IU East is the premier four-year and masterâs public institution in eastern Indiana and western Ohio. Offering more than 60 academic programs, it has a traditional campus in Richmond and online degree completion programs.
The Mariners played their first game on April 6, 1977, to a sold-out crowd of 57,762 at the Kingdome, losing 7â0 to the California Angels. The first home run in team history was hit on April 10, 1977, by designated hitter Juan Bernhardt.
John Stantonâs First Avenue Entertainment group purchased a 90-percent stake in the Mariners for $1.26 billion in April, 2016, with the club valued at $1.4 billion for purposes of the transaction. Nintendo chairman Hiroshi Yamauchi had purchased the Mariners for $125M in 1992.