Batter Up! The Principal Financial Group Announces Season Two of the Most Extensive Traveling Minor League Baseball Tour in History.DES MOINES, Iowa “Des Moines” redirects here. For other uses, see Des Moines (disambiguation). Des Moines (pronounced /dɪˈmɔɪn/ in English, -- The Principal Family Fun Fest is homerun for the Principal Financial Group(R) The Principal Financial Group(R) is pleased to announce the expanded itinerary for the second year of the successful Principal Family Fun Fest-- the most extensive traveling festival celebrating minor league baseball
This free, family-oriented event is scheduled to visit 56 minor league ball teams across the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. with more than 60 separate events. The tour kicks off with the Charlotte Knights The Charlotte Knights are a minor league baseball team based in Charlotte, North Carolina. The team, which plays in the International League, is the AAA affiliate of the Chicago White Sox of the American League. in Charlotte, N.C. on April 2. The Principal Family Fun Fest is a daylong day·long adj. Lasting through the whole day. adv. Through the day; all day. Adj. 1. daylong - lasting through an entire day celebration of baseball. It includes a traveling minor league baseball museum, and a fan festival midway with more than 20 baseball-themed attractions, including inflatable in·flat·a·ble adj. Designed to be filled with air or gas before use: an inflatable mattress. n. An object or device that can be filled with air or gas, especially: a. batting and pitching cages, bungee runs, a giant slide, and a video game trailer. The Principal Family Fun Fest is produced by Entertainment & Sports International, Inc. (ESI (Edge Side Includes) A markup language for Web pages that enables elements of a Web page to be dynamically assembled in servers distributed throughout the Internet. ). In 2004, the tour visited 53 teams, two All Star games Star Games was a TV series in the mid-1980s. It featured teams of actors representing various American TV shows competing in sports events. The events the teams competed in included swim sprints and relays, kayaking, track sprints and relays, a bicycle relay, and an "Apache Relay" and was attended by more than 250,000 fans. The debut coincided with minor league baseball's most successful attendance season in history, which saw over 40 million fans come through the turnstiles. The success of the 2004 tour was heralded as a great victory by teams, sponsors and fans alike, allowing more teams and dates for 2005, add new attractions and the creation of the exciting new 401-K Challenge Cup and sweepstakes. "The Principal Family Fun Fest is a great way to bring wholesome whole·some adj. whole·som·er, whole·som·est 1. Conducive to sound health or well-being; salutary: simple, wholesome food; a wholesome climate. 2. , family-oriented entertainment to the communities where our clients and employees live," said Dan Houston, senior vice president, The Principal. "With the enhancements incorporated for 2005, this event is going to reach more communities and help continue the growth in popularity minor league baseball has seen in recent years. As the nations' 401(k) leader, we are especially excited about introducing the new 401-K Challenge Cup. This challenge will create awareness to the hundreds of thousands of fans attending the festival about the importance of saving for retirement, as well as incorporate a fun competition among teams and their fans," added Houston. The 401-K Challenge Cup and sweepstakes challenges teams along the tour route to be the first to record 401 strikeouts at home. The winning team will receive the 401-K Challenge Cup and one fan of the winning team will receive a $5,000 National Grand Prize. Fans can register to win at the official Principal Family Fun Fest web site (www.principal.com/funfest). To add even more excitement, a local Grand Prize winner will be selected for each market to receive a complete Topps Baseball Card set and other prizes. Other new attractions in 2005 include a giant baseball carousel bounce house and a completely redesigned baseball museum trailer. "The response to the 2004 tour was overwhelming," said ESI co-president Bert Gould. "All of the teams we visited were enthusiastic and hospitable hos·pi·ta·ble adj. 1. Disposed to treat guests with warmth and generosity. 2. Indicative of cordiality toward guests: a hospitable act. 3. , which was heartening heart·en tr.v. heart·ened, heart·en·ing, heart·ens To give strength, courage, or hope to; encourage. See Synonyms at encourage. Adj. 1. based on the fact we were a new event. Now that teams know what to expect, they have been eager to schedule a Principal Family Fun Fest event at their ballpark in 2005. We have more offers for dates then we can satisfy." "We were extremely impressed im·press 1 tr.v. im·pressed, im·press·ing, im·press·es 1. To affect strongly, often favorably: with the festival," said Brad Tammen, vice-president and assistant general manager, Salt Lake Stingers Stingers (1998 - 2004) was an Australian TV police drama series. It is also aired in 65 countries, including Canada, Denmark, Egypt, France, Iran, Luxembourg, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Portugal, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Turkey, and the UK. . "Attendance at The Principal Family Fun Fest was our fourth largest attended game in 2004. We definitely want to be a part of 2005." For the Principal Financial Group, the sponsorship broadens the reach of their community support and it offers a unique opportunity for local sales and service teams to reward and entertain existing customers and brokers as well as establish new sales leads A sales lead is the identity of a person or entity potentially interested in purchasing a product or service, and represents the first stage of a sales process. The lead may have a corporation or business associated with the person(s). . The tour provides The Principal with an opportunity to reach their audience through hospitality events, tickets to the games, local advertising, promotions and public relations public relations, activities and policies used to create public interest in a person, idea, product, institution, or business establishment. By its nature, public relations is devoted to serving particular interests by presenting them to the public in the most as well as special activities with the teams and players. As title sponsor, the Principal Financial Group will receive prominent logo and company placement in all marketing, advertising and promotion materials associated with the tour and individual events. Their company logo will also be displayed on signage throughout the midway area including the giant 20-foot inflatable baseball player that is the centerpiece of the midway. Additionally, The Principal will receive tickets, advertising on the giant movie screen prior to the film, hospitality at each event and a wide variety of other benefits designed to help them achieve their national and local marketing, public relations and sales objectives. The Principal is sponsoring the tour through 2006. A list of all cities scheduled for 2005 is attached. To learn more about the tour visit www.principal.com/funfest. 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(2) and serves some 14.9 million customers worldwide from offices in Asia, Australia, Europe, Latin America Latin America, the Spanish-speaking, Portuguese-speaking, and French-speaking countries (except Canada) of North America, South America, Central America, and the West Indies. and the United States. Principal Financial Group, Inc. is traded on the New York Stock Exchange New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) World's largest marketplace for securities. The exchange began as an informal meeting of 24 men in 1792 on what is now Wall Street in New York City. under the ticker symbol Ticker Symbol An arrangement of characters (usually letters) representing a particular security listed on an exchange or otherwise traded publicly. When a company issues securities to the public marketplace, it selects an available ticker symbol for its securities which investors PFG PFG Principal Financial Group PFG Performance Food Group (Richmond, VA) PFG Pinnacle Financial Group PFG Plasma Flood Gun PFG Planning for Growth PFG Pasty Faced Geek PFG Perfluoroguanidine . For more information, visit www.principal.com. Entertainment & Sports International is a partnership of two experienced sports and entertainment executives who have worked with some of the best known entertainment brands of the past two decades. From offices in New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of and West Palm Beach, Fla., the company creates and produces distinctive and proprietary sports and entertainment properties and events.
2005 Principal Family Fun Fest Schedule
April
2 Charlotte Knights Charlotte, N.C.
7 Tampa Yankees Tampa, Fla.
9 Clearwater Threshers Clearwater, Fla.
15 Augusta GreenJackets Augusta, Ga.
17 Columbus Catfish Columbus, Ga.
22 Savannah Sand Gnats Savannah, Ga.
24 Charleston RiverDogs Charleston, Ga.
26 Rome Braves Rome, Ga.
29 Birmingham Barons Birmingham, Ala.
May
1 New Orleans Zephyrs New Orleans, La.
6 West Tenn Diamond Jaxx Jackson, Tenn.
13 Memphis Redbirds Memphis, Tenn.
15 Arkansas Travelers Little Rock, Ark.
20 Oklahoma RedHawks Oklahoma City, Okla.
29 Tulsa Drillers Tulsa, Okla.
June
1 Albuquerque Isotopes Albuquerque, N.M.
4 Corpus Christi Hooks Corpus Christi, Texas
7 Fort Worth Cats Fort Worth, Texas
11 Midland RockHounds Midland, Texas
13 Round Rock Express Round Rock, Texas
17-19 Tucson Sidewinders Tucson, Ariz.
24 Las Vegas 51s Las Vegas, Nev.
July
1 Visalia Oaks Visalia, Calif.
3 Sacramento River Cats Sacramento, Calif.
6 Rancho Cucamonga Quakes Rancho Cucamonga, Calif.
8 Lake Elsinore Storm Lake Elsinore, Calif.
10 Fresno Grizzlies Fresno, Calif.
12 San Jose Giants San Jose, Calif.
15-16 Salt Lake Stingers Salt Lake, Utah
18 Colorado Springs Colorado Springs, Colo.
20 Omaha Royals Omaha, Neb.
21 Iowa Cubs Des Moines, Iowa
22-23 Iowa State High School Baseball Des Moines, Iowa
Championships
25 St. Paul Saints St. Paul, Minn.
27 Swing of the Quad Cities Davenport, Iowa
29 Cedar Rapids Kernels Cedar Rapids, Iowa
31 South Bend Silver Hawks South Bend, Ind.
August
1 West Michigan Whitecaps Comstock Park, Mich.
3 Schaumburg Flyers Schaumburg, Ill.
5 Beloit Snappers Beloit, Wisc.
8 Columbus Clippers Columbus, Ohio
9 Akron Aeros Akron, Ohio
11 Lake County Captains Eastlake, Ohio
13 Buffalo Bisons Buffalo, N.Y.
16 Rochester Red Wings Rochester, N.Y.
18 Syracuse SkyChiefs Syracuse, N.Y.
21 Pawtucket Red Sox Pawtucket, R.I.
23 Wilmington Blue Rocks Wilmington, Del.
24 Potomac Nationals Potomac, Va.
26 Winston-Salem Warthogs Winston-Salem, N.C.
27-28 Durham Bulls Raleigh-Durham, N.C.
30 Salem Avalanche Salem, Va.
September
1 Norfolk Tides Norfolk, Va.
3 Richmond Braves Richmond, Va.
5 Hickory Crawdads Hickory, N.C.
(1) "The Principal Financial Group" and "The Principal" are registered service marks of Principal Financial Services, Inc., a member of the Principal Financial Group. (2) As of December 31, 2004 |
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