Trash Pandas Announce Game Times for 2023 with Some Changes

MADISON, AL – Not only will the Rocket City Trash Pandas open a season for the first time at home in 2023, the club announced new additions to the promotions lineup and gametime tweaks to next season’s schedule.

The ’23 promotions will include the new All You Can Eat Wednesdays, with all tickets specially priced to include a selection of unlimited food such as hot dogs, burgers, fries, nachos and fountain drinks. This promotion will not be valid for three Wednesday Education Day games.

The full promotional schedule is still to come.

Trash Pandas ticket mini plans for the ’23 season will go on sale Friday, Nov. 18 at 9 a.m. The cost of most packages and single-game tickets when they become available will remain the same. The single-game tickets are $8 for general admission and $16 for box seats. However, the All You Can Eat Wednesday ticket will cost more than a regular ticket.

The Trash Pandas are coming off a season, their second, where they led the Southern League in attendance, set a franchise record and led the league in wins with an 81-57 record and qualified for the playoffs for the first time in club history.

The Trash Pandas will host their first opener in franchise history when the Chattanooga Lookouts vist Toyota Field at 6:35 Thursday, April 6. Rocket City will host 69 home games and travel for 69 more. The Trash Pandas will play 87 total games against North Division rivals Birmingham, Chattanooga and Tennessee as well as 51 games against South Division foes Biloxi, Mississippi, Montgomery and Pensacola.

Meanwhile, some of next season’s home game times will differ from the past two seasons.

While most Tuesday through Saturday games at Toyota Field are scheduled for 6:35 p.m. there are a few exceptions. The Trash Pandas will host the three Wednesday Education Day games at 11:05 a.m. on April 19, May 3 and Sept. 6. As a result, the Tuesday night games on April 18, May 2 and Sept. 5 will begin at 6:05 p.m.

New will be later start times on select Sundays. For April and most of May, Sunday games will start at 2:35 p.m. On Sunday, May 28 against Chattanooga, first pitch is scheduled for 6:35 p.m. ahead of Memorial Day on May 29.

All Sunday home games in June, July and August will begin at 4:05 p.m. According to the Trash Pandas front office, these new times will make it easier for fans to attend games as the weather cools off each night. All game times are subject to change. Sunday afternoon games return to 2:35 p.m. in September.

Fireworks are on the docket following all Friday and Saturday home games, as well as Opening Night on April 6, special Memorial Day Fireworks on Sunday, May 28, and an Independence Day spectacular. There will be a total of 27 postgame fireworks shows in 2023.

More weekly promotions return including Ladies Night on Tuesdays, Dog Day Wednesdays and Kids Run The Bases on Sundays. 

To view next season’s schedule, please visit here.

Featured image provided by the Rocket City Trash Pandas.