Goshen,IN-On Thursday July 17,2014, Write On Sports went to the South Bend Silver Hawks stadium. When we arrived, we interviewed the Silver Hawks president, Joe Hart. Joe Hart has been working at the facility since 2011. According to Hart, he got the job when he was working at a car sales unit. His boss recommended him to the person that bought the team. Soon Hart had the job.
When Hart came for the job, they were going downhill in business. When he got there he found out that they were only bringing in about 112,000 fans. In two years it went from 112,000 to 245,000 fans, which is a big jump in just two years.
Hart tells us about how they had a lot of renovations to make the park more interesting. They spent about $5,000,000 on renovations to add new things such as a splash pad. The splash pad is a water park that has a fountain and a kiddie pool and much more.
Now the South Bend Silver Hawks is bringing in lots of fans and have more entertainment. For example they now have a fireworks show every Friday night. They also have a place in the park where there are lots of blow-up machines that the kids can play on.
Hart says that the biggest thing that they want to have happen is to make sure that when you visit, you have a good experience.