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| - This is a good ballpark. I noticed quite a few things that I like about it and very little negative marks. The one negative, however really sucks.
They charge for parking, lets get that out in the open. I don't go to many spring training games, but I do know that I've been to games at Maryvale, Surprise, and Muni and have never paid for parking. Hell, to Muni I can ride the train which is great. Getting out of the parking lot is a pain in the ass. The game I went to had attendance of 4,000 and it took us 15 minutes to get out of the lot. We had a few encounters with westside trash on the way driving their lifted trucks trying to cut in line and use the size of the vehicle to intimidate me into letting them have their way. It didn't work. White trash, stop breeding, please. The stupid baseball sculpture outside invokes the emotion "WTF IS THAT?!" I truly hated it.
Everyone we encountered at the park was very nice, especially in contrast to Surprise which employed some of the rudest and most gruff old men I'd ever come across. At least Goodyear had people welcoming and wishing a safe trip home. It shows they really want your business and want you to come back again. I like that. Most of the seats are in the shade, especially on the 3rd base side in the second half of the game. It seems the design has all the right seats in all the right places. They also have a great amount of lawn seating in the outfield. There truly isn't a bad seat in the place.
If they get the parking under control, I'll be able to say this is probably the best place to watch a game in the Cactus League. For now though, I still like Maryvale for it's intimacy a little better. I posted a few pictures as well, hope you like them.
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