2027 promotion plan
Same nights, better dates
ADDED FANS, 2027
35,564
YOUR WAY
31,531
| MONTH | APR | MAY | JUN | JUL | AUG | SEP | FANS |
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| YOUR 2026 WAY | 8.0 | 7.6 | 3.4 | 3.8 | 5.2 | 3.6 | 31.5 |
| MATCHDAY | 9.5 | 7.3 | 3.2 | 4.6 | 6.7 | 4.3 | 35.6 |
Yellow months: the Matchday plan wins. Both placements use the same nights; only the dates change.
Season board
- Fireworks · 13
- Bobblehead · 6
- Giveaway · 18
- Theme night · 21
- Opening night · 1
- Family day
Thursday, April 15 · Fireworks
Midweek fireworks lift minor league crowds about 41%: small crowds, big jump.
Family theme nights
Nights Akron families will love
Films, shows and characters other clubs built theme nights on, where Akron ranks high among the 150 club towns in Qloo's taste data. Family-safe only: no drinking or gambling nights, nothing rated R.
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Scooby-Doo
Top 2% of club towns
5 clubs ran one in 2025–26
Try it Wed, Apr 14
- film02
Space Jam
Top 5% of club towns
3 clubs ran one in 2025–26
Try it Sat, Apr 17
- TV show03
SpongeBob SquarePants
Top 9% of club towns
7 clubs ran one in 2025–26
Try it Wed, Apr 28
- brand04
Crayola
Top 17% of club towns
3 clubs ran one in 2025–26
Try it Sat, May 1
- TV show05
PAW Patrol
Top 19% of club towns
10 clubs ran one in 2025–26
Try it Wed, May 12
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WWE
Top 19% of club towns
6 clubs ran one in 2025–26
Try it Sat, May 15
Dates are this plan's theme nights, family days first, or open family days when it has too few. Theme nights lift crowds here about 6.4% on average. The ranking is untested as a pick: on 354 theme nights in 2025–26, how an area leaned toward a subject didn't reliably predict which nights drew more (correlation +0.08, range -0.06 to 0.22). Read it as a list of ideas the town likes.
Sponsor board
Your hand of sponsors
Brands are cards. Rarity is how much more Akron likes a brand than a typical club city does; the stats are its Qloo ranks. The scouting list is the local businesses an assistant can name. Together they found more of clubs' real 2025 sponsors than the assistant alone. No alcohol, gambling or tobacco.
SCOUTING LIST · ASSISTANT
- 1Acme Fresh Market
- 2Giant Eagle
- 3Heinen's
- 4Swensons
- 5Stan Hywet Hall & Gardens
- 6Akron Children's Hospital
- 7Summit Mall
- 8Chapel Hill Mall
- 9Cleveland Clinic Akron General
- 10Huntington Bank
126 more on the full list.
- Hometown legend60×
CLEveland Clothing Co.
fashion
CITY TASTE#5RUBBERDUCKS FANS#2LOCAL PULL60× - Hometown legend38×
Homage
fashion
CITY TASTE#8RUBBERDUCKS FANS#8LOCAL PULL38× - Local favorite14×
North Market
retail
CITY TASTE#21RUBBERDUCKS FANS#17LOCAL PULL14× - Local favorite23×
Fox In The Snow
dining
CITY TASTE#13RUBBERDUCKS FANS#33LOCAL PULL23× - Hometown legend25×
Cleveland Kitchen
food and beverage
CITY TASTE#12RUBBERDUCKS FANS#39LOCAL PULL25× - Local favorite17×
Chipotle
dining
CITY TASTE#18RUBBERDUCKS FANS#70ON BOTH LISTSLOCAL PULL17×
Food partners
Around 7 17 Credit Union Park
Family restaurants, cafes and bakeries within 3 km, ranked by how much your fans like them. Use them for ticket-stub deals, food nights and small local sponsorships. Bars, pubs and breweries are left out.
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Green days: open from 17:30 to 22:00, through a night game. Hours come from Qloo and can be out of date.
How sure is this?
Crowd lift on fireworks nights in the minors, 2025–26. 95% range 17.7 to 25.8.
The same lift Monday to Thursday, when crowds are small. That is why midweek dates win.
More real 2025 sponsors found by the two-list board than by the assistant alone. Range +12 to +48.