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Highline Bears Cancel 2020 Home Events

05/28/2020 8:24 AM -

Dear Fans,

 

The Highline Bears have made the tough decision to not host any home games, or events for the 2020 summer.

After discussing different contingency plans with our staff and King County Parks we have decided that we will not be able to host anything at Mel Olson Stadium this summer. With that said, we will be letting our players play on the road if permitted, when the state moves to Phase 3 of the reopening plan.

 

Our priority every summer is to bring the best experience to our fans, community and of course the players we host from all over the country. Unfortunately, with the current state of events we will not be able to have the normal summer we are used to, playing baseball and putting on a show in front of hundreds of fans every Friday and Saturday night. This summer will be 100% committed to providing our players a safe opportunity to play if allowed to. Our players college seasons were canceled, and we will do everything we can to get them back out on the field when it is deemed safe to do so.

 

The Pacific International League has voted to move back the first day of the season to June 24th which would be the first day possible for our state to move to phase 3. The Bears will play games in Tacoma, Edmonds, Redmond and Everett along with some other locations this summer, all with no fans in attendance. The league hopes to play games into the second week in August.

 

In early March we spoke with our partners/sponsors and nearly all of them had to pull their commitment this summer to continue to support their employees and make sure their business could continue to operate. We have decided that we will continue to offer advertising for all of our partners throughout the year at no cost to them. In times like this we need to support our local businesses as much as we can. We ask that our fans please do their best to patronize all of our partners and continue to support our local business community.

 

We are optimistic that 2021 we will come back stronger, bigger, and better than ever, bringing our community the best show in town. All single game and season ticket holders will be given a credit for tickets in 2021, or can receive a full refund by contacting the Highline Bears.

 

If you would like to support the Highline Bears during this time you can do so by purchasing new 2020 merchandise at shop.highlinebears.com. We can’t wait to see you all back at the ballpark in 2021!



Thank You,

Highline Bears