History of franchise ownership Quad Cities River Bandits

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richard holtzman, chicago businessman owned many 5 minor league teams, purchased franchise semrow , remained owner 1987 until 1998.


in 1998, holtzman sold team seventh inning stretch, company owned kevin krause, businessman out of mason city, iowa, , son of kum & go co-founder william krause.


on december 28, 2006, krause agreed sell team florida-based main street baseball undisclosed price; sale completed on november 29, 2007.


under main street baseball s ownership, led dave heller , bob herrfeldt, river bandits sparked stunning resurgence of baseball in quad cities, winning league championships in 2011 , 2013, setting new attendance records , capturing numerous awards innovative promotions.


since heller , herrfeldt took on bandits, sponsorship sales, suite sales, ticket sales, , concession sales have seen annual increases. team s average attendance in first year under main street rose more 56%, largest such increase in baseball, , has climbed 3,700 fans per game. bandits have led 1 of sports successful rebranding campaigns – merchandise sales after 2008 rebranding increased more 400% (and additional 34% in 2009!), sponsorships jumped more 64% in first season, , cnbc named team s logo 1 of top 8 in minor league baseball.


main street baseball has been trail-blazer, having hired midwest league s female general manager (stefanie brown) hiring african-american gm in minor league baseball. river bandits have consistently had more women in leadership positions team in baseball, , minor league club have won back-to-back diversity economic impact engagement (deie) scholarships major league baseball since mlb started awarding them in 2012.


the river bandits have been voted best family entertainment quad-city times each of past 5 years , voted river cities reader best place inexpensive date doesn t it. team won prestigious golden bobblehead award in 2013 best charitable promotion in minor league baseball innovative photo jersey auction benefit autism awareness. won veeckie award espn in 2009 best minor league promotion ( tattoo night ) , promotion of year award ballpark digest same year team s mega-candy drop , gold award u.s. army community service. team has won repeated awards heller s creative tv , radio ads, have repeatedly been recognized among best in industry.



carlos correa, river bandits, 2013. correa later 2015 al rookie of year houston astros








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