’s on any Tuesday during the promotional period will receive a ticket voucher to select home games. This promotion will be available beginning on Tuesday, May 29th and ending Tuesday, July 17th.
Every Wednesday will again be Point Brewery Double Your Fun Wednesdays. Fans that purchase two 16 oz. cans of Point Special from a Rafters vendor will receive two FREE bags of peanuts, courtesy of Stevens Point Brewery.
The ever-popular Budweiser Thirsty Thursday will be back in 2018. Every Thursday will feature two for one domestic taps from the time the gates open until the end of the 5th inning. The 2018 season will feature five Thursday night games.
Gates will open a half hour early prior to the four Friday home games for Point Brewery Happy Hour, which will take place from 5:30-6:30. Fans will be able to enjoy 12 oz. Beach Pilot Strawberry Wheat Ale for only $2 during the hour.
Bring your kids to the ballpark on Saturday home games and have them ready to run before the post-game fireworks shows take place! Kids will have the opportunity to run the bases post game every Saturday evening, all made possible by Aspirus Riverview Hospital & Clinics.
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The Wisconsin Rapids Rafters are a member of the finest developmental league for elite college baseball players, the Northwoods League. Entering its 25th anniversary season, the Northwoods League is the largest organized baseball league in the world with 20 teams, drawing significantly more fans, in a friendly ballpark experience, than any league of its kind. A valuable training ground for coaches, umpires and front office staff, more than 190 former Northwoods League players have advanced to Major League Baseball, including three-time Cy Young Award winner Max Scherzer (WAS), two-time World Series Champions Ben Zobrist (CHC) and Brandon Crawford (SFG) and MLB All-Stars Chris Sale (BOS), Jordan Zimmermann (DET) and Curtis Granderson (TOR). All league games are viewable live via the Northwoods League portal. For more information, visit www.wisconsinrapidsrafters.com or download the new Northwoods League Mobile App on the Apple App Store or on Google Play and set the Rafters as your favorite team.