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Syracuse Mets Want Beer at the Ballpark to be Family Friendly Beer at the Ballpark

By Daniel Booth

Daniel Booth: Tomorrow night the Syracuse Mets are hosting the annual Ballpark Beer Fest at NBT Bank Stadium.

Clint Cure: “Right now we have somewhere in the neighborhood of 120 different beers available, that’s adding and subtracting every day, and then somewhere in the neighborhood of 60 to 70 breweries.”

Daniel Booth: This event highlights different flavors of beer from breweries all over the country, and gives them the chance to promote their product in a different market.

Katie Berger: “It’s really great to develop those relationships, and it’s great for the fans to be able to be introduced to another local company that they might not have otherwise heard about.”

Daniel Booth: The Syracuse Mets have partnered with these local breweries to promote their beer during home games.

Katie Berger: “We have a craft beer room where we sell a lot of those beers at all of our games.”

Daniel Booth: Everyone in attendance will having the opportunity to hit the field for batting practice.

Katie Berger: “$10 you get 10 swings. It gets more interesting as the evening progresses, as you might imagine.”

Daniel Booth: “With all the alcohol being consumed, it’s possible that Beer Fest could get a little messy, that’s why the Syracuse Mets are doing everything they can to keep a family atmosphere both on and off the field.”

Clint Cure: “In the past the festival kind of had a reputation of just being a distributor dump, it’s the stuff that the guys needed to get rid of, and it was kind of a drunk fest.”

Daniel Booth: Cleaning up and re-branding Beer Fest is one of the many steps in the transformation of Syracuse’s baseball team.

Clint Cure: “We just want people to view us as a safe, fun, affordable place to bring their family, and whether that’s a baseball game, whether it’s a festival or a show, we want to be considered as a form of quality entertainment in this area.”

By Daniel Booth SYRACUSE, N.Y. (NCC News) – On Friday,  the Syracuse Mets are hosting the annual Ballpark Beer Fest at NBT Bank Stadium. The stadium concourse will be filled with roughly 120 different beers from all across the country. The festival will include beer from Queens, Maine, Vermont, Ohio, the Finger Lakes, and the Hudson Valley. Local brewing companies Eastwood, Buried Acorn, Willow Rock, and Full Boar are representing Syracuse this year.

“It’s really great to develop those relationships, and it’s great for the fans to be able to be introduced to another local company that they might not have otherwise heard about,” said Syracuse Mets Director of Business Operations Katie Berger.

NBT Bank Stadium does their best every year to create a unique atmosphere for the festival. This year anyone who attends has the opportunity to walk onto the field, and participate in batting practice.

“In the past the festival kind of had a reputation of just being a distributor dump, it’s the stuff that the guys needed to get rid of, and it was kind of a drunk fest,” said Assistant General Manager Clint Cure. “We just want people to view us as a safe, fun, affordable place to bring their family, and whether that’s a baseball game, whether it’s a festival or a show, we want to be considered as a form of quality entertainment in this area.”

Some beer festivals have track records of getting out of hand, but the Syracuse Mets officials say they are working to create a family-friendly atmosphere for anyone who attends this year’s festival, and all the festivals to come. They encourage people who attend this year’s festival to drink responsibly, and to stay safe. For ticket information, and a complete list of the breweries, visit their website.

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