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Former Mayor Honored for Efforts in Building Stadium, Bringing Triple-A Baseball to Omaha

By Kevin McNabb
January 21, 2010

OMAHA, NE - As the Omaha Royals gear up for their 42nd and final season at Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium, the team is proud to make the first announcement of one of many promotions to honor the historic ballpark. The Royals host the Salt Lake Bees on Saturday, May 22 at 7:05 p.m. and the first 1,500 fans will receive a bobblehead in the likeness of former Omaha Mayor Johnny Rosenblatt, courtesy of Coca-Cola.

Omaha Municipal Stadium was renamed Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium in 1964 for the former city council member and mayor who led a group 20 years earlier that laid groundwork for construction of the stadium, which opened in 1948. Rosenblatt also mounted a 1954 campaign for public support to bring Triple-A baseball to the city. That spurred the St. Louis Cardinals to relocate their Triple-A affiliate from Columbus, Ohio to Omaha in 1955, replacing the Cards' Class-A affiliate that had called Omaha home for the previous eight seasons.

Steve Rosenblatt, a former city councilman and the son of the stadium's namesake, has worked with the Royals on various projects and merchandise to celebrate the team's final season at the ballpark, including the Johnny Rosenblatt bobblehead.

"Johnny would be very proud that the Omaha Royals organization would be nice enough to honor his life with this one-of-a-kind collectible," Rosenblatt said.

"We are privileged to have a great partnership with the Rosenblatt family and are excited to be able to honor Johnny Rosenblatt," said Royals Vice President/General Manager Martie Cordaro. "Coca-Cola is also to be commended for sharing the same vision as our organization in giving fans the opportunity to receive a unique tribute item."

For more information, contact Kevin McNabb, Director of Media Relations, at (402) 738-5103.

The Royals open their 2010 season at Rosenblatt Stadium on Thursday, April 8th at 7:05 p.m. facing the Memphis Redbirds. 2010 season tickets, mini-plans and other ticket packages are currently on sale, with single-game tickets going on sale Saturday, March 13. For tickets or more information, contact the Royals ticket office at (402) 738-5100.

ABOUT THE ROYALS: For the second year in a row, readers of Omaha Magazine voted the Omaha Royals as Best Omaha Sports Team in the magazine's 18th annual Best of Omaha Awards, published in its January/February 2010 edition. 371,046 fans attended Omaha Royals games in 2009, making the Royals the largest-drawing sports team or event in the metro area last year. The team's total attendance, as well as the average of 5,457 fans per game, marked its largest figures since the 2000 season. Omaha's Triple-A franchise has drawn over 300,000 fans a year to Rosenblatt Stadium for 22 consecutive seasons, dating back to 1988.