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| - Came here this past spring training to watch the A's play the Royals.
Surprise Stadium is a beautiful venue. I also appreciated how the stadium was very clean and well maintained.
We arrived at the ballpark probably about two hours before the game was scheduled to start, so parking was easy since we were some of the first fans there. Parking was free and volunteers directed us on where to park. We were staying in a hotel in Chandler, so the drive from the hotel to the ballpark was about an hour or so.
We had field level seats in Section 106 which were in the shade. There's a second deck that's almost entirely in the shade, but there are also plenty of field level seats (the ones closer to home plate) available that are out of the sun if that's what you are looking for.
Although the stadium is nice, the food could really use some major improvement. The food options are plentiful enough, but the quality of the food is really below par. During the game, I had a toasted turkey sandwich, fries, a soft pretzel, and a frozen iced tea. The turkey sandwich wasn't very good, pretty much packaged turkey meat, shredded lettuce, and ranch dressing in between toasted bread. I've had frozen packaged fries that were better than the fries served here. The pretzel was decent and the frozen iced tea was good.
The volunteers that work at the stadium were really nice and I got to talk to a couple of them who told me where they were from and why they now live in AZ.
Overall, this stadium provides a great atmosphere for taking in a spring training game.
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