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The Deal

• Sky Sox opening weekend baseball game for four, plus one or two Kids Club memberships
• Where: Security Service Field
• Seating: upper-reserve
• Door time: one hour before opening pitch
• Click here to view the seating chart.

Ticket Package Options * $25 for four tickets (up to a $40 value), plus one Kids Club membership (a $15 value; up to a $55 total value) * $35 for four tickets (up to a $40 value), plus two Kids Club memberships (a $30 value; up to a $70 total value)

Game Options * Against the Round Rock Express on Friday, April 11, at 6:35 p.m. * Against the Express on Saturday, April 12, at 1:35 p.m. * Against the Express on Sunday, April 13, at 1:35 p.m.

Kids Club memberships include: * Free admission to all Sky Sox Sunday regular-season home games * The chance to run the bases after every Sunday home game * Official Kids Club T-shirt * 15% off Sky Sox merchandise

voucher holders who select the first option and redeem it for the April 13 game may bring up to five people, as long as one of the five has a Kids Club membership. voucher holders who select the second option and redeem it for the April 13 game may bring up to six people, as long as two of the six have Kids Club memberships.

The Scouting Report

As the Triple-A affiliate of the Colorado Rockies, the Sky Sox slug their way into the 2014 season with a forward-looking roster of baseball’s future stars. In their first homestand, the Sky Sox will have their hands full, as the Round Rock Express comes to town after posting a winning record last year. Opening weekend brings a slate of festive promotions to Security Service Field including a post-game fireworks display on Friday, which will light up the night sky and help guide home run balls back into the park.

Colorado Springs Sky Sox

At 6,531 feet above sea level, Security Service Field is the highest professional ballpark in the United States. It was built in 1988 on the edge of Colorado Springs, and, in August 2012, it welcomed its six millionth fan through the turnstiles. This feat of fandom was but a dream in 1903, though, when the Sky Sox—then the Sacramento Solons—became a charter member of the Pacific Coast League. In 1961, the Solons became the Islanders and relocated to Honolulu, where the franchise remained until 1988, the year it finally moved to Colorado, and the year Pikes Peak began mysteriously sprouting foul poles.

Upon arriving in its new city, the franchise adopted the Sky Sox moniker—a tip of the cap to the Sky Sox of the 1950s, who played in the Western League as an affiliate of the Chicago White Sox. The modern-day Sky Sox have been the Triple-A affiliate of the Colorado Rockies since 1993, and in 2011, the team earned the nod as Triple-A Organization of the Year courtesy of Baseball America.