By Sandi Page, Guest Blogger, LLS Student, Volunteer and Member of the LLS Jupiter Marketing Committee
Roger Dean Stadium, located here in Jupiter and adjacent to our FAU LLS campus, opened in 1998 and has a seating capacity of 6,871, including some handicap accessible seating. In addition to annually hosting spring training for two major-league baseball teams, the Miami Marlins and the St. Louis Cardinals, Roger Dean Stadium is also home to two minor-league teams, the Jupiter Hammerheads and the Palm Beach Cardinals. The Jupiter Hammerheads, founded in 1998, is a Class-A Advanced affiliate of the Miami Marlins. The Palm Beach Cardinals, founded in 2003, is the Class-A Advanced affiliate of the St. Louis Cardinals.
A friend and fellow LLS student, Yvonne Peters, kindly shared with me a list of local activities when I first moved to South Florida. On the list was the Silver Sluggers program at Roger Dean Stadium. This has to be the best deal in town and great news for FAU LLS Jupiter students who are not heading north for the summer!
For a Silver Slugger membership fee of $26 for the 2016 Florida State League season, baseball fans 55 years and older receive free admission every Wednesday night (from April 13 to August 31) to a Jupiter Hammerhead or Palm Beach Cardinal home game at Roger Dean Stadium. That’s 21 games! In 2016, Silver Slugger members also receive a free hot dog and Pepsi every Wednesday night, an official Silver Slugger membership card, an official Silver Slugger visor, 10% off merchandise in the Team Store every Wednesday night, and Baseball Bingo each time with nice prizes donated by local businesses. In addition, the back of each game ticket has a coupon for $5 off your next purchase at Bealls Department Store. The first 200 people who register early for the Silver Slugger program also receive a free ticket for a specific Spring Training game in March. Add up all of these benefits and you will see that a Silver Slugger membership pays for itself many times over!
The affable Dustin Davis, Ticket Office Manager at Roger Dean, assures me that Silver Slugger memberships can be purchased at the Box Office right before the game (probably your best bet as the season will have already started when this blog post goes up) or you can download an application directly from the Roger Dean Stadium website. Tickets can be picked up at the Box Office either at game time (6:30 p.m.) or as early as 10 a.m. the day of the game. Plenty of free parking is available in the Abacoa parking garage next to the stadium.
The staff at Roger Dean Stadium makes it a point to insure that these games are a fun experience for everyone. When was the last time you sang “Take Me Out to the Ballgame!” at the top of your lungs? Well, if you’re a Silver Slugger, you’ll be singing it every Wednesday night during their “7th Inning Stretch” which is also filled with contests and other entertaining activities.
Come on out and enjoy some good old-fashioned fun with the Silver Sluggers at Roger Dean Stadium this summer!
Batter up!
Roger Dean Stadium
4751 Main Street
Jupiter, FL 33458
Main Office: (561) 775-1818
Ticket Office: (561) 630-1828
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My wife Christine and I have taken advantage of the silver sluggers program at Roger Dean Stadium. The stadium is very nice and you can always get great seats since the stadium is relatively small. The parking garage is very close and free. Baseball bingo is a big hit with the fans in this family and child friendly environment. This is an inexpensive and fun opportunity for meeting friends and watching baseball games in person. We are very lucky to have this wonderful program in our area.