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Madrid Grandstand Opening Day Celebration

Santa Fe, NM – May 24, 2011 – The Town of Madrid is hosting an opening day celebration for the newly renovated Grandstand in the Oscar Huber Memorial Ballpark on Monday, May 30, 2011. Entertainment will start at 10 a.m. with opening remarks at 11 a.m. from Master of Ceremonies Santa Fe County Commissioner Robert A. Anaya. Guest speakers include New Mexico State Representative Rhonda King and New Mexico Senator Phil Griego. There will be a presentation from the Madrid Landowners Association at approximately 11:45 a.m., followed by a ribbon cutting ceremony and color guard presentation at noon.

Following the presentations, the Madrid Miners and East Mountain Riff Raff will play in the 29th Annual Ballgame, which is an annual Memorial Day tradition in Madrid. The fields will be groomed and the teams will be dressed in traditional uniforms.

Santa Fe County staff has spent approximately nine months renovating the Grandstand structure, which mirrors the original structure built around 1920. The Grandstand is thought to have been the first electrically lit ballpark west of the Mississippi River. The new grandstand includes beams from the original structure and the original announcer’s booth.