OKC Dodgers set to become Cielo Azul for special game days, featuring a cultural celebration.
Oklahoma Cityโs own OKC Dodgers will take on a different identity for a few days this summer to welcome a more diverse crowd to the ballpark. Instead of the familiar look and feel fans are used
to, the OKC Dodgers will become Cielo Azul (Spanish for โBlue Skyโ) with a bilingual/bicultural approach to fandom for two games happening in June and July. Players will wear rebranded uniforms for the games against the Mรบsica de Memphis and the Flying Chanclas de San Antonio teams.
Festivities that celebrate Latino culture will be part of Celebraciรณn Cielo Azul (Blue Sky Celebration) and will include activities like folkloric dance, themed decorations and featured foods. The gamesโ announcer will narrate both games in Spanish and the customer
service staff on-hand for game days will be bilingual to better accommodate Spanish and English-speaking households. There will even be dual-language printed programs. A portion of ticket sales also benefits the Latino Community Development Agency (LCDA). Last year was the teamโs first Celebraciรณn Cielo Azul event, which also served as a fundraiser and resulted in a donation of more than $5,500 to LCDA and the primarily Hispanic population it serves in Oklahoma City. The OKC Dodgers were one of 33 teams that participated in Minor League Baseballโs โItโs Fun to be a Fan/Es Divertido Ser Un Fanโ campaign and were named one of five national finalists for the Fun Cup/Copa de la Diversiรณn.
This yearโs games will be hosted on June 21 and July 19. For more information, visit cieloazulokc.com or call 218-2190.
Los OKC Dodgers se convertirรกn en Cielo Azul Oklahoma City para partidos narrados en espaรฑol y se llevarรก a cabo una celebraciรณn cultural
El equipo de bรฉisbol de los OKC Dodgers adoptarรก una nueva identidad temporal este verano para dar la bienvenida a mรกs fanรกticos hispanohablantes en el estadio local. Durante dos eventos especiales, el equipo se convertirรก en โCielo Azul Oklahoma City.โ En vez de sus habituales uniformes y gorras, se vestirรกn uniformes diferentes con un logo representativo del cambio, junto con un enfoque bilingรผe/bicultural para dos partidos programados para junio y julio. Los partidos son contra los Mรบsica de Memphis and los Flying Chanclas de San Antonio.
El aรฑo pasado se observรณ el primer evento de este tipo que tambiรฉn sirviรณ para recaudar fondos para LCDA y resultรณ en una donaciรณn de mรกs de $5,500 para la organizaciรณn, que mayormente brinda apoyo a la poblaciรณn hispana de Oklahoma City. Los OKC Dodgers fueron uno de los 33 equipos que participaron en la campaรฑa de Minor League Baseball โEs Divertido Ser Un Fan.โ Fueron nombrados uno de los cinco finalistas a nivel nacional para la Copa de la Diversiรณn.
Los partidos tomarรกn lugar el 21 de junio y el 19 de julio. Para mรกs informaciรณn, visite cieloazulokc.com o llame al 218-2190.
