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Dayton Dragons

High-ADay Air BallparkDayton, Ohio
QLOO CITY TASTE

2027 promotion plan

Same nights, better dates

ADDED FANS, 2027

30,963

ADDED FANS BY MONTH, THOUSANDS (ESTIMATES)
MONTHAPRMAYJUNJULAUGFANS
MATCHDAY3.75.77.48.65.431.0
Fireworks on 10 Wednesdays, 4 Saturdays and 1 Friday.

Season board

  • Fireworks · 15
  • Bobblehead · 5
  • Giveaway · 10
  • Theme night · 15
  • Opening night · 1
  • Family day
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Wednesday, June 9 · Fireworks

Midweek fireworks lift minor league crowds about 41%: small crowds, big jump.

+1,047

Family theme nights

Nights Dayton families will love

Films, shows and characters other clubs built theme nights on, where Dayton ranks high among the 150 club towns in Qloo's taste data. Family-safe only: no drinking or gambling nights, nothing rated R.

  1. TV show01

    SpongeBob SquarePants

    Top 8% of club towns

    7 clubs ran one in 2025–26

    Try it Sun, Aug 1

  2. game02

    Backyard Baseball

    Top 17% of club towns

    10 clubs ran one in 2025–26

    Try it Tue, Apr 13

  3. film03

    Scooby-Doo

    Top 20% of club towns

    5 clubs ran one in 2025–26

    Try it Thu, Apr 15

  4. TV show04

    Bluey

    Top 22% of club towns

    25 clubs ran one in 2025–26

    Try it Tue, Apr 27

  5. TV show05

    Harry Potter

    Top 28% of club towns

    37 clubs ran one in 2025–26

    Try it Thu, Apr 29

  6. music06

    Taylor Swift

    Top 28% of club towns

    3 clubs ran one in 2025–26

    Try it Tue, May 11

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 Dayton 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

  1. 1Skyline ChiliBOTH
  2. 2LaRosa's
  3. 3Gold Star ChiliBOTH
  4. 4Graeter'sBOTH
  5. 5KrogerBOTH
  6. 6Meijer
  7. 7Dayton Daily News
  8. 8Hobart Brothers
  9. 9Huffy
  10. 10Mead

119 more on the full list.

  • Hometown legend75×

    Homage

    fashion

    CITY TASTE#4
    DRAGONS FANSnot ranked
    LOCAL PULL75×
  • Hometown legend60×

    Fox In The Snow

    dining

    CITY TASTE#5
    DRAGONS FANSnot ranked
    LOCAL PULL60×
  • Hometown legend50×

    North Market

    retail

    CITY TASTE#6
    DRAGONS FANSnot ranked
    LOCAL PULL50×
  • Hometown legend38×

    Skyline Chili

    dining

    CITY TASTE#8
    DRAGONS FANSnot ranked
    LOCAL PULL38×
    ON BOTH LISTS
  • Hometown legend30×

    Jeni's Splendid Ice Creams

    food and beverage

    CITY TASTE#10
    DRAGONS FANSnot ranked
    LOCAL PULL30×
  • Hometown legend27×

    Graeter's

    food and beverage

    CITY TASTE#11
    DRAGONS FANSnot ranked
    LOCAL PULL27×
    ON BOTH LISTS

Food partners

Around Day Air Ballpark

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.

  1. 1

    Spaghetti WarehouseDeli

    1 km$★ 4.1(937) 461-7412

    MTWTFSS
  2. 2

    Thai 9Restaurant

    0.8 km$★ 4.4(937) 222-3227

    MTWTFSS
  3. 3

    Taqueria MixtecaRestaurant

    1.3 km$★ 4.6(937) 258-2654

    MTWTFSS
  4. 4

    Table 33Restaurant

    0.9 km$$★ 4.6(937) 999-3070

    MTWTFSS
  5. 5

    Butter CafeCoffee

    2.4 km$★ 4(937) 985-9917

    MTWTFSS
  6. 6

    Dewey's Pizza - University of DaytonPizza

    2.5 km$$★ 4.7(937) 223-0000

    MTWTFSS
  7. 7

    McDonald'sCoffee

    2.4 km$★ 3.4(937) 223-5781

    MTWTFSS
  8. 8

    Wendy'sBurgers

    2.2 km$★ 3.3(937) 802-5131

    MTWTFSS
  9. 9

    Benjamin's the Burger MasterBurgers

    1.5 km$★ 4.5(937) 223-8702

    MTWTFSS
  10. 10

    Bourbon Street Grill & CafeRestaurant

    2.3 km$★ 4.5(937) 610-0083

    MTWTFSS
  11. 11

    Taco BellRestaurant

    2.1 km$★ 3.6(937) 461-9568

    MTWTFSS
  12. 12

    Jay's SeafoodRestaurant

    0.9 km$$$★ 4.3(937) 222-2892

    MTWTFSS

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?

+21.7%

Crowd lift on fireworks nights in the minors, 2025–26. 95% range 17.7 to 25.8.

+41%

The same lift Monday to Thursday, when crowds are small. That is why midweek dates win.

+29

More real 2025 sponsors found by the two-list board than by the assistant alone. Range +12 to +48.

All the evidence and its limits