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With five franchises in their portfolio, numerous industry honors and the respect of their community partners and fans, Mandalay Baseball Properties is one of the leading owner/operators of professional sports franchises in the country. The company currently owns and operates the Dayton Dragons, Single-A affiliate of the Cincinnati Reds; Frisco RoughRiders, Double-A affiliate of the Texas Rangers; Erie SeaWolves, Double-A affiliate of the Detroit Tigers; Hagerstown Suns, Single-A affiliate of the New York Mets; Scranton Wilkes-Barre Yankees, Triple-A affiliate of the New York Yankees; and Staten Island Yankees, Single-A affiliate of the New York Yankees.
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Dayton Dragons – The Dragons began play in the 2000 baseball season as the Class‑A affiliate of the Cincinnati Reds organization. This team plays at Fifth Third Field, which is a part of a $30 million complex located in the heart of downtown Dayton. Fifth Third Field has been designed unlike a minor league stadium, and includes amenities such as premium and club level seating, 30 luxury suites and the first upper-deck in Class-A baseball.
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Erie SeaWolves – Mandalay Sports Entertainment purchased the Erie SeaWolves, Double-A Eastern League affiliate of the Detroit Tigers, from Palisades Baseball in early 2004. The Erie SeaWolves began play in 1995 in the New York/Penn League as the Class-A affiliate of the Pittsburgh Pirates. The team adopted the name SeaWolves due to the city's proximity to the lake, the historical factors of Lake Erie and its relationship with the Pirates.
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Frisco RoughRiders – This Double-A Texas League affiliate of the Texas Rangers is the result of a joint partnership between Mandalay Sports Entertainment (MSE) and Southwest Sports Group (SSG). MSE operates minor league clubs around the country. SSG is known in the Dallas marketplace for its major league teams such as the Texas Rangers and the Dallas Stars. The RoughRiders began their inaugural season in 2003.
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Hagerstown Suns – The Hagerstown Suns are the Single-A South Atlantic League affiliate of the San Francisco Giants. Built in 1931, Hagerstown's Municipal Stadium has been the home of the Suns for the past 23 years.
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Scranton Wilkes-Barre Yankees – The Yankees are the Triple-A affiliate of the New York Yankees. 2007 was the first full year of this team was operated by Mandalay. As a result, the team completed one of the biggest one-year turnarounds in minor league baseball attendance in 2007 (an increase of 59%); increased ticket sales by 123% and sponsor revenues by 78%. The Scranton Yankees are the #1 merchandise seller in 2007.
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Staten Island Yankees - The Staten Island Yankees took the field for the first time during the summer of 1999 thus becoming the first Minor League Baseball Team in New York City. The Staten Island Yankees have had great success on the field over the years winning the New York-Penn League Championship in 2000, 2002, 2005, and 2006. Throughout the years several future Major League stars got their start in Staten Island Including Chien Ming Wang, Robinson Cano, Melky Cabrera, and Willy Mo Pena.
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Winston-Salem - Winston-Salem is the newest franchise in the Mandalay family. They will begin play in a brand new stadium in Downtown Winston-Salem in April 2009. |
Mandalay Sports Entertainment, LLC (MSE) was formed in 1997 by combining Henry and Ken Stickney’s three minor league baseball franchises with the financial and entertainment expertise of Peter Guber and Paul Schaeffer of the Mandalay Entertainment Group.
In 2002, Mandalay Baseball Properties, LLC (Mandalay Baseball) was created by Mandalay Sports Entertainment’s contribution of its three minor league baseball teams – the Dayton Dragons, the Las Vegas 51s* and the Frisco RoughRiders – and New York City-based private equity fund Seaport Capital’s cash contribution of nearly $20 million.
Seaport Capital, with more than $400 million under its management, actively pursues investment opportunities in companies with strong growth prospects and a sustainable competitive advantage and views management as critical to the success of any investment.
Its significant investment in Mandalay Baseball Properties, LLC is a testament to the extraordinary talent of the ownership and management of Mandalay Baseball and a validation of the opportunity that exists to develop a company singularly devoted to the business of Minor League Baseball.
Considered the premier owner/operator in Minor League Baseball, its sole business focus, Mandalay Baseball is an organization unique to all minor league sports with an ownership and corporate management team that possesses an incomparable depth and breadth of entertainment, financial and sports expertise.
At the local level, a dynamic executive who is supported by, and has full access to, all of the company’s centralized corporate resources leads each Mandalay Baseball franchise and is responsible for hiring and training a year-round sales, marketing and customer satisfaction staff. Mandalay Baseball’s business goal in each market is to provide the absolute highest quality, affordable family entertainment with unsurpassed amenities and customer service.
In so doing, Mandalay Baseball consistently provides a superior entertainment product through its state-of-the-art facilities, modern amenities, high quality concessions offerings, music, promotions and other family entertainment activities that complement its on-field product.
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The Mandalay Entertainment Group includes divisions focused on all aspects of the entertainment industry, including Pictures, Television, Sports, Integrated Entertainment, Family Entertainment, and more.
Mandalay Pictures is one of the premiere independent producers of major motion pictures in the industry, having financed and produced more than $750 million in films since its creation.
Mandalay Mosaic Television creates and produces series, MOW and specialty television programming and is the majority owner of Dick Clark Productions. Through Dick Clark Productions, the company owns and produces some of the most significant award shows in the industry, including The Golden Globes, American Music Awards and also the iconic New Year’s Rockin’ Eve.
Mandalay Television is a leading producer of wide ranging television content and has an extensive slate of television movies in production.
Mandalay Integrated Media Entertainment and Mandalay Sports Action Entertainment are leading producers of branded entertainment properties and wide ranging marketing programs for all mediums.
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