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| - Visited the new ballpark for the first time on Saturday, March 7, 2009. It's quite a trek for me from Mesa, but I like baseball and am always game to visit a new ballpark.
When approaching the stadium, all the workers were very nice. Walked up to the window and purchased a grass seat. Entered the park. Not what I was expecting for a brand new park. Nice, but pretty basic. But really, I there for the game and not the park.
The grass area is a little bit steeper than what I'm used to. Also the area to the left of center field isn't designed that well. You have to sit pretty far back to be able to see over the wall. All in all a good experience as long as you don't sit really close to center field. The biggest complaint is you cannot see the score board, at all. So you have no clue what the score is, what inning it is, anything. And there are no other smaller boards around the park for this info.
Let's move on to the food. I ended up ordering from the pizza stand on the right field side. Lines weren't that long, but they did take a good amount of time. From the time I ordered my food (chicken strip basket) to when I got my food, it took more than 10 minutes. Food was nice and hot and pretty tasty. Not bad for $7. My friend just ordered fries and hers took just as long.
On the way back to our seats we stopped at one of the carts in the left field side to get margaritas. I was not happy to find out they only take cash, despite the electronic cash register they had. I'm always disappointed this day and age when people can't take debit. Oh well, their loss. I guess I didn't really need alcohol :(
Later in the game we went to sit in regular seats. About half-way between third base and the outfield wall. GREAT seats. Very roomy and comfortable. Very good view of the field.
All in all, a great day at the ballpark! Not one of my faves in the valley. If it was closer, I'd go again. But I doubt I'll trek out that far again.
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