Collective Soul, Five For Fighting, Gin Blossoms, Green River Ordinance and Tonic to Headline "Live in the Ballpark"

PRESS / MEDIA RELEASE FOR AUGUST 20, 2010
 
CONTACT: Marc Bluestein / Aquarius Sports & Entertainment
301-604-2606 / [email protected]
 
COLLECTIVE SOUL, FIVE FOR FIGHTING, GIN BLOSSOMS, GREEN RIVER
ORDINANCE AND TONIC TO HEADLINE “LIVE IN THE BALLPARK”
 
PAIRING THE BEST IN MUSIC, FOOD and FAMILY FUN, “LIVE IN THE BALLPARK”
kicks off at The Dell Diamond in Austin, Texas on October 22nd and 23rd!!
 
(Round Rock, TX) – Aquarius Sports and Entertainment, BSG Entertainment, The Navigator Company and Ryan Sanders Baseball announced a new partnership today, culminating with an exciting new event called LIVE IN THE BALLPARK.
 
Live In The Ballpark is a unique brand of live entertainment combining the vast marketing potential of live music, sports, and interactive programming. Unlike other live events, Live In The Ballpark will marry peoples’ access to recording artists, the sports community, high-end food & beverages, and festival activations. “Our goal is to produce high-end music festivals at competitive prices, providing affordable entertainment to the public in pre-tapped sports markets nationwide, starting at The Dell Diamond,” said Reid Ryan, CEO for Ryan Sanders Baseball.
 
Friday night, Oct. 22, multi-platinum artist John Ondrasik of Five For Fighting will take the stage acoustic on the pitcher’s mound to perform his hit songs “Superman,” “100 Years,” his new hit “Slice” and more for a very private and exclusive dinner benefiting the City of Hope. This event will feature premium Napa Wineries pouring tastings of their famous wines from familiar names like Silver Oak, Trefethen, Trinchero, Miner, Faust, and many more. The evening will showcase three celebrity chefs on Home Plate, First and Third base as they send out delectable foods from their Kitchen Aid special grilling stations for the lucky ticket holders.
 
Greg Cole, nationally known chef most recently seen on the cover of Wine Enthusiast, is flying in from Napa, Calif., to offer a sample of his two hit menus from his celebrated Napa restaurants, Cole’s Chop House and Celadon. He will be joined by two other local Austin chefs who will go toe to toe with him to give the attendees a taste of Texas Gourmet fare!
 
The 60 eight-top tables for the Friday night dinner will be positioned on the infield of The Dell Diamond for a once in a lifetime opportunity to sit with celebrated sports figures, recording artists, the guest chefs and the Napa valley winemakers themselves for an incredible intimate night of magic to benefit one of the most important and venerable Cancer Charities in America.
 
On Saturday, Oct. 23, The Dell Diamond will open its doors to the larger public with a VERY family friendly General Admission ticket for $40 each and a VIP ticket for $65 - as the main Live In The Ballpark Festival gets underway in the stadium and on the field. Tailgating sections in the back parking lot will open at noon for Sutter Home Winery’s famous cooking competition, “Build A Better Burger!” Sutter has paired with H.E.B. grocery stores across Texas to offer great prizes and a KitchenAid kitchen makeover for one of the lucky Five Burger Recipe Finalists. The “BABB” Chefs are flying in from Napa, Calif., to help judge the final contest on-site, and interested burger enthusiasts can join the grilling from their tailgating section or just come and watch the fun of the final showdown in the stadium’s parking lot as the finalists cook off on their five grilling stations. Interested burger fans can check the rules on how to enter at H.E.B. stores across Texas. Look for the Sutter Home & Live In The Ballpark special displays at your local H.E.B. stores through early October for contest rules, regulations and the ways to submit your best burger recipe for the grill-off.
 
Doors to the stadium open at 2:30 p.m. to invite guests in for even more food, fun and events to entertain the whole family with a pie-making contest from KitchenAid, a special 21-and-over “Cabo–Cado” fun deck with Cabo-Wabo Tequila tasting flights and special gourmet guacamole companion tastings, A special Kids Zone fun area with face painting, mascot training camp and art walls, and opportunities to have VIP tastings of Sutter Home’s fabulous Chardonnay in a special 21-and-over “House of Chards.”
 
The Live in the Ballpark musical set begins with local bands at 4 p.m. and then headliner artists will hit the stage, which will be located in center field, with Texas native pop/rock stars Green River Ordinance at 5 p.m.
 
Gin Blossoms will go on next to play their hits and some great new songs from their about to release record reunion “No Chocolate Cake” followed by the plugged in full band version of Five For Fighting to entertain with John Ondrasik’s impressive array of hit singles, and new songs “Chances” and “Slice” from his new album.
 
The rock really ratchets up at 8 p.m. when Multi-platinum powerhouse band, Collective Soul takes the stage to perform their multiple No. 1 songs. Collective Soul has long been one of the most consistent and fantastic live bands and they will arrive ready to play their hits including the newest smash “Staring Down.”
 
Live In The Ballpark will conclude a great evening of music with the much-loved and reunited Platinum selling and Grammy nominated band, Tonic. Performing their rockers “If You Could Only See the Way,” “You Wanted More,” “Open Up Your Eyes” and their most recent top-rated Hot/AC single “Release Me.”
 
“As a sports nut, and huge Nolan Ryan fan, I am pleased to be playing two nights at Live in the Ballpark,” said Ondrasik.
 
To purchase tickets for Live in the Ballpark and to learn more information about the two-day festival, please log on to www.liveintheballpark.com.

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