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By David B, on November 18th, 2009
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 [...]
By David B, on November 9th, 2009
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 [...]
By David B, on November 2nd, 2009
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 [...]
By David B, on October 13th, 2009
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 [...]
By David B, on August 19th, 2009
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 [...]
By Amanda, on August 18th, 2009
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 [...]
By Mark W, on August 13th, 2009
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 [...]
By kings33, on July 14th, 2009
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 [...]
By kings33, on July 9th, 2009
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 [...]
By kings33, on July 6th, 2009
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 [...]
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