‘Pack The Park Night’ at Middle Tennessee today

MURFREESBORO — Two free airline tickets will be given to a Middle Tennessee student and the first 500 people to enter the stadium will be given a free Blue Raider baseall t-shirt as the Blue Raiders try to set a new single-game attendance record when they play Vanderbilt on “Pack the Park Night” at Reese Smith Field Tuesday.

First pitch is 7 p.m. as the Blue Raiders seek to break the single-game attendance mark of 2,733, set against South Alabama in 2001. Fans are encouraged to arrive early for the game to reserve a general admission seat.The night is being sponsored by Comcast.

One lucky student will win two free round trip airplane tickets anywhere Southwest airlines flies in the continental United States compliments of Don Wright of Billboard Consultants. All students in attendance will be given a ticket at the gate and the winner will be decided based on their ticket numbers sometime during the game.

Also, Comcast is sponsoring the t-shirt giveaway.

Middle Tennessee sold a school-record 607 season tickets in 2004, including selling all 285 chairback seats. Fans also bought 309 family passes and 13 single passes, bettering the previous record by almost 100 season tickets.