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| - Put me in cold, I'm ready to play today. I am ready to play in the Las Vegas baseball scene. Las Vegas has a unique baseball scene. Without a Major League team, the Las Vegas baseball scene is a melting pot of baseball team fans from throughout the Country. Because Las Vegas is in need of a Major League baseball team, baseball fans unite at the 51s minor league game. Cashman Field is the home of the Las Vegas 51s, who are currently the NY Met's Triple-A affiliate team. Born and raised in New York, this adds another dimension to the 51s game.
Cashman Field stands proudly in downtown Las Vegas. It is a homerun-out-of-the-park-hit from the Historic Mormon Fort where the City of Las Vegas began. It is off of Las Vegas Boulevard a few miles north of the glitter and glamor of the Las Vegas Strip and two traffic lights north of the I-515/US 93/US 95 freeway.
On good days parking is as easy as finding a slot machine in a casino. On crowded days parking is a challenge. Regardless, the $4 parking admission is relatively inexpensive. The best way to describe the parking lot is a lower and upper parking lot. Cashman Field is built in a hilly area that some would argue would make a nice park if Cashman Field is relocated. A grassy hill separates the upper and lower parking lot. The hill affords a showcase view of the stadium and a distant Frenchman Mountain. Children love playing on the grassy hill. Adults love walking down its concrete walkway in anticipation of the game.
The admission ticket process is fast and smooth. The general admission is $8 per person. The stadium is simple to navigate through. A bonus is that they hand out booklets showing the game schedule and baseball players.
At Cashman Field, the majority of the seats are field level. Every time I watched baseball here, I sat on bucket seats with a cup holder instead of bleachers. Bucket seats add to the quality of the baseball experience because they are much more comfortable than bleachers. Besides seats, there are a couple of grassy areas for people to watch the game. There are zero nosebleed seats unless a foul ball was to strike a spectator's nose. Nearly every seat outside home plate is in a foul ball zone. The reality is that fowl balls frequently land in the crowd causing a need for spectators to be alert.
In my opinion the seats overlooking first base are the best. First base is where the 51s dugout is. From my first base seat, I had a close-up perspective of the 51s and possibly future NY Met's stars walking to the dugout. Occasionally one of them would toss a ball toward these very seats.
Minor league baseball is more than a game. It is Entertainment!. The 51s mascot Cosmo the Allien has all the bases covered when it comes to entertaining the crowd. During the game, fans do the stretch. There is an opportunity for fans to catch a t-shirt. After the game, children had the privilege of running along the bases.
Cashman Field holds 9,934 seats. When we attended the game this past Sunday there were closer seats sitting empty. Security made sure they were empty. When fans attempted to grab these seats, Security stopped them. Security was protective of the season ticket holders seats. Cashman Field is one stadium where playing musical chairs is prohibited.
Cashman Field is a minor league stadium where fans enjoy the baseball tradition of a hot dog with a beer or soda. Their concession is nothing fancy. It is just your basic ball park snack bar. I must state that draft beer has gone up. Draft beer was $7 and a pretzel was $4.
Is the Las Vegas baseball scene better for day or night games? There is so much to do in Vegas at night. When the weather is beautiful like it was this past April Sunday, when I saw the game, I prefer day games. I am an outdoor enthusiast who appreciated sitting outside in beautiful weather. Fast-forward to the summer when the desert is baking hotter than an oven, I prefer night games.
In the news, I hear all this talk that Cashman Field is outdated and it needs to be torn down !? Cashman Field is not a work of art like the PGE Park in Portland. Cashman Field is a minor league stadium that is current with the times, is affordable, a component of the Downtown Cultural Corridor, and convenient to the majority of locals and tourists. With that said, I think there will be at least a few more baseball seasons that I will be playing in the Las Vegas baseball scene having a good time in Cashman Field.
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