Sydney welcomes Dodgers and Diamondbacks
Sydney is set to be the first city in Australia to host Major League Baseball’s opening season games on Saturday March 22 and Sunday March 23 at the Sydney Cricket Ground.
The Los Angeles Dodgers and the Arizona Diamondbacks will play their first two games of the season, only the sixth time these games have been held and broadcast outside of the United States.
Two additional games on Thursday 20 and Friday 21 March will see Team Australia take on the Diamondbacks and Dodgers for the first time, giving Australia’s best baseball players the opportunity to play against some of America’s best stars.
To host the first games ever played in Australia, the Sydney Cricket Ground will be transformed into a Major Baseball League field.
Destination NSW, the NSW Government’s tourism and major events agency, is supporting the event.
Darling Harbour will come alive all week with the MLB Roadshow as its centerpiece, while bars and restaurants around the city will be joining the fun.
At the QT Hotel, situated in the restored Gowings and State Theatre buildings in Sydney’s CBD, the spaQ Barber Shop will get into the spirit of Major League Baseball, offering custom-created ‘Chin Music Shave’ for sluggers and guests on game day and throughout the month of March.
The treatment will include the Barber Shop’s straight-edged blade shave by steam room experience and a traditional baseball game day meal, a hot dog and beer in Parlour Lane Roasters.
For more information, visit http://mlbsydney2014.com/
Ian Jarrett
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