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By: Florence Mills

Florence Mills — Thu, 06 May 2010 09:13:54 +0000

If the Los Suns were wearing their uniforms to celebrate Cinco De Mayo, I would be all for it. ‘

By: Peter Wilt

Peter Wilt — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 22:43:07 +0000

Sorry i took more than a few days to post our decision. Well, we did indeed clinch first place and the Championship game will be in Milwaukee on Sunday, April 4th at 5:00 pm….yes, Easter Sunday. As was covered above, the 5 pm start time will give families time for church and Easter brunch prior to heading to the game late in the afternoon. There were no perfect options. The League insisted on April 2nd, 3rd or 4th. Delaying another week would result in added payroll for both teams and three weeks without a game for the host team.

Friday would be Good Friday and go against a Brewers home exhibition game at Miller Park (and an Admirals game at the Bradley Center). It’s also a work day for many people.

Saturday has four major conflicts (Brewers exhibition at 1 pm, NCAA Final Four Semi-Finals at 4:10 pm and 7:00 pm and Bucks vs. Suns at the Bradley Center at 7:30 pm….plus there is youth soccer on Saturday afternoon.

We plan on making it a family event with Easter eggs and a visit from the Easter Bunny for kids. There are no other sports in Milwaukee that day, so we’ll have the day to ourselves. the NBA is playing eight games that day – two in the afternoon for national TV and six in the evening or night. Easter is obviously not ideal, but on Easter Sunday, 1987 more than 29,000 fans turned out at County tadium for an afternoon game and watched Dale Sveum famously hit a walk off home run to give the Brew Crew its 13th straight victory to start the season – http://tinyurl.com/ylbgjwv.

We’d love nothing more than to add to that legacy of Easter sports heroics in Milwaukee.

By: Fuegofan

Fuegofan — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 20:05:29 +0000

Most Easter celebrations will be Saturday vigil and/or Sunday morning. The big Easter meal I believe is after church, so is likely over by 5:00 p.m. On the other hand, it is a school night and people might be tired from the high sports high festival weekend.

Saturday sounds way too packed as it is because even though those tickets have already been sold for the Bucks game, everyone will be glued to the TVs for basketball in general, and I suspect that there is a significant cross pollination between basketball fans and indoor soccer fans.

Friday night would certainly be a possibility as you would not get as much overlap of fan base I am guessing with the Brewers as you would with the Bucks. Fans of the Wave would still likely take a Wave game that means something over an exhibition game. Plus, you have all week to promote the first big sporting event of the week. On the other hand, your hot dog sales will be way down–you’ll need to do a fish fry to make up for it.

If the Wave’s fan base predominantly Catholic I’d go with Sunday. If it’s predominantly Protestant I’d go with Friday.

By: john keller

john keller — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 18:48:43 +0000

I would probably pick saturday night. You don’t play in the same stadium as the bucks and those seats are mostly already sold.If not you are left with either an early saturday afternoon never a best choice or Easter Sunday when a lot of people have family outings.People who are indoor fans will want to see a championship game rather than basketball and Saturday night is still the best day and time.

By: John

John — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 20:41:36 +0000

The problem with the exhibition game – $10 tickets (in order to entice people to go). The problem with Saturday – more $10 tickets and ample basketball.

This leaves Sunday.

Best start asking around how people do Easter. Do they lunch or brunch or do they dinner? I’m from a lunch family myself… but the Easter Egg hunt is a good idea.

By: Badgerbreeze

Badgerbreeze — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 17:47:11 +0000

Work the Brewers and offer a two-fer with a field set up inside Miller Park! Like that would ever happen.
You should not have that large a conflict with youth soccer on Saturday as most local leagues events start the Saturday after Easter, keep in mind soccer families travel during school spring break.
Good Friday with a “Friday Fish Fry” deal, dinner at 6PM game at 7PM?
What about “Breakfast with the Wave” offer a pancakes, breakfast sandwich or doughnut with a game and a 10AM Kick off. Perhaps a PW special- Grill Cheese and fries?
Sunday Easter Egg hunt! Might not be a bad time for a lunch game depending on the time the NCAA games tip off? Any big time world cup or league games on either day? Do a Highbury at the Cell with games on a big screen and some tasty hors a derves and maybe a few adult beverages.