The Columbus Crew's famous Johnsonville Buck-A-Brat nights return to Crew Stadium for a sixth season.
All game long, and throughout the stadium, juicy, full-size Johnsonville Bratwurst will be sold for just $1 each, as they have been for all regular-season Wednesday home games since Crew Stadium opened in 1999. Special bonus Johnsonville Buck-A-Brat nights have been added in the past and one has already been added this season, Wednesday's U.S. Open Cup round of 32 game vs. the Syracuse Salty Dogs (A-League) at 7:30 p.m.
The 2004 regular-season will feature two more Buck-A-Brat nights, the first on Wednesday, July 28, vs. the Dallas Burn and the other on Wednesday, August 18, vs. the Kansas City Wizards. Both games kick off at 7:30 p.m.
"Johnsonville is very proud to be entering the sixth year in their support of the Columbus Crew," said Jim Huston, regional sales manager, Johnsonville Sausage, LLC. "The partnership continues to deliver a high quality experience to the loyal Columbus Crew fan base. Buck-A-Brat night is an experience that can't be matched anywhere in the world."
Over the first 17 events, involving every regular-season Wednesday home game (plus one international match and the 2002 U.S. Open Cup final) since 1999, an average of 14,105 juicy, full-size Johnsonville bratwurst have been sold for just $1 each.
The all-time Brats-Per-Person (BPP) Ratio is a staggering .941 entering the 2004 season, meaning that 941 brats are consumed for every 1,000 people in attendance - or nearly one per person.
"Wednesday home games at Crew Stadium have become synonymous with Johnsonville Buck-a-Brat Nights," said interim Crew general manager Mark McCullers. "It seems that their popularity just continues to grow and it's fun to see the response they continue to receive."
All time Buck-A-Brat night statistics
DATE ATTENDANCE BRATS CONSUMED BPP* RATIO
6-16-99 14,005 14,659 1.047
6-30-99 15,397 15,217 .988
7-7-99 18,101 17,812 .984
6-28-00 13,030 12,707 .975
7-12-00 12,998 11,781 .906
8-16-00 16,192 13,545 .837
8-30-00 15,941 15,007 .941
5-29-01 9,389 7,424 .791
7-18-01 15,855 14,433 .910
8-1-01 17,705 16,027 .905
8-15-01 19,008 17,847 .939
6-19-02 14,089 11,995 .851
7-24-02 17,368 17,150 .987
8-14-02 17,860 17,461 .978
10-24-02 6,054 5,493 .940
7-23-03 14,632 14,253 .974
8-13-03 17,193 16,969 .987
TOTALS 254,817 239,780 .941
* Brats per person
