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Rays Adding Second Bus For MLB Trip

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By Bryan Levin, Sports Director/Anchor - email
PRINCETON -

The following is a press release from the Princeton Rays:

Due to overwhelming demand that continued even after the first bus was full and well beyond the original April 5 deadline, the Princeton Rays have added a second bus with additional seating now available and an extended deadline for those wanting to travel on the team's 8th Annual Major League Bus Trip to Pittsburgh. This year, the trip will be conducted on May 5, 2012 to Pittsburgh's PNC Park to see the Pirates play the Cincinnati Reds in a 7:05 p.m. game.

"This has always been a popular trip and the calls have not stopped coming. With that in mind, we now have the required amount of people needed to acquire a second charter bus. So now we have even more additional seats for the trip beyond that," said P-Rays' general manager Jim Holland in announcing the plans for the second bus. He added that interested persons should contact the Princeton Rays as quickly as possible but that the deadline is now May 3 or whenever the bus is full, whichever comes first.

Cost of the trip is $95.00 per person and includes all transportation fees and game ticket while all participants on the trip will also receive a Pittsburgh Pirates replica "21" jersey of Baseball Hall of Famer Roberto Clemente and view a fireworks show following the game.

The trip will be made aboard two air-conditioned charter buses, which will depart the Hunnicutt Field parking area in front of the ticket office at 11:30 a.m. on the day of the game and there will be a meal/shopping stop en route to Pittsburgh. The buses will be picking up several passengers in Beckley en route so that option is available for Beckley-area passengers. The buses will return to Princeton immediately after the fireworks show following the game.

Since reserved seating is involved, all seats must be reserved and paid in full for the second bus as they are ordered. Due to the close proximity of the game date, all orders are now non-refundable. The Princeton Rays also accept major credit cards if you wish to order by telephone or e-mail.

For more details, or to request a registration form, interested persons can contact the Princeton Rays front office either by e-mail at princetonrays@frontier.com or by telephone at (304) 487-2000.