CHARLESTON, S.C. ? Nobody will be allowed to watch the Charleston Riverdogs’ game against the Columbus Redstixx on Monday night, and that’s just what the team wants.

The Riverdogs will continue their tradition of outlandish promotions when they lock the gates and hold a party outside the ballpark in an attempt to set the record for the lowest attendance on “Nobody Night.”

The idea has been called ridiculous, and team owner and promotional guru Mike Veeck says that’s the point.

Veeck said without the support of the community, the Class A affiliate of the Tampa Bay Devil Rays couldn’t pull off an empty-stadium stunt.

“Even though it’s so goofy and it’s so out there, I think they have a capacity along with us now, after kind of a relationship that’s been built, to kind of laugh and say ‘Gosh, that’s stupid’ which it is,” Veeck said

There’s a discrepancy over what the actual lowest attendance record is, but Veeck believes nobody has ever had zero attendance.

“We’ve called the Hall of Fame and they said ‘If it happens, and you play in front of no one, send us all the information and verification,'” radio play-by-play announcer Jim Lucas said. “They didn’t promise us anything, but they said, ‘We’ll look into it for you.'”