Great Lakes Storm Opening Night Approaches

Published on November 4, 2003 under Continental Basketball Association 2 (CBA 2)
Great Lakes Storm News Release


Come and join your Great Lakes Storm on Opening Night as the take on the Gary Steelheads at 7:05 PM at the Storm's home arena, the Birch Run Expo Center!

The Storm is also teaming up with the Salvation Army of Saginaw and Two Men and a Truck of Bay City for a food drive for the game on Thanksgiving Day! Bring in any non-perishable item and buy-one-get-one-free ticket for the game on Thanksgiving Day!

NOTE TO ALL TICKET HOLDERS: THE HOME GAME ON JANUARY 25, 2004 HAS HAD A CHANGE IN TIME IT WILL NOW BE PLAYED AT 7:05 PM

RADAR SCREEN

By Chris Bartnikowski, Great Lakes Storm VP Sales & Marketing

Opening night is right around the corner and we have made incredible progress from a business standpoint for this season. We have increased are sponsors by 6 fold from last season and have increased our season ticket sales by 7 fold. Thank you for all of your support.

We would like to welcome our newest sponsors to the Storm family:
- Best Western- Saginaw
- Birch Run Chamber of Commerce- Birch Run
- Burnham Insurance- Battle Creek
- Challenge Mortgage- Tecumseh
- Comfort Inn- Birch Run
- Dow Chemical- Midland
- Gordon's Food Service- Saginaw
- IKON- Saginaw
- InnerCity Productions- Flint
- Jones Excavating- Birch Run
- Paychex- Novi
- Residential Remodeling- Saginaw
- Saginaw County Business & Education Partnership- Saginaw
- Saginaw Rock Products- Saginaw
- Saint Mary's Hospital- Saginaw
- Teachout Security- Flint
- Westpoint Stevens- Birch Run

We have a new and exciting opportunity available for advertisement on our Storm radio show. We have :60 spots available at an unbelievable rate. Packages are available through the Storm office but they are going fast. Please call now to get involved.

EXPO CENTER NEWS

Karen Parlberg, Birch Run Expo Center Event Coordinator

The Birch Run Expo Center is underway in an exciting fall schedule! In addition to our scheduled events we have also completed two major projects to our building; 1) 400 additional asphalted parking spaces for a total of 1,100 parking spaces, and 2) Acoustical baffles to equip our arena to host concerts and other musical events. We are excited for our 1st concert, Blues Festival Pt. IV on November 9th featuring nationally known artists such as Willie Clayton, Denise LaSalle and J. Blackfoot! Other November events include: Pre-Christmas Super Mega Sale on Nov 7th-9th, Great Lakes Storm Season Opener vs. Gary on Nov 14th, Treasure Fest on Nov 15th-16th, Storm vs. Gary on Nov 19th, Shipshewana on the Road on Nov 22nd-23rd, Storm vs. Yakima on Nov 27th, Gun & Knife Show on Nov 29th-30th, Homier Retail Sale on Nov 29th. Show information line (989) 624-4665 or visit our website at www.birchrunexpos.com.

EXTENDED FORECAST

By Clay Moser, Great Lakes Storm President & Head Coach

Training Camp is in full swing! The players began on Oct. 29 and practice daily at the Center Courts facility in Saginaw MI. Fans are encouraged to attend any practices. On Nov. 8th, the team will be headed to Fremont, MI for an Intra squad scrimmage at Fremont Middle School. On November 10, they will be in Rockford, IL for a Scrimmage against the Rockford Lightning. Then back in camp on the 11th. The final roster will be decided on November 12 and the team will begin the season at home on Nov. 14th against the Gary Steelheads.

IN THE COMMUNTIY

Oct. Recap: Brian Lubeck and Assistant Coach Tyson were at the Birch Run Expo Center shooting around with the kids at the Kids Zone Expo on Oct. 4th. On Oct. 8th, the Storm and the Birch Run Expo Center hosted the Business After Hours Open House with the Birch Run Chamber and Frankenmuth Chamber. The Storm had several players and the Coaching Staff on site signing autographs and shooting around on the Storm court with the fans. In Nov., look for the Storm in Fremont, MI on Nov. 8th for an intra squad scrimmage and in Rockford, IL on Nov. 10th for a scrimmage against the Rockford Lightning. Also, three home games played at the Birch Run Expo Center in November!

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