Bandits & GreenState to Host Free Day to Celebrate “Best Minor League Ballpark” Award

Davenport, Iowa — In celebration of Modern Woodmen Park again being recognized as the nation’s “Best Minor League Ballpark” in USA Today 10Best’s 2025 Readers’ Choice Awards, the River Bandits and GreenState Credit Union today announced that admission to the game on Tuesday, May 13, will be free to everyone. In addition, there will be a free pennant giveaway for the first 500 guests, courtesy of Pepsi of Davenport, and the Bandits will be offering $2 hot dogs and sodas all night long.

Enhancing the fun even more, May 13 will also be “Opening May,” the first game of the team’s first homestand in May, which means all of the amusements rides, including the Ferris wheel, double-decker carousel, Wind-Up, DoublePlay, gyroscope and Froghopper, will all be open for the first time this year.

“All of us in the River Bandits family are so grateful to this great community for supporting our team and making Modern Woodmen Park—again—America’s Best Minor League Ballpark that we wanted to say thank you by letting everyone in for free,” said River Bandits owner Dave Heller. “To partner with Vic Israni and all of our good friends at GreenState Credit Union, who, like us, are all about giving back makes it even more special. Quad Cities has the best people anywhere and what better way to say thank you to this great community than to invite everyone to enjoy a River Bandits game for free.”

Fans can join in on the fun by picking up their free tickets for the 6:30 p.m. game against the Dayton Dragons at the Modern Woodmen Park box office during regular business hours (Monday through Friday, 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.).

“We are excited to partner with the River Bandits for this event,” said GreenState CEO Vic Israni. “We love to support local community traditions and there is nothing more traditional than a night at the ballpark with friends and family. We hope to pack the park!”

This year’s marks Modern Woodmen Park’s third-straight USA Today 10Best’s Readers’ Choice Award after the ballpark earned the distinction in 2024 and in the publication’s inaugural ranking in 2014. The accolade is just the latest for the historic venue which, since the Quad Cities franchise was purchased by Main Street Baseball in 2007, has been named one of the nation’s best by the likes of Bleacher Report, Ballpark Digest, and Parade Magazine.