2017 JOLIET SLAMMERS COMMUNITY IMPACT REPORT 2017: A YEAR IN REVIEW In our 5th annual Community Impact Report we highlight the community aspects, economic impact and overall contribution the Joliet Slammers have made as tenants of the Joliet Route 66 Stadium in 2017. The Slammers continue to provide affordable family fun and entertainment not just to Joliet, but to all of Will County and the surrounding communities. The Slammers take great pride in being an asset to the community and you will see in this report how we have proven to have a positive impact on the City of Joliet through three main objectives: 1. Providing affordable family fun 2. Making a real impact in the community 3. Bringing people to downtown Joliet 1. AFFORDABLE FAMILY FUN The Slammers pride themselves on providing affordable family fun to those in the Joliet area. In July 2016, Ballpark Digest did a report on what the average family of 4 would pay for a minor league baseball game. They found the average cost to be $64.97 for parking, 4 tickets, 4 hotdogs, 2 sodas, and 2 beers.

Cinemark in Joliet: $92 Six Flags Great America: $322 Joliet Slammers: As low as $32 $10.50 for an adult $75 per person or $55 if under 4 feet $7.50 for a child $2 (Tue) for a ticket $15.50 for a meal deal $6 for a hotdog, chips, and a soda $6 for a small popcorn (cheeseburger/pizza/chicken strips with $4 for a hotdog $50 for a Family Four Pack fries and a soda) (4 tickets, 4 hotdogs, 4 chips, 4 sodas) $4 small drink

Raging Waves: $129.96 $33 per person or $20 if under 4 feet $5.99 for a hotdog combo

WHAT OUR FANS ARE SAYING The true testament to the Slammers’ hard work each season is feedback provided by fans. Here is what our fans are saying: 2. COMMUNITY IMPACT The Slammers have woven themselves into the social fabric of Joliet and all of Will County by reaching fans far beyond the confines of the ballpark. The organization is committed to providing a positive influence through community efforts.

In 2017, the Slammers participated in the following community events:

MLK Jr. Day of Service Culinary Kids—with Susana Mendoza, Illinois Big Brothers Big Sisters Andrews High School Career Day Comptroller Bowling Opening Day Ceremonies Spanish Community Center Times Weekly Back to School Fair Morning Star Mission Salvation Army Bell Ringing Lincoln-Way High School Special Olympic Easter Meal Packaging Joliet Chamber expo Event Irene King Career Day Kids Fair-Troy Middle School Mokena Chamber Expo Meadowview Elementary  Grundy County Career Fair Sator Sanchez School Assembly Assembly Career Fair-Brooks Middle School Oak Forest High School Career Fair  Grundy County Family Fest Tinley Park High School Career Day Lincoln-Way Highschool Plainfield Parade Morning Star Mission Thanksgiving Meal Youth Baseball Sign-Up  Manhattan Irish Parade Distribution Yorkville Public Library Joliet West Career Panel Joliet Library Star Wars Days Mini-Golf “FUN” Raiser Woodview Grade School Reading Day Chicagoland Go Green Event Andrew’s High School Job Shadow Joliet Light Up the Holidays Parade ...and more! Kinder Care Park Tour Tinley Park Expo COMMUNITY IMPACT Big Brothers, Big Sisters Bowling Event Lincoln-Way High School Yorkville Public Special Library Mini-Golf Olympics Event “FUN” Raiser

Times Weekly Volunteering Back to Morning Star School Mission – Easter Fair ------Lockport Walmart Online Shopping Free Pick-up Grand Opening RELATIONSHIPS WE’VE BUILT The Slammers work with hundreds of fans and families, businesses, schools, local organizations and more every year. Our job is to maintain great relationships in the community by providing value to our fans. In return, it is with the continued support of the community that allows us to look back on successful seasons. The Joliet Slammers have been a tremendous Organizations we are active in: Chambers we are active in: Our own community community partner to our organization, the Joliet Noon Lions Grundy County initiatives: Joliet Area Historical Museum. We regularly Joliet Old Timers Baseball Joliet Slammers Kids Club collaborate on a number of Downtown activities Community Service Council Homer Glen (1,000+ members) and programs. A recent admission partnership Pitch & Hit Club Mokena Community nights at during the IHSA tournament brings dozens of Will Buy Local New Lenox Slammers games paid visitors to the Museum over that weekend, Joliet Rotary club Plainfield USF Spikes Reading which I feel we may not have otherwise had. City Center Partnership Bolingbrook program (140+ SEMO Sport Management Advisory Board Yorkville schools) Speaking personally, while my brothers and I District 86 Partnership Council Romeoville regularly take trips to watch Chicago teams, Lewis Sport Management Speaker Series we’ve found that the Joliet Slammers experience offers the same excitement and atmosphere at a The Joliet Slammers have been a great partner of the Joliet far greater level of value and convenience. It’s Chamber. The Chamber and many of our sub-groups host both all of the fun of big city baseball without the social and professional events at the ballpark, enjoying its many ticket costs, traffic, parking hassles, or wonderful facets of entertainment. We partner on downtown expensive food & drinks! events using each others expertise to create the best possible outcomes for both organizations.

Joliet Chamber President Mary Jaworski Greg Peerbolte Joliet Area Historical Museum Executive Director RELATIONSHIPS WE’VE BUILT The Slammers aim to be a value-added partner to help our sponsors grow their businesses in Joliet and beyond. Each season, we work with 75—100 different corporate partners at various levels of investment with the team. The choice for area businesses to invest with us, and to see the value in what we can provide, is a true testament of the Slammers appeal.

Corporate business partners: Country Financial Mark Hunt Jet's Pizza Pet Supplies Plus 22nd Century Media Crosstown Exotics Johnsonville Sausage Pilot Corporation AACCEL Emissions and Auto Repair Curdtown Cheese Curds Joliet Junior College Red Wing Shoes Advanced Urology Daily Journal KPMG Women's PGA Championship Renewal by Andersen Amtrak Diamond Financial Lakeshore Beverage Rod Baker Ford Andy's Frozen Custard Dick's Sporting Goods Lumina Pyrotechnics Sears Shaw Media Arlington International racecourse Dippin Dots Milano Bakery Silver Cross Hospital Associated Orthodontists Eagle Sports Range MK Orthopedics Skooters ATI Physical Therapy Edward Jones Mulligan's Pub Smithereen Pest Management Beaver Creek Golf Carts Exotic Wildlife Sanctuary NECA/IBEW Sport Clips Big Frog Custom T-shirts Firehouse Subs Odyssey Fun World Sunny Sky Products, LLC Blue Ribbon Products First Midwest Bank Original Hooters Times Weekly BNSF Railway Flaherty Law Pirates Cay Waterpark T-Mobile Brown and Brown Insurance Gordon Food Service Macaroni Kid Trader Magazine Brown Forman (Jack Daniels) Gatto's Restaurant Mancuso Cheese University of Saint Francis Buffalo Wild Wings Greater Joliet Area YMCA Meijer Valley View Dental Charter Fitness Green River Lines Merchants & Manufacturers Bank Verizon Cici's Pizza Hair Cuttery Mistwood Golf Club West Bend City Center Partnership Hampton Farms O'Dekirk, Allred & Associates ConEcepts Integrated Physical Medicine of Joliet ECONOMIC CONTRIBUTIONS A big part of the impact we have in the community comes from the wages we pay our 120 employees, and the direct revenue we generate for the City and our local vendor base. EMPLOYEE WAGES PURCHASE OF OUTSIDE $602, 1737 GOODS & SERVICES STATE SALES TAX PAID $1,615,455 $71,028 HOTEL ROOM RESERVATIONS CITY FOOD & BEVERAGE TAX 700+ Rooms $7,450 PAID WILL COUNTY PROPERTY TAX 90% RETURN RATE FOR SEASONAL EMPLOYEES! $9,394 PAID CITY SERVICES My summer with the Slammers was a unique experience I will always be thankful for. I was the Social Media Intern and during my time, I learned all the aspects of what it takes $97,176 to be part of a professional baseball organization. This role led me to be a better leader in the community and in the organization as a whole. To go along with this, the staff at the Slammers are very helpful. Anytime I had a question, they would not hesitate to assist *RENT, LICENSES, POLICE, PARAMEDICS, me. Overall, I enjoyed my time with the Slammers. Go Slammers! #Slammertime WATER, ETC* - Kyle Burton ECONOMIC CONTRIBUTIONS Immune Deficiency Foundation Monee Elementary PTO Rockdale 84 School District Troy Titans Baseball Donations were made to the following groups: Individual Advocacy Group Mosaic Lutheran Church Rockdale Fire Department Troy Titans Baseball Adryana’s Charities Dennis Meister Leukemia Fund Inter. Ass. of Rehabilitation Mothers Against Drunk Driving Rockdale School Troy Township Seniors Alvernia Manor Senior Living Disability Resource Center Jacob Zickefoose Benefit Multicultural Education Foundation Romeoville Golden Age Club USO of Illinois American Cancer Society DuPage Habitat John Jack Dempsey Benefit Muscular Dystrophy Association Romeoville HS Athletics Valley View Education Foundation American Cancer Society Dusty Roads Foundation Joliet Area Community Hospice My Fathers World Preschool Ron Papa Memorial Scholarship Victory Reins Riding Center American Legion Post 615 Elim Christian Services Joliet Catholic Academy Nate Fox Scholarship Rooting for Rivet Villa Park Chamber of Commerce American Motorcycle Riders Exceptional Children’s Charities Joliet Central Band Boosters Nazareth Academy Sacred Heart Church Village of Carbon Hill Angels of Hope Faith United Methodist Church Joliet HS Foundation New Lenox Baseball Association Saint Jude Children’s Hospital Village of New Lenox Answers for Angels Federal Criminal Investigation Association Joliet Police Explorers Post 220 New Lenox Park District Sandwich CUSD #430 Foundation Wesmere Elementary Run Club Arianna’s Wings Foundation for Excellence Joliet Public Library New Lenox Public Library Sandwich Sports Boosters Whiting Public Library Seneca Athletic Boosters Association of Horizon Fox Valley Park District Kankakee Area YMCA Newark Millbrook PTO Will County 4H Foundation Aurora University Shady Oaks Francis Field Foundation Kankakee County Training Center NIU-Athletics Will County Center Community Concerns Avon Breast Cancer Crusade Shorewood Church of God Friends of Andrews Baseball Kids and Company Pre School No Mercy Softball Will-Grundy Medical Clinic Benefit for Riley Shanahan Shorewood Glen Bunco Club Friends of Cheryl Kiwanis of Will County Nomad Ski Club William Butler School Benefit for Tommy Teflon Oak Forest Girls Softball South Suburban Academy FUMC Wilmington Mission Team Knights Of Columbus Wilmington Foundation Big Brothers Big Sisters La Salle County Farm Bureau Ogden Falls Egg Hunt South Suburban Substance Abuse GFWC Illinois Woman’s Club SPC Christopher Patterson Foundation Woodland Booster Club Boy scout Troop 385 One Love Foundation Good Shepherd Center LaSalle Excellence Foundation Special Olympics Woodridge Public Library Boy Scout Troop 57 Operation St. Nick Governors State University Lemont Public Library St Andrews the Apostle School Boys and Girls Club Cook County Orland Park Law Enforcement Grassroots Home Schoolers Lewis University Athletics St Bede Academy Braidwood Police Department Lewis University Hockey Club Orland Park Sparks Grissom Middle School St Lawrence High School Bremen HS Alumni Association Lincolnway Special Recreation Our Lady of Good Council Drama Club Grundy County Farm Bureau Pandas/Pans Advocacy Group St Mary’s Services Bunco for Breast Cancer Little City Foundation Grundy Habitat Pat Clark Cancer Foundation St Michael The Archangel School Burbank Chamber of Commerce Lockport High School Guardian Angel Community Services Pause and Support the Cause St Paul Lutheran Church Carl Sandburg HS Music Boosters Lockport Jr. Porters Harvey Brooks Foundation Payton’s Benefit St Rose School PTO Cass 63 Foundation Lotus Foundation of Illinois Hazel Crest Firefighters Pepperidge Farm St. Jane de Chantal School Catholic Charities of Joliet Lupus Society of Illinois Heart Haven Outreach Phantom Ranch Bible Camp Starved Rock Kennel Club Chesterbrook Academy Mammo Strong Inc. Heavenly Brothers NFP Phil’s Friends Steger Public Library Child Network Manhattan Elwood Library Herscher Fire Department Plainfield South Boosters Sunrise Center Riding Center Children’s Museum Oak Lawn Marquette Academy Homegrown Clovers 4-H Club Pontiac FFA Taylorville Correctional Center Christian Youth Center of Morris Meals on Wheels Will County Homer Athletic Club Presence St. Joseph Medical Center Team Talia Coal City HS Golf Team Midlothian Park District Homewood Police Association Redskin Alumni Football The Pierce Family Foundation Comer Children’s Hospital Minooka HS Boosters Hope Helps Reed Custer Jr. Comets Thomas Jefferson School Community Service Foundation Minooka Magic 10 Girls Tinley Park Bulldogs Ice Central Boosters Minooka Mustangs Inc. Regional Care Association Crete Public Library Tinley Park High School Illinois Celtics Baseball MNM RC Relay for Life Cross of Glory Rev. Jon P. Smyth Foundation Tinley Park Lioness Club Illinois Chargers Baseball Mokena Blast 10 U Softball Trinity Christian School Cruising for a Cause Rickover Academy Illinois Police Association Mokena Intermediate School Troy Baseball League Cub Scout Packs (multiple) Roberts Park Firefighters Illinois Valley Industries Mokena Park District Troy Choir Association Rockdale 84 School District Rockdale Fire Department MONETARY VALUE CHARITABLE DONATIONS DONATED: I was just able to review and organize the individual donations through ourPTB Houston - Harvey Relief Fundwas definitely taken back when I saw $79,869 Other Donations "Joliet Slammers" as I scrolled through the list of donors. To clarify, my state of shock was not due to my disbelief or amazement in seeing "Joliet Hurricane Relief Made: Slammers" spelled out on the screen, but rather, to the confirmation of Military items at Christmas and the character, integrity and sense of community that has always Donations Were Made To: Christmas Cards surrounded the Joliet Slammers organization, staff and fan base. Rotary Coat Drive Personally, as an ex-member of the Slammers roster, I could not be more humbled and honored to have been a part of such a tremendous group of Anthony Rizzo Foundation: $463 USF Caritas Pink Heals: $1,310 people. As the Co-Owner of PrimeTime Baseball, alongside John Cannon YMCA Gala (Co-Owner of PrimeTime Baseball) who is also an ex-member of the Firehouse Subs Public Safety Foundation: Boys and Girls Club of Joliet Slammers roster, I could not be more thankful for your contribution to our $4,127 fund, our causeAnd lastly, as a Houstonian, I could not be grateful for the Autism Speaks: $1,765 thoughtfulness, compassion and generosity you have shown the city and the people of Houston. United Way: $790 Rotary Polio Plus Initiative: over $3,000 In an email that will be sent later this Fall/Winter we will update all of our donors on the status of the people, families and community members that we were able to help with your contributions. At this time, we have given Joliet West Band back $15,500 of the $20,000 that was raised. We have provided financial Non-Profits with 50/50 Donations: Troy band Boosters support for home repairs to families who did not have flood insurance. We Pink Heals have provided a helping hand in the community with coordinated groups, JFK School Innovation Dance C.O.P.S. who assisted in the demolition/cleanup and reconstruction of flooded Joliet Area Girl Scouts Plainfield South Highschool homes, while also being able to provide supplies, tools and equipment to Plainfield South Band Kinetic Dance Exotic Wildlife Sanctuary cleanup efforts across the Houston community. St. Mary Joliet Lions Minooka Elementary PTO Again, I cannot even begin to thank you enough for your thoughtfulness, Pancreatic Cancer Meadowview Elementary Afterglow Stroke Support Group generosity and support and I hope that you can share our appreciation Relay For Life-Murph’s Minions with the rest of Joliet Slammers staff who lent a hand in these efforts. Braidwood Athletic AssociationRelay For Life American Legion Lemont Indians Plainfield Tornados I look forward to hearing from you soon! GO SLAMMERS! The Center Seneca Baseball Plainfield South High Thanks, Plainfield Central Cheer USBC Youth School Cheer IL Celtics

RELATIONSHIPS WE’VE BUILT Dresden Generation Station FLS Grace Christian Academy Joliet Noon Lions Minooka River Cats 10U Baseball Groups we host at the ballpark: DS Smith Grace Church Joliet Park District (Lawn Seats) Miracle League Joliet 2 Get Moving Chaney-Monge DuPage Medical Group Grace United Methodist Church Joliet Rotary MK Orthopedics Troop 75451 Channahon Baseball Dupage Township Grundy County Co-Op Joliet Ski Club Mokena Chamber of commerce 9u Minooka River Cats Channahon Baseball Troutman Excavating Easter Seals Joliet Region Grundy County Medical Society Joliet West High School Band Mokena Durham Bulls AFTERGLOW Stroke Support Group Channahon United Methodist Church Elevance Hands of Hope Kankakee Area YMCA Monee Chamber of Commerce Alliance Channahon/Minooka Rotary Elwood athletic boosters Harding Grade School Keigher Academy of Irish Dance Moraza Group Alvernia Manor Chanooka Girl Scouts Service Unit 3 Elwood Baseball Harrah's Casino Kid Country Child Care MorningStar Mission Amazon Chanooka Kiwanis Elwood Community Church Heritage Corridor Kindness Gala Team Morris Lions Club American Heritage Girls Chicago Autism Academy ESP Baseball 10U Heritage Manor Kinetic Dance Company Morris Rotary American Legion Post 52 Chicago Comets Beep Baseball Evergreen Senior Living Hoerbiger Services Inc. King Middle School Morris YMCA Anna McDonald School Chicken-N-Spice Exelon Braidwood Holy Family School Knights of Columbus #1149 Mt. Zion Mens Choir Antech Diagnostics Christian Church of Manteno Exelon Projects Department Home Depot La Petite New Lenox Multi-Cultural Ed Foundation Aroma Park Youth Baseball Citgo Family School Partnership Homer Fire Baseball Lane Construction NECA Associated Orthodontists City of Joliet Feldner Group Homer Heat Baseball Legacy Professionals NEDSRA ATI Physical Therapy Clennon Electric Firehouse Subs Hope UMC Lemont Homer Glen Rotary New Lenox Baseball Association Aux Sable Clublands of Joliet First Advantage Housing Authority of Joliet Lewis Joliet Daughters of the Revolution New Lenox Park District Basin Logistics Coal City Highschool Color Guard First Christian Church Hufford Jr High Lewis University New Lenox PTO Bethlehem Apostolic Church Coal City United Methodist Church First Midwest Financial Hughes Group Lewis University Swim Team New Lenox Relay For Life BNSF Railway Community Christian Church Naperville First School of Manhattan IDOC Lifestyles academy New Lenox Rotary Bolingbrook Highschool Community Wellness Center, LLC Forest Park I.E. School Ignite Cheer Light House Church Newark Highschool Band Bolingbrook Rotary Compassionate Friends -Greater Joliet Area Fountaindale Public Library Il Celtics Girls Fast Pitch Lincolnway Special Rec. Association Notre Dame Club of Joliet Frankfort Indians O'Dekirk, Allred, Associates Bolingbrook Tee-Ball Corner Stone Services IL Predators Lincolnway Swimmers Association Frankfort Chamber Old Renwick Trail Bourbonnais Township Park District Crete Monee Middle School IL Valley Industries Lockport Park District Frankfort Eagles On Broadway Dance Boy Scout Pack 466 Cross of Glory Illinois Edge 9U Lockport Rotary Frankfort Force Grey 12U Open Door Rehab Center Exelon Corp Cub Scout Pack 13 Innovation Dance Company Lockport Vipers 8u Friendship United Methodist Church Orioles Pinto, Orioles Bronco Bradley Middle School Cub Scout Pack 256 Iroquois West Middle School Magic, Music and more Gardner Community Night Pack 19 Braidwood Athletic Association Cub Scout Pack 444 It Takes A Village Learning Ctr. Magnuson Group Cub Scout Pack 464 Gateway Special Recreation Association Pack 476 Buffalo Wild Wings-Shorewood Jackson Creek DOA Manteno United Methodist Church CW Avery Family YMCA Gleaner Life Insurance JFK Middle School Pancreatic Cancer Network Cache Creek Animal Rescue Deer Park March Family Dental Goddard School JJC Facilities Service Paradise Pet Salon Caldwell Banker Delco Financial Services Marian Village Camp Heritage Godley Park District Johns Manville Corporation Park Forest-Chicago Heights MathTeam DHL Marshall Klein Foundation Cecily Piech Gompers Jr High Joliet Area Girl Scouts Peotone Pack 315 Dirksen Jr High Mattea's Joy Center for Disabilities Services Dot Foods Good Shepard Manor Joliet Area Young Professionals McDonalds Co. Peritus Plastics Grace Christian Academy Joliet Drama Guild (Cast of Hair Spray) Meadow View Elementary School Pershing Elementary Grace Church Joliet Early Learning Center Merchants & Manufacturers Bank Plainfield Baseball Grace United Methodist Church Joliet Job Corp Center Midwest Crossroads Chorus Plainfield Central HS Cheer Grundy County Co-Op Nearly 42,000 group tickets sold! Joliet Kiwanis Minooka Elementary PTO Plainfield Drive Baseball Grundy County Medical Society Joliet Noon Lions Minooka River Cats 10U Baseball Hands of Hope Joliet Park District (Lawn Seats) Miracle League Joliet Harding Grade School Joliet Rotary RELATIONSHIPS WE’VE BUILT Groups we host at the ballpark: Plainfield Park District Small Town Theatrics Troy Band Boosters Plainfield Rotary Spartan Dugout Club Troy Blue Devils Mustang Baseball In addition to these companies and organizations, Plainfield South Highschool Band Spencer Crossing Troy Heritage Trail Plainfield South HS Cheer St. Andrew School Troy Middle School we also host multiple birthday celebrations, Plainfield Tornados St. Cletus Holy Name Society Troy Titans Baseball Planned Parenthood St. Dennis Church Choir Union School Joliet graduations, and other types of social parties! Presence Fortin Villa St. Dominic School United Methodist Church New Lenox PSJMC Imaging St. Edward and Christ Aposcopal Church United States Cold Storage Quad Graphics St. Johns Good Times UPS Rail Works Track Svc. St. Joseph Hospital Village of Willowbrook Reed Custer Intermediate School St. Joseph's of Bradley Warehouse Services Inc. Relay For Life St. Louis De Montfort Catholic School Washington Jr. Highschool Relay for life- Walgreens St. Mary Immaculate Parish West Town Chorus Resurrection Lutheran St. Mary Nativity Wexford Health Services Reverend Michels KOFC Council St. Mary's Knights of Columbus White Ford Baseball River Valley SRA St. Paul Lutheran Church Will County Farm Bureau River Valley Youth Baseball St.Paul the Apostle School Drama Club Will County Historical Society Rogys Learning Place Stagehands Local Will County Wolverines Romeoville Cardinal Pintos Step by Step Child Care Center-Morris Wintrust Romeoville Rotary Steve's Classic Running Board Word of Life Church Saddle Creek Logistics Teachers of School District 163 Yorkville Congregational Church Salvation Army Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints Sanctuary Church The Compass Church Bolingbrook Sauk Show Choir The Learning Experience SEA Governors State University The Pointe Sears Three Rivers Public Library Seaspar Eagles Times Weekly Suite Seneca Baseball/Softball TLC Learning Center Senior Services of Will County Toys R Us Distribution Center TOTAL TICKET SALES FOR Senior Star at Weber Place Transition School Shady Oaks Camp Treasured Chest Shepherd Middle School Triple R Mokena 2017 WERE UP BY 11 % Shepherd of the Hill Lutheran Church Triple R New Lenox Shorewood Glen Troop 15 Shorewood Grade School Troop 71044 Small Town Theatrics Troy Band Boosters Spartan Dugout Club Troy Blue Devils Mustang Baseball Spencer Crossing Troy Heritage Trail RELATIONSHIPS WE’VE BUILT Group Testimonial: AMAZON — Lanaya Cain "Working with Porscha and the Slammers Team for our Manager Team and Company Summer Event has been an amazing ride. The level of organization, teamwork and communication played a big part to the success of our events at the Slammers Stadium. It is Truly a pleasure to work with Porscha, and I look forward to working with her on events for 2018 and beyond. Porscha and her team are AMAZING.” 3. BRINGING PEOPLE DOWNTOWN Slammers Host the Slammers Host Faith Dominican Prospect Night (2nd SELL League OUT!)

Slammers Host the Frontier League All-Star Game

Slammers Host Company Outing for Local Amazon Slammers Host Frontier League Home Run Derby Distribution Center in Conjunction with Illinois Hops on 66 Brew Fest (1st SELL OUT!) FRONTIER LEAGUE ALL STAR GAME Facilities used for event: The Grand Ballroom of Joliet (Hall of Fame Induction Luncheon) Harrah’s Casino (Welcome Reception) Harrah’s Hotel (All involved with the three day event stayed here) Mistwood Golf Club (Commissioner Bill Lee Golf Outing)

Purchased goods from: Ragusa’s Promo Advertising (Backpacks for all involved with the event) Quotes from others in the Frontier League

“I know that you all had to put in a lot of work to get it done, but you made it seem easy. Maybe I am slightly bias towards Joliet, but this was probably my favorite of the FL All Star games I have attended.” - Bill Waliewski, Senior Sales Executive Windy City Thunderbolts

“From first email contact to fireworks finale, you and your staff put on a premium event. You presented the Slammers, the City of Joliet and the Frontier League as first class entities.” - Steve Gomric, General Manager Gateway Grizzlies IN THE NEWS Offering creative promotions, terrific play on field, unique menu items, affordable pricing and the Slammers commitment to the communities they serve, its hard to stay out of the limelight! Here’s a look at some of our top stories from 2017: TEAM COVERAGE

Slammers hosted four of their own players in the Frontier League All-Star game at home in Joliet! Including Slammers Manager Jeff Isom who was asked to be an assistant coach for the East Division Team. Rock Shoulders was also chosen to be a part of the Frontier League Home Run Derby. The Slammers signed three players in 2017 to MLB contracts, and one to the Mexican League Both Melvin Rodriguez and Duke Von Schamann were named Player and Pitcher of the Week IN THE NEWS EVENT COVERAGE

Herald News Joliet Patch Chicago Tribune Daily Southtown WJOL Ten Two News IN THE NEWS MORE COVERAGE! Cards Against Humanity 150,000 mailings across the United States - Voucher to any Slammers game - 12 Slammers 2017 Baseball Cards - Blueprint of the Joliet Route 66 Stadium If only 10% of the mailings are used to come to a Slammers game, that is 15,000 visitors to Joliet this summer that could be spending the night, eating/drinking, buying gas, etc. Other aspects of the promotion - CAH created the Good News Podcast - CAH gave money to participants who needed it the most - CAH helped fund $200,000 in classroom projects Cards Against Humanity Exposure for Joliet: TV https://imgur.com/xSg6FtQ - WKYC Cleveland, OH - WMAQ Chicago 5 - WWC New Orleans, LA - WUSA 9 Washington D.C. - WFAA 8 Dallas, TX - KTRK ABC 13 Houston, TX Radio Broadcast - 95.9 The River (Chicago) - Vice Media LLC (Brooklyn, NY) - N24 (Germany -> Austria & Switzerland) - 97Zok (Rockford, IL) - QRock 100.7 (Chicago) Newspapers, Media Journals, & Other - Herald News (Chicago) - Chicago Tribune - Bellville News-Democrat (Bellville, IL) - Baseball Digest - Adweek Internet Exposure Numbers: - The Comeback - 1.4 million Reddit views (this is one thread of many) - Reddit Inc. - CAH FB is at almost 700,000 followers, 4.6K interactions & - Geek.com - 378 shares on the post for Day Six - Sports Business Daily - Almost 5K likes on CAH’s Instagram post about us - PSFK Media (New York, NY) BOTTOM OF THE 9TH The current Slammers ownership group has now been in Joliet for 5 baseball seasons. The Slammers remain committed to being in Joliet long term and continue to meet the three main objectives that make us good partners and neighbors. We look forward to 2018 and many more years of not only Slammers baseball, but many other events too. We hope to see you out at the old ballgame in the near future! 1. Providing affordable family fun 2. Making a real impact in the community 3. Bringing people to downtown Joliet