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December 12, 2007
Quakes home opener will be April 12 against Fire
The Quakes will be announcing the home opener this afternoon, but we've got the scoop for you now. Mark your calendars for Saturday, April 12 at 6:00 p.m. for a match against Cuauhtémoc Blanco and the Chicago Fire at the Oakland Coliseum. Area sportswriters, that gives you about four months to learn how to spell "Cuauhtémoc" — and yes, we're grading strictly, so we'd like to see that accent over the E.
We also had a chance to get some details from the Quakes about some other items. First off, if you haven't put down a deposit on season tickets, time's a-wasting! Quakes ticket reps have contacted about half of the people on the deposit list and, at the pace things are going, between 5,000 and 6,000 season tickets will be sold by the time they finish. Considering the team hasn't even begun their big marketing push, which is slated for next year, that's an impressive total.
We also have some details on the fallout from the Tryout Tour. Despite press reports stating that the Quakes will be turning over a list of Tryout Tour participants to the California Interscholastic Federation, the team has not determined if that will happen or not. We also learned that several high school coaches and principals were consulted before the Tryout Tour was planned and that none of them were aware that special permission was needed for students who wanted to participate, so it seems from our perspective that this whole situation caught everyone off guard.
Posted by Jay at December 12, 2007 09:59 AM
Comments
Not bad for a home opener. :)
Posted by: Guy Gayle at December 12, 2007 11:55 AM