The Woodpeckers have sold more than 125,000 tickets, according to a team representative

In less than a month, the Fayetteville Woodpeckers will take the field at Segra Stadium for the first time to compete in a minor league baseball game.

If Monday is any indication, it'll be a packed house for the home opener on April 18 — and throughout the season.

The Woodpeckers, the Houston Astros' Advanced-A Carolina League team, made single-game tickets available Monday morning and got "awesome" results, said Austin Schwartz, the team's vice president of sales and marketing.

Schwartz said the team has sold more than 125,000 tickets for the season.

"We actually sold out of all the seating in our seating bowl for opening day," he said. "We do still have a handful of berm seats left, as well as tickets for general admission."

The TapHouse at Huske on Hay Street, which is near Segra Stadium, served as a temporary ticket location from 11 a.m. until 6 p.m. and Schwartz was impressed with the amount of people waiting when he arrived.

“It’s been awesome," he said.

"We actually had a line when the doors opened, which was really cool to see. … We saw a big swell right at the start, obviously. We’ve seen strong ticket sales across, with the strongest for opening day. Most of the first home series has sold really strongly, as well as our special events throughout the season.”



Now, the only way people can nab a seat in the seating bowl for opening day is if they purchase a ticket package.



"Today in particular, with the groundswell of support and the excitement we’ve seen from people," Schwartz said, "it really has kind of reaffirmed what we thought: This town is ready for a team to come and is ready for the season in general. We’re definitely very happy with where our sales are.”



Staff writer Rodd Baxley can be reached at rbaxley@fayobserver.com or 910-486-3519.