What does eating children have to do with baseball?
Sir_Pootis_the_III
every day i mourn yankee stadium… fans stacked one on top of the next thanks to the theatre like balcony overhang mentioned in the article. i hope ideas like this gain some traction
dogdriving
Having just been to Rate Field this weekend in the upper deck, I really enjoyed reading this article and think they are right on. More stadiums should be compact with cantilevered upper decks.
Tsnyda
I tend to think our current ballpark is fine, but if a new one were built, I hope it’s something a lot like this
Jeremy24Fan
Didn’t love how upper deck seats can’t see fly balls. I went to a premier league game in london at a 100 year old stadium that had a similar roof obstructing the view. You could see the pitch but couldn’t see the ball every time it went in the air. It was infuriating
da3n_vmo
I went to college in the Chicagoland area 25 years ago, and was actually just thinking today about how bad Rate Field was/is. (Not to mention what a piss-poor name « Rate Field » is.) I hadn’t heard that they were thinking of building a new park, so it warms my heart to hear about this, and I hope they take some ideas from this article. Thanks for posting!
Callsign_Psycopath
We need more unique features in parks. The Warehouse at Camden Yards, the Green Monster, the Ivy at Wrigly.
Also more water features.
fillingupthecorners
Everyone loves a band box.
(Except pitchers. Sorry, suckers)
Electrical_Yard_284
Ah, the gentle and prolific Travis Sawchik, an elite contributor to Carson Cistulli-era FanGraphs Audio. Always happy to see his name pop up.
Poj_qp
Sox park gets a lot more hate than it deserves mostly because of its mediocrity. I think the Sox do a good job on the “soft” side of operations (giveaways, food, theme nights) and the park itself doesn’t bring any of those down, but it’s not a place I want to wander around between innings, especially on the upper deck.
I’ve had some negative gameday experiences at wrigley because of how old and pricy the physical stadium is and I do feel like the current park is a place I can relax and enjoy a game at, even if it could be much better
Pure_Lengthiness2432
What fans cite as bugs, teams will cite as features when it comes to ballparks.
All of them whether you realize it or not are geared to cater to the richest cliental in attendance. They get the best seats, the best food, the best drink, the best parking. Everything.
It’s not like it was 30-40 years where every fan is more or less treated the same, and it’s by design.
I look at the design of Citi Field, and I would say a solid 20% of that ballpark’s square footage can be described as “areas not for you” that would make the park far more accessible if they didn’t exist.
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What does eating children have to do with baseball?
every day i mourn yankee stadium… fans stacked one on top of the next thanks to the theatre like balcony overhang mentioned in the article. i hope ideas like this gain some traction
Having just been to Rate Field this weekend in the upper deck, I really enjoyed reading this article and think they are right on. More stadiums should be compact with cantilevered upper decks.
I tend to think our current ballpark is fine, but if a new one were built, I hope it’s something a lot like this
Didn’t love how upper deck seats can’t see fly balls. I went to a premier league game in london at a 100 year old stadium that had a similar roof obstructing the view. You could see the pitch but couldn’t see the ball every time it went in the air. It was infuriating
I went to college in the Chicagoland area 25 years ago, and was actually just thinking today about how bad Rate Field was/is. (Not to mention what a piss-poor name « Rate Field » is.) I hadn’t heard that they were thinking of building a new park, so it warms my heart to hear about this, and I hope they take some ideas from this article. Thanks for posting!
We need more unique features in parks. The Warehouse at Camden Yards, the Green Monster, the Ivy at Wrigly.
Also more water features.
Everyone loves a band box.
(Except pitchers. Sorry, suckers)
Ah, the gentle and prolific Travis Sawchik, an elite contributor to Carson Cistulli-era FanGraphs Audio. Always happy to see his name pop up.
Sox park gets a lot more hate than it deserves mostly because of its mediocrity. I think the Sox do a good job on the “soft” side of operations (giveaways, food, theme nights) and the park itself doesn’t bring any of those down, but it’s not a place I want to wander around between innings, especially on the upper deck.
I’ve had some negative gameday experiences at wrigley because of how old and pricy the physical stadium is and I do feel like the current park is a place I can relax and enjoy a game at, even if it could be much better
What fans cite as bugs, teams will cite as features when it comes to ballparks.
All of them whether you realize it or not are geared to cater to the richest cliental in attendance. They get the best seats, the best food, the best drink, the best parking. Everything.
It’s not like it was 30-40 years where every fan is more or less treated the same, and it’s by design.
I look at the design of Citi Field, and I would say a solid 20% of that ballpark’s square footage can be described as “areas not for you” that would make the park far more accessible if they didn’t exist.