OUR STORY
Owned and operated by the Milwaukee Brewers, the Carolina Mudcats have provided affordable, family-friendly baseball fun for over 30 years at Five County Stadium in Zebulon, NC.
Coming off a highly successful 2023 season, the Carolina Mudcats are gearing up for the next great era in franchise history.
The Mudcats are not just engaging fans from 13 surrounding counties, the franchise continues to be an epicenter for where people want to work, live and thrive. The Mudcats have engaged new fans returning regularly throughout the summer, amassed boisterous crowds for fireworks, witnessed some of the best prospects in the game, seen three-hour waiting lines in anticipation for giveaways, and enriched a lifetime of new memories.
2023 MUDCATS GROWTH
- 15% Corporate Partnership Lift!
- 20% Increase in Corporate Group Outings!
- Reached new heights with local partnerships in Zebulon, Wendell and immediate surrounding area!
Brands exposed to thousands of new fans who are YOUR customers!
COMMUNITY GROWTH
- Mudcats Country Fastest Growing Area in the State
- Wendell/Zebulon 1st & 2nd Fastest Growing NC Towns
- Wake County heading towards 1.2 M+ residents Over the Next Few Years!
FIVE COUNTY FUN
THE CAROLINA MUDCATS BRAND ENGAGES WITH A GROWING FAN BASE THAT LIVES AND WORKS WITHIN A 40+ MILE RADIUS OF FIVE COUNTY STADIUM.
THOSE THAT ATTEND GAMES AT FIVE COUNTY STADIUM PRIMARILY COME FROM WAKE, JOHNSTON, NASH, FRANKLIN AND WILSON COUNTIES... IN PARTICULAR, 59% PERCENT OF CAROLINA MUDCATS FANS LIVE IN WAKE COUNTY... JUST OVER 18% RESIDE IN JOHNSTON COUNTY... 15% LIVE IN THE CITIES OF ROCKY MOUNT AND WILSON... AND 8% COME FROM SURROUNDING MARKETS.
The long anticipated eastward shift of residential growth from the Raleigh area has become a reality!
“…Wendell, Rolesville, and Knightdale are seeing some of the biggest average increases in population, far outpacing the capital city…” – ABC11.com
- Currently more than 4,000 homes are planned in a single development in Wendell and another 2,000 are planned on the east side of Zebulon, with that number increasing with every town board meeting.
- While the immediate effect is being directly felt in far eastern Wake County, the trajectory of the growth is becoming clearer, and Franklin, Nash, and Johnston counties lay directly in the projected growth path for the next 10-15 years.
WHAT IS OUR DEMOGRAPHIC?
- 69% OF ALL CAROLINA MUDCATS FANS ARE MALE
- 31% ARE FEMALE
- 59% OF OUR FAN BASE IS BETWEEN THE AGE OF 25 AND 54 YEARS OLD.
- 69% OF FANS ARE BETWEEN THE AGE OF 35 AND 64 YEARS OLD.
- 57% OF OUR FAN BASE IS MARRIED.
- 42% OF MUDCATS FANS RESIDE IN A HOUSEHOLD WITH AT LEAST ONE CHILD.
- 78% OWN RESIDENCE, AND 51% HAVE A HOUSEHOLD INCOME OF $75,000 OR MORE.
HOW CAN YOUR BRAND JOIN OUR TEAM?
THE MUDCATS OFFER NUMEROUS PARTNERSHIP OPPORTUNITIES FOR YOUR BRAND INCLUDING OUTFIELD WALL BILLBOARDS, DIGITAL VIDEO BOARD ELEMENTS, INTERACTIVE CONCOURSE DISPLAYS, DIGITAL STREAMING AUDIO AND VIDEO, IN-STADIUM PROMOTIONS, PRINTED PUBLICATIONS AND GROUP OUTING VENUES.
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