OK, we need four hot dogs,
baseball fans flock to Arlington Stadium
tonight for their Rite of Spring
at Justice, drove in from Waxahachie,
always enjoy baseball game
any time for years, had season tickets
and sat in the same seats for that.
Fans who travel all the way from
Waxahachie or Kaller plus down over 14
dollars before they even reach
the game, that's why the fans.
Aren't the only ones cheering, so
are the merchants we're looking for
the business that we would normally have
on a weekend to happen on a Tuesday,
which is great for us.
No, Cohen and Laurie Oakes drove in
early from Dallas for a couple of
margaritas, the Sheraton, Batz,
at least three hundred with fans and
teams.
There are 12 major league teams staying
in the hotel this year.
Them bring families, friends, relatives
as well as visitors to the game.
Their guest alone are expected to total
up some hundred thousand dollars in tabs.
But will losing arranger's season for
the economy and in the car?
City officials believe that the new young
team will drawing big crowds anyway.
Rookies like right fielder Pete
Incaviglia are expected to keep the fans
in the stands and ring up more than the
one point two million dollars the Rangers
fans brought to Arlington in 1980.
Who's going to win the Rangers?
But the city of Arlington might beat
the economic blues.
Barbara Bedrick, Channel 5 News
tonight, Arlington.