2009 Top 5 MLB Ballparks

Everyone loves a good list, right?  So here’s ours.  America’s top 5 ballparks for 2009. These reviews come from our personal experiences, as well as the research we continue to pour into our first book (more on that coming soon). I’ve tried to leave the

#5 -Citizen’s Bank Park, Philadelphia, PA: A great mix of a [...]

Twins garage sale a success / disaster, depending on who you ask

The Minnesota Twins announced a garage sale to help them clean out the closets of the Metrodome, and get them ready for starting fresh at Target Field in 2010. The promotion of the sale was a rousing success, as thousands of Twins faithful lined up around the dome hours before the sale was supposed to [...]

Camden Yards getting a major facelift - What's next in ballpark renaissance 2.0?

So, when you’ve already re-invented the ballpark experience, what do you do for an encore?

The Sports Business Journal (link via sister publication SportingNews) reported last week that the Maryland Ballpark Authority has sent out the RFP for the first major overhauls to Camden Yards, home of the Baltimore Orioles. The exact details of the RFP [...]

The marketers are running the asylum, and missing the point.

taring at your phone and typing with your thumbs is not social, it’s anti-social. We all know that you could just as easily watch the game on TV, and have a better view, comfier seat, cheaper and more accessible snacks… but we go to games anyway because of the social experience that already [...]

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Initial Heritage Park Plan

When the new Yankee Stadium was built, there were plans in place about how the grounds of Old Yankee Stadium were to be utilized to create an area known as Heritage Park.  this would include retaining the original playing surface, as well as adding additional softball fields, a soccer/football field and [...]

Amanda from “Baseball Stadium Reviews” chimes in with her ballpark tales

Hello, ballpark fans!  This is Amanda Lippert of www.baseballstadiumreviews.com writing a guest blog entry.  Recently, Ticket to the Game posted an entry about women who make stadium road trips, so I was asked to describe my experiences with stadium road trips.  Being a Yankee fan, my first baseball game was back in 1986 at Yankee [...]

A season ticket holder gives us the inside scoop on Nationals Park

Mark W. is a season ticket holder at Nationals Park. He’s got some great seats just above 3rd base that I have yet to take advantage of (living 400 miles away). We’ve gone together to take the behind the scenes ballpark tour, which is definitely worth the price of admission by the way. However, I [...]

St. Louis’ Busch Stadium is the new permanent home of the All-Star Game

OK, well not really, but with the way it’s being treated by the press, it sure seems like it. I get it… St. Louis is a baseball town, their fans are knowledgeable, it’s a beautiful park, and they’ve really rolled out the red carpet for the media and the dignitaries. But, they are not [...]

Scranton’s drainage issues cause series to be moved to Allentown

As reported by one of our facebook fans (Are you a facebook fan? join now!), it seems that PNC Field in Moosic, PA (home of the Scranton-Wilkes Barre Yankees has been having serious drainage issues all year. They were forced to cancel their July 4th weekend games due to soggy conditions, despite having a [...]

Ballpark Update – Knights Stadium, Fort Mill, SC

My last report on Knights Stadium, home of the Charlotte Knights, was based on an aggregate of many trips. Having attended the July 4 game this year, I think it’s time for a bit of aun update to that original post.

First, kudos to the Knights for turning July 4th into a major marketing vehicle for [...]