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The sellout streak set a Major League Baseball record ; this was broken by the Boston Red Sox on September 8, 2008, though Boston's Fenway Park is considerably smaller than Progressive Field.
That season, the team started their famous sellout streak which would continue until the team moved into the Rose Garden in 1995.
They currently hold the NCAA record for the most consecutive sold out home games ; the sellout streak dates back to November 3, 1962.
In 2007 the Chick-fil-A Bowl became the best-attended non-BCS bowl for the last decade, and had the 3rd longest bowl sellout streak behind the Rose and Fiesta Bowls.
The sellout streak is the longest across all professional sports in the U. S. passing the previous record set by the Portland Trail Blazers from 1977 – 1995.
The Dragons continued their sellout streak throughout 2012 and finished the season with their 913th straight sold-out game.
" This honor came during a year in which they set the all-time professional sports sellout streak of 815 ( they finished the season at 843 consecutive sellouts ); finished 1st in the Midwest League Eastern Division and had the overall best Midwest League record (. 593 ); set franchise records for wins ( 83 – 57 ), wins in a half ( 48 – 22 during the second half, which was also the best record among the 80 teams in the seven full-season Minor League Baseball leagues that split their seasons ), road wins ( 38 ), and wins in a month ( 22 in August ); set franchise records for team ERA ( 3. 39 ) and shutout wins ( 14 ); set a Midwest League pitching record for strikeouts ( 1, 292 ); and set a franchise record for stolen bases ( 224, including 103 by shortstop Billy Hamilton, which was the 9th highest total ever for a Minor Leaguer ).
The Chill's 83-game sellout streak beginning in early January 1992 still stands as a minor league hockey record today.
* The Dayton Dragons ' series of 815 consecutive sellouts surpassed the Portland Trail Blazers for the longest sellout streak across all professional sports in the U. S.
The sellout streak ended in September 2008 partially due to the economic downturn, though the major factor in ticket sales was the impact of Tropical Storm Hanna.
The outcome of the polling was overwhelmingly in favor of expansion while maintaining the sellout streak.

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La Russell's run in `` Skylark '', debuting next week at Drury Lane, already is a sellout.
But just like in the movie, the scam is undone when the tour is a sellout.
Now Arnoldwatch. org, a project of the Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights, which is a nonpartisan organization that is critical of both Democrats and Republicans, called Davis a " pay to play " politician and a " sellout ".
The previous USA vs. Mexico match in Reliant Stadium drew a sellout crowd of 69, 582 fans on May 8, 2003 and is the largest home crowd for the U. S. Men's National Team this decade, until the USA MNT played Mexico for a capacity crowd of 80, 702 fans in Giants Stadium for the CONCACAF Gold Cup Final.
Despite the fact that the club is meant to be a non-violent environment, on May 7, 1994, audience members attacked former Dead Kennedys singer Jello Biafra, claiming he was a sellout ( per club rules, Biafra had never signed to a major label ).
In terms of music or art, selling out is associated with attempts to tailor material to a mainstream or commercial audience, for example a musician who alters their material to encompass a wider audience may be labeled by fans who pre-date the change as a sellout.
In political movements a " sellout " is a person or group claiming to adhere to a one ideology, only to follow these claims up with actions contradicting them, such as a revolutionary group claiming to fight for a particular cause, but failing to continue this upon obtaining power.
A sellout crowd of 22, 427 observed the match, which is to date the largest crowd in the stadium's history.
Patric would later display his dislike of the state the label is currently in, as he said in an interview " The fact that all the bands surrounding Teenage Riot just got used for their sellout idea – to have a whole “ movement ” and “ followers ”– led to psychological warfare which some people didn ’ t survive.
Every Super Bowl except the first was a sellout, and, with the game's high-profile status, a blackout is highly unlikely for the foreseeable future.
Yang Liping ( born November 10, 1958 ) is the director, choreographer and star of a performance art show called " Dynamic Yunnan " that has drawn sellout crowds all over China.
In the dead of night Torello meets with his secret source inside Luca's organization: it is David Abrams, whose sellout to Luca has all been an act.
Currently, a crowd of 63, 725 ( or more ) is considered a sellout at LaVell Edwards Stadium.
The home playoff game against Marian saw a sellout crowd at William Chase Arena in Natick, which is widely considered the toughest place to play in division 3 for all of Massachusetts.
A concert is held each evening in Freedom Hall, typically approaches sellout numbers for the weekend concerts.
The team does not have a lot of talent or success, but is loved by those living in Noshahr, and games at its small stadium are always a sellout.

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Its fortunes have risen since the Red Sox ' 1967 " Impossible Dream " season, and on September 8, 2008 with a game versus the Tampa Bay Rays, Fenway Park broke the all-time Major League record with its 456th consecutive sellout, surpassing the previous record held by Jacobs Field ( now Progressive Field ) in Cleveland, Ohio.
Peter O ' Toole and Frances Tomelty took the leads in a production ( by Bryan Forbes ) that was publicly disowned by Timothy West, artistic director of the theatre, before opening night, despite being a sellout because of its notoriety.
The President of the Republic, Éamon de Valera, realising that a republic was not on offer, decided not to be a part of the treaty delegation and so be tainted by more militant republicans as a " sellout ".
Regular television appearances and sellout gigs all over the country mainly attended by teenagers.
After gaining a television program on a Spanish-language station, and turning preliminary wrestler Lou Albano as a manager for Sammartino's heel opponents, the WWWF was doing sellout business by 1970.
Given the rapid decay of the GDR, Bahro went at the end of 1989 to East Berlin to the dreaded " sellout of the GDR ," their " absorbed " by the FRG are to face.
* June 17, 2006 – The Nationals overcome a deficit of seven runs against the New York Yankees and beat the Yankees by blowing Yankees closing pitcher Mariano Rivera's save in the bottom of the eighth inning with Alfonso Soriano's steals and José Guillén's triple and Ryan Zimmerman's single in front of a sellout crowd of 45, 085 fans.
The AHL Phantoms also won their first Calder Cup title on Spectrum ice before a sellout crowd of 17, 380 on June 10, 1998, by defeating the Saint John Flames, 6 – 1.
* 1983: The first wrestling sellout, of more than 17, 000, was on June 17, headlined by Harley Race vs. Kevin Von Erich for the NWA World Heavyweight Championship, and Bruiser Brody and Kerry Von Erich vs. Michael Hayes and Terry Gordy ( two-thirds of the Fabulous Freebirds ).
* The mid-tempo song " King of Fools " was the first single of the album and provided the band with the opportunity to have a TV appearance in the German Pro7 McChart Show, which was heavily criticised by fans who sensed a sellout.
Later that year, on 2 July, they played to a sellout Hyde Park Calling, where they were preceded by The Zutons, and opened for The Who.
The game was won by Edmonton 24 – 6 and the game was played in front of a sellout crowd of 20, 725 spectators.
The design for these tractors and combines were originally designed by Allis-Chalmers Corp. prior to the sellout to Deutz Allis.
In the 6-10 loss to the Carolina Panthers, Brooks was berated by the sellout crowd in the Louisiana Superdome as the home fans chanted, " We Want Jake " ( in reference to backup QB Jake Delhomme ) and they also booed him during pre-game introductions as the Saints fans became the 12th man of the Panthers ' defense.
He also performed a number of songs, including Jayne County's " Queenage Baby ", accompanied by Dave Peterson to a sellout crowd.
After UCSB ( led by future Laker Brian Shaw ) upset Jim Valvano's North Carolina State Wolfpack team by double digits in 1987 before a sellout crowd, the raucous atmosphere had transformed " The Events Center " into " The Thunderdome ".
The 12 – 4 victory against the Savannah Braves was witnessed by a sellout crowd of 8, 156 spectators.
Aslan ended 2000 by playing their first gig in the Netherlands to a sellout crowd and then returned to Ireland to sell out the Point Theatre again on December 27.

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