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214 215 month facility.” The stadiumhas a full-time staff of 45,supplement- ed byhundreds of seasonal or game-dayemployees. It promulgates several sustainable policies,including providing dedicated recycling containers on its con- course level and in its suites.“Our cleaning crewwill make a separate pass as we’re picking up trash,just for those recyclables,”Lewandowski states.“Andwe use green power with Indianapolis Power and Light for our field lighting.And then,on our grounds,we usemostly green products to eliminate asmanypesticides as we can.” This past season,VictoryField has averaged 9,159 fans per game.“We’ve ledminor league baseball in attendance three of the last five years,”Lewandowski reports.“Ironically in those two years whenwe didn’t leadminor league baseball in attendance,we set our ownVictoryField attendance records.So,we’ve been on a reallygood run here over the last five seasons in attendance,and are proud of what we’ve been doing. Wewon our division–thewest division champion- ship in the International League; lost in the first round of the playoffs to the eventual Triple-Achamp–the www.aramark.com Aramark is proud to support VICTORY FIELD We congratulate them on their recent recognition and wish them even more success in the future. VICTORY FIELD PREFERRED VENDOR n Aramark www.aramark.com DurhamBulls.But we had a good season on the field andmoved a lot of players fromDouble-AtoTriple-A, and fromTriple-Ato themajor leagues,which is really what we’re here for–to be a feeder system to Pitts- burgh.So,it’s been a success.” In addition,Lewandowski seesVictoryField as a vital part of the growing downtown Indianapolis landscape. “It’s become a summertime destination and a communi- tygathering place,”he proudlydeclares.“And it not only fits in,but rivals some of the great venues that Indianap- olis is known for.”