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Charleston RiverDogs

RiverDogs Break All-Time Attendance Record

August 23, 2007 - South Atlantic League (SAL1)
Charleston RiverDogs News Release


CHARLESTON, SC - For the eighth time in the 11-year history of Joseph P. Riley, Jr. Park, the Charleston RiverDogs have set a Charleston professional baseball attendance record for a single season. The old mark of 267,908, which was set in 2006, was broken Thursday evening when 4,341 fans clicked the turnstiles at The Joe to push the season attendance to 269,785 with four home games left to play.

In 65 openings of the gates this season, the RiverDogs are averaging 4,151 fans per game. The RiverDogs started the year on the right foot, as 8,426 fans packed Riley Park on opening day to set a new pro baseball single-game record for the City of Charleston. On July 3, 7,931 showed up to witness an early Independence Day fireworks display.

The Joe has housed more than 6,000 fans seven times this season.

"We are extremely thankful for all of the fans who allowed us to reach this mark," said RiverDogs general manager Dave Echols. "So many factors contributed to this achievement, particularly our relationships with the Yankees, the Citadel and the City of Charleston.

"A great deal of thanks also goes to Mike and Libby Veeck. Their commitment to the RiverDogs and to the community increases interest in the RiverDogs, and in doing so aids in our fight against retinitis pigmentosa."

Owned by the City of Charleston, Joseph P. Riley, Jr. Park opened in April, 1997, in a unique partnership with The Citadel. The first season at "The Joe" - named for the city's current and long-time mayor - the RiverDogs established a new single-season attendance mark of 234,840 fans, a record that crushed the old mark of 131,696, set in 1986.

"Our veteran staff put in a great deal of hard work to accomplish this goal," Echols said. "With the growth of Charleston and the RiverDogs' role in the community, setting another attendance record will be our goal for the 2008 season."

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