Miracle up for MacPhail award
DAYTONA BEACH – The Florida State League has nominated the Fort Myers Miracle for the Larry MacPhail Promotional Trophy, which is given for outstanding promotional work during the season.
One overall winner will be selected prior to the annual Baseball Winter Meetings in Nashville, Tenn., for all of Minor League Baseball’s 15 leagues. The nominees were selected by league directors and general managers.
The MacPhail award is given to the team that demonstrates outstanding, creative marketing and promotional efforts within the community, ballpark and through the media.
“I couldn’t be happier for our hardworking and creative crew to be rightfully recognized,” said Miracle General Manager Andrew Seymour. “Special thanks go to our owner, Jason Hochberg, and our Chief Operating Officer, Steve Gliner, for giving us the platform and ability to push the creativity of our promotional schedule.”
In 2015, the Miracle set three all-time attendance marks. A record 133,817 fans passed through the gates of the renovated CenturyLink Sports Complex at Hammond Stadium for 66 openings throughout the course of the summer. The previous record of 124,749 was set during the 2008 season.
In addition to the overall attendance, the Miracle also set a new average attendance mark at 2,028 fans per game.