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WELCOME TO BACON, USA


                                           events, that number is closer to 80. We talk to
      “Members also really like the holiday party. It’s   them on the phone and like to check in to make
      nice to see everyone in December and it gives them   sure everything is going well. We have a couple
      the opportunity to enjoy the newly renovated PNC   people on our team who have been here eight or
      Club Level at Coca-Cola Park.”       nine years, so they’ve been there for a lot of life
                                           events for their members.”
      Another key benefit of a Bacon, USA membership
      is a member’s access to his or her own membership   These benefits are all free for Bacon, USA
      manager. These IronPigs staffers are a member’s   Members. For IronPigs fans who come to multiple
      primary contact with the team and they offer an   games each year, but have not considered a
      outlet for questions or concerns and a friendly face   Bacon, USA membership, the savings are another
      to help every day of the year.       important item to consider.

      DeAngelis noted that when he served in such a   “When a fan comes regularly, but isn’t a member,
      capacity, relationships would become so strong   they’re only getting a piece of the pie … or a strip
      that he’d be invited to family weddings and was   of the pack of bacon,” DeAngelis said. “They may
      once included in a family’s text-message chain   get to eight games a year but just by going to a
      announcing the birth of a new child.   nine-game plan they could be saving $2 a game on
                                           parking and have ballpark credit loaded onto their
      “You really become a part of that person’s family,”   tickets – that alone, they’re already spending more
      DeAngelis said. “For our full-season members,   coming to eight games than they would with a
      we see them 70 times a year at games, and with   nine-game plan. That doesn’t even include the Iron



































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