2027 promotion plan
Same nights, better dates
ADDED FANS, 2027
8,662
YOUR WAY
3,104
| MONTH | APR | MAY | JUN | JUL | AUG | FANS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| YOUR 2026 WAY | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.8 | 0.7 | 0.9 | 3.1 |
| MATCHDAY | 0.3 | 1.4 | 1.8 | 3.3 | 1.8 | 8.7 |
Yellow months: the Matchday plan wins. Both placements use the same nights; only the dates change.
Season board
- Fireworks · 9
- Giveaway · 1
- Opening night · 1
- Family day
Thursday, July 1 · Fireworks
Midweek fireworks lift minor league crowds about 41%: small crowds, big jump.
Family theme nights
Nights Cedar Rapids families will love
Films, shows and characters other clubs built theme nights on, where Cedar Rapids ranks high among the 150 club towns in Qloo's taste data. Family-safe only: no drinking or gambling nights, nothing rated R.
- TV show01
SpongeBob SquarePants
Top 1% of club towns
7 clubs ran one in 2025–26, yours included
Try it Wed, Apr 7
- TV show02
Harry Potter
Top 9% of club towns
37 clubs ran one in 2025–26
Try it Sun, Apr 11
- game03
Backyard Baseball
Top 33% of club towns
10 clubs ran one in 2025–26
Try it Wed, Apr 21
- film04
Barbie
Top 33% of club towns
7 clubs ran one in 2025–26
Try it Sun, Apr 25
- film05
Superman
Top 48% of club towns
6 clubs ran one in 2025–26
Try it Wed, May 5
- film06
Toy Story
Top 50% of club towns
12 clubs ran one in 2025–26
Try it Sun, May 9
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 Cedar Rapids 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
- 1Hy-Vee
- 2Casey's General Stores
- 3Kalona SuperSweet
- 4Cedar Rapids Bank & Trust
- 5Perfect Scoop Ice Cream
- 6Hiland Dairy
- 7Ruby Tuesday
- 8Chili's
- 9Olive Garden
- 10Culver's
131 more on the full list.
- Hometown legend30×
Buckle
fashion
CITY TASTE#10KERNELS FANSnot rankedLOCAL PULL30× - Local favorite15×
Aldi
retail
CITY TASTE#11KERNELS FANSnot rankedON BOTH LISTSLOCAL PULL15× - Local favorite10×
Starbucks
dining
CITY TASTE#12KERNELS FANSnot rankedON BOTH LISTSLOCAL PULL10× - Local favorite6×
Target
retail
CITY TASTE#7KERNELS FANSnot rankedON BOTH LISTSLOCAL PULL6× - Local favorite13×
Love Your Melon
fashion
CITY TASTE#16KERNELS FANSnot rankedLOCAL PULL13× - Crowd pleaser4×
Lululemon
fashion
CITY TASTE#14KERNELS FANSnot rankedLOCAL PULL4×
Food partners
Around Veterans Memorial Stadium
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.