2027 promotion plan
Same nights, better dates
ADDED FANS, 2027
64,654
YOUR WAY
53,375
| MONTH | APR | MAY | JUN | JUL | AUG | SEP | FANS |
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| YOUR 2026 WAY | 9.4 | 10.4 | 8.0 | 10.5 | 7.7 | 7.4 | 53.4 |
| MATCHDAY | 12.8 | 13.9 | 11.0 | 10.5 | 8.5 | 8.0 | 64.7 |
Yellow months: the Matchday plan wins. Both placements use the same nights; only the dates change.
Season board
- Fireworks · 14
- Bobblehead · 6
- Giveaway · 23
- Opening night · 1
- Family day
Thursday, April 8 · Fireworks
Midweek fireworks lift minor league crowds about 41%: small crowds, big jump.
Family theme nights
Nights Indianapolis families will love
Films, shows and characters other clubs built theme nights on, where Indianapolis 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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PAW Patrol
Top 20% of club towns
10 clubs ran one in 2025–26
Try it Sun, Apr 11
- music02
Taylor Swift
Top 21% of club towns
3 clubs ran one in 2025–26
Try it Sun, Apr 25
- TV show03
SpongeBob SquarePants
Top 23% of club towns
7 clubs ran one in 2025–26
Try it Sun, May 9
- film04
Scooby-Doo
Top 28% of club towns
5 clubs ran one in 2025–26
Try it Sun, May 23
- film05
Superman
Top 32% of club towns
6 clubs ran one in 2025–26
Try it Sun, Jun 6
- brand06
Crayola
Top 37% of club towns
3 clubs ran one in 2025–26
Try it Sun, Jun 13
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 Indianapolis 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
- 1KrogerBOTH
- 2Marsh Supermarkets
- 3Meijer
- 4Kroger Indiana
- 5Steak n Shake
- 6Shapiro's Delicatessen
- 7St. Elmo Steak House
- 8Sahm's Restaurant
- 9Smokehouse Restaurant
- 10Cafe Patachou
113 more on the full list.
- Local favorite8×
Kroger
retail
CITY TASTE#40INDIANS FANS#264ON BOTH LISTSLOCAL PULL8× - Local favorite6×
Punchbowlsocial
dining
CITY TASTE#52INDIANS FANS#135LOCAL PULL6× - Local favorite7×
Cooper's Hawk Winery & Restaurants
dining
CITY TASTE#46INDIANS FANS#284LOCAL PULL7× - Local favorite6×
Vicidolls
fashion
CITY TASTE#19INDIANS FANSnot rankedLOCAL PULL6× - Local favorite7×
IKEA
retail
CITY TASTE#26INDIANS FANSnot rankedLOCAL PULL7× - Crowd pleaser4×
West Elm
retail
CITY TASTE#15INDIANS FANSnot rankedLOCAL PULL4×
Food partners
Around Victory Field
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.