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| - I've been to Chase Bank Field on 2 separate occasions. Both times I had fun watching the Arizona Diamondbacks play. This is a ballpark with a retractable roof but for both my visits, the roof was closed. I'd say a majority of the time the roof is closed as the temperatures in Phoenix soar during the summers of baseball season.
Although I've enjoyed the games at Chase Field, the reason I'm giving it 3 stars has to do with my comparison with it to the other 30 baseball parks around Major League Baseball. It's in the middle of the pack. It's cool from a lot of aspects, but never blew me out of the water amazing.
Some aspects about Chase Bank Field that I liked are...the ballpark never fills up with too many fans. Regardless of the Diamondbacks' record, the stadium doesn't get sold out daily like Yankees Stadium, Fenway or Wrigley. So you never really have that electric atmosphere. But at the same time you can spread out and not have every seat next to you occupied. On that note, tickets are real accessible. Both of my visits I went straight to the box office the day of the games and bought good tickets for cheap. Prices are reasonable wherever you choose to sit throughout the park. My first visit I sat in left field a couple rows back. The next time I sat in the upper deck behind home plate. In both spots my tickets weren't expensive and the views were good.
Describing Chase Field from the outside, it's located in the heart of downtown Phoenix right next to Talking Stick Resort Arena where the NBA's Suns play. There's plenty of parking available in garages right beside the ballpark. Also, although I don't live in Phoenix, it looks like they have plenty of public transportation to Chase Field if you choose not to drive. From outside the park, there's good opportunities for photos from the main street area. That's where most fans stopped for pics with Chase Field signs hanging in clear view. If you walk around the stadium for better angles of the park, you don't really get much as you pass through an area of train tracks and are confronted with the parking garages. From the outside, the park reminds me of a giant, square boxed structure similar to that of Minute Maid Park in Houston.
On the inside, you can walk around the stadium without interruption. There aren't too many exciting features inside other than the infamous pool that's situated in the outfield. Access to the pool for swimming is part of having a ticket for the area. Without a ticket, it's closed to spectators. You can only walk past it, observe and hang out up close to it, and of course for myself take a photo of it! There is a giant sized scoreboard that's located in straight away center field. Views from the upper deck were pretty good and a good spot for photo taking of the massiveness of Chase Field. The outfield has seating that extends down to eye level from both left and right fields. They are good spots to watch the game from for cheap in my view.
Food from what I remember wasn't overwhelmingly memorable. They have your typical baseball type fair at typical baseball park prices. One other thing I'd like to point out, since the stadium doesn't fill up too much for the games, you definitely get a more relaxed and laid back vibe that some people including myself actually enjoy.
Overall, I have no complaints about Chase Field. I was happy both times I visited to have the chance to watch Diamondback games. I'd also recommend to anyone to visit and check out the park regardless if they're fans of baseball or not. I wouldn't put this place in my Top 10 of parks out there, but still it was satisfactory enough in my eyes.
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