Baseball and beer tasting—sounds like fun, right? Grab a group of friends and come out to one (or the next two!) of the TinCaps tastings this season!
The tastings take place in the Treetops Rooftop Party Area at 4:05 p.m., prior to the start of the game. The first tasting will include a variety of delicious beers from local distributors: Five Star Distributing, AALCO Distributing and Mad Anthony Brewing Company.
An all-you-can-eat meal is part of this VIP package, with a menu including burgers, hot dogs, chicken wings, smoked ribs, grilled chicken breasts, apple crisp dessert and more. Food will be served beginning at 4:35 p.m. through the end of the seventh inning of the game.
The TinCaps beer tasting includes an all-you-can-eat meal, beer tastings from local distributors, and free memorabilia.
All fans attending the beer tasting receive a free, one-of-a-kind TinCaps mug, featuring the TinCaps’ Opening Day lineups from the past three seasons. They also have a chance to win door prizes throughout the night.
VIP tickets to the beer tasting are priced at $40. A limited number of tickets are available and all of the TinCaps’ tastings have sold out well in advance. To make reservations, call Tyler Baker at (260) 407-2802. Fans must be 21 years old or over to attend.
The remaining beer tastings will take place on June 12, and August 8.
Megan Adams is a senior at Huntington University and will be graduating with a degree in Public Relations in May. She is currently working as the Marketing Intern at Visit Fort Wayne and is enjoying getting to explore and learn more about the city. In her spare time, Megan loves working out, playing tennis, reading, shopping, and traveling.
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Kick off your day with a trip to Science Central, Indiana’s interactive science center. Have hands-on fun discovering the world around you!
After lunch, you’ll want to head to the Fort Wayne Children’s Zoo, where you can enjoy an African Safari (feed giraffes and get nose-to-nose with a lion!), take a trek through the Australian Outback and explore an Indonesian Rain Forest! In addition, you’ll enjoy rides in every part of the zoo!
And then its time to head downtown, to the Foellinger-Freimann Botanical Conservatory, where you can experience Tropical and Desert gardens in the heart of downtown Fort Wayne.
Of course, no matter when you come, there’s bound to be a special event or festival in store! Check out our Calendar of Events to see what’s going on when you’re in town!
And then finish your day at Parkview Field where you can enjoy watching the TinCaps play baseball at the “#1 Minor League Baseball Stadium in America!” With seats starting at just $5, it’s the perfect way to end a great day in Fort Wayne!
For more information, or to start planning your next getaway give us a call at 1-800-767-7752!
Kristen Guthrie is the Marketing Manager at Visit Fort Wayne, where she has the pleasure of sharing Fort Wayne with our potential visitors! She loves exploring downtown and taking her 5-year old son to the Fort Wayne Children's Zoo, where he knows more about the animals than she ever will!
The smell of grilled hotdogs and fresh cut grass, the scoreboard in center field reads 0-0, and the spinning ball goes deep into the outfield towards the stands, but wait, physics decides to play a roll and the ball curves into the upper right corner of the net, “GOAL”. Now that my friends is, “Kickin’ It At The Diamond.”
A premier soccer school with 7 NCAA Championships and 35 NCAA appearances, Indiana University will go toe to toe, literally, against a school with 14 NCAA appearances, Notre Dame. Soccer fans in the Fort Wayne area will not have to drive far to see two of the most beloved schools in the state play in the 3rd Annual “Kickin’ It At The Diamond,” part of the Shindigz National Soccer Festival (SNSF) on April 21.Catch rivals Indiana University and Notre Dame take to the field!
I can’t imagine a better venue to watch exciting, aggressive, intricate play with a soccer ball then at Parkview Field. Known as the #1 Minor League ballpark experience as stated in “Stadium Journey,“ I have no doubt Parkview Field will provide the same experience for soccer fans that it does for baseball. The amazing atmosphere, not to mention that you can’t find a bad seat in the house, have some suggesting the stadium rivals that of Major League stadiums.
Catch rivals Indiana University and Notre Dame in action!
Not only is it family friendly with park-like seating, but the adults will enjoy $1 beer night, which is usually reserved for Thursday nights. To add to the already exciting evening, Fort Wayne’s very own Gunslinger will be playing their mixture of hard rock and country music as you make your way into the stadium.
I think it is a given you will see great college soccer, but you will also get a chance to recognize the Fort Wayne area 2012 High School Soccer Champions in what is know as the “City of Champions,” during halftime.
But wait, that’s not all, keep your ears attentive to a very big announcement concerning the SNSF coming in August to Hefner Field on the campus of Indiana-Purdue Fort Wayne University.
The event starts at 6:30 p.m. but come early and listen to Gunslinger starting at 5:00 p.m. and be the first two-hundred spectators and receive the first of its kind, a SNSF “IU vs. ND” scarf. Admission is $9 adults and $7 college age and younger. Get your tickets at Parkview Field or the 5 Connolly “Do It Best” locations.
Carrie moved here from northern Minnesota, six miles from the Canadian border, 12 years ago. “Uff ta” and “You Betcha” are Minnesota-ism you still catch her saying every once-in-awhile. Carrie worked as a videographer/producer in Minnesota, here locally at WANE and the Indy Racing league.
Carrie loves exploring Fort Wayne’s running trails and along with her husband enjoys taking in a Komets or TinCaps game.
Hold onto your caps because the TinCaps are headed to the 2011 Midwest League Playoffs!
Celebrate back-to-back playoff appearances for the TinCaps!
The Fort Wayne TinCaps clinched a Midwest League Playoff berth as a result of their 7-2 victory over the West Michigan Whitecaps yesterday!
This means that preparations are underway for the TinCaps to host the Bowling Green Hot Rods in Game #1 of their best-of-three series at Parkview Field Wednesday, September 7th with first pitch at 7:05pm.
And, to celebrate the team making the playoffs for the third season in a row, fans will be treated to a fireworks show following the game.
Make your plans now to be downtown at Parkview Field this Wednesday night and root on your TinCaps as they begin their quest for a Midwest League Championship!
Secure the best seats in the house for Wednesday’s game by logging on to TinCaps.com, calling (260) 482-6400, or visiting the Parkview Field Ticket Office.
Jan Boroff moved to Indiana from Willshire, Ohio, four years ago to attend Huntington University. During her college career, Jan was very active within the HU community, working as a resident assistant, Student Activities Board member and the campus newspaper’s copy editor and sports editor. On May 14, Jan graduated with degrees in journalism and public relations. Her summer plans include working with Visit Fort Wayne as a marketing intern and as a florist at Rose’s Bouquets.
Oh, the perks of being an intern! I recently got to interview three of Fort Wayne’s most notorious celebrities . . . the members of the Fort Wayne TinCaps Bad Apple Dance Crew. Click here to read the other posts in this series.
Tyler "Shake 'n Bake" Baker
1. What motivated you to become a member of the Bad Apple Dance Crew?
The fact that I can be a terrible dancer, dance in front of thousands of people and make people laugh.
2. Who inspires you as a dancer?
I would say Shakira—the hips don’t lie!
3. What is your favorite song and dance routine to perform at TinCaps Games?
I have a few favorites. One is Dynamite, and the other would be Dirty Pop.
4. Finish the following statement: My dance style most closely resembles ______________.
A new born calf—very awkward.
5. What is one song you would like to create a dance for that has not yet been used?
Kriss Kross- “Jump Jump.”
6. On average, how many hours a week do you spend fine-tuning your dance skills?
Hours!?!?! More like minutes. I’d say about 20 minutes max.
7. Do you dance outside of Bad Apple Dancer performances and practices?
I try not to torture people more than I have to, so I keep the dancing to on the field.
8. What is your signature dance move? (And please describe)
Anything with a hip thrust .
9. Do you have aspirations of taking your show on the road?
I have never really thought about this, but would people really want to see us dance outside of Parkview Field?
10. What words of advice do have for fans or co-workers who aspire to be in the Bad Apple Dance Crew?
If you can’t really dance, there is always a shot you could be a B.A.D.
Catch the Bad Apple Dancers in action at their few remaining home games this season!
Jan Boroff moved to Indiana from Willshire, Ohio, four years ago to attend Huntington University. During her college career, Jan was very active within the HU community, working as a resident assistant, Student Activities Board member and the campus newspaper’s copy editor and sports editor. On May 14, Jan graduated with degrees in journalism and public relations. Her summer plans include working with Visit Fort Wayne as a marketing intern and as a florist at Rose’s Bouquets.
