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Post by lboullion on Jun 12, 2006 6:33:11 GMT -8
Went to Milwaukee's Miller Park to watch the Brewers vs. Cardinals game. We were in row 21 on the lower level right by first base, pretty good seats considering there were about 38.000 people there.
Wow, what a ball park! It has the screens all the way around like Arco Arena. The left field fence is a computer/tv type screen too. Huge scoreboad and of coarse the roof! This is absolutely a state of the art- new age stadium. Totally different then Wrigley or Fenway.
Just wondering what ball parks people regard as the best for watching a game, or your own personal favorite?
I have only beed to Collisiuem, SBC (ATT), Miller, and Metrodome.
L Boullion
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Post by Mark on Jun 12, 2006 9:34:23 GMT -8
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Post by Chris on Jun 12, 2006 9:56:28 GMT -8
I used to be a Dodger fan back in the day of Garvey, Cey, Lopes & Dusty but I got smart when they uncerimoniously dumped their veterans. It is a cool place to watch a game and for $23,000,000 quite a bargin by today's standards. Dodgers Stadium A.K.A. Chavez Ravine Los Angeles, California Tenants: L.A. Dodgers (NL; 1962-present); L.A. / California Angels (AL; 1962-1965) Opened: April 10, 1962 Surface: Santa Ana Bermuda grass Capacity: 56,000 Parking: 16,000 cars Architect: Captain Emil Praeger Builder: Vinell Construction Company Owner: Los Angeles Dodgers Land area: 300 acres Cost: $23 million PETCO Park San Diego, California Tenant: San Diego Padres (NL) Opening: April 2004 Construction began: May 2000 Style: Open air Capacity: 46,000 Surface: Grass Architect: HOK Sport, Antoine Predock (design), Spurlock Poirier (landscape) and ROMA (urban planning). Construction: San Diego Ballpark Builders (a joint venture of Clark Construction Group Inc., Nielsen Dillingham Builders Inc. and Douglas E. Barnhart Inc.) Owner: City of San Diego (70%), San Diego Padres (30%) Cost: $456.8 million ($285 million for ballpark construction; $171.8 million for land acquisition and infrastructure) Public financing: $225 million from municipal bonds to be paid back with hotel-tax revenues, $57.8 million in project-generated redevelopment funds and $21 million from the San Diego Unified Port District Private financing: The Padres are responsible for a $153 million private sector contribution Lease: 30 years. Ah, Forget it! Here's a cool lnk www.ballparks.com/baseball
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Post by Chris on Jun 12, 2006 20:19:14 GMT -8
Bet you've spent a lot of time their old buddy
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Post by scrapper on Jun 13, 2006 7:38:10 GMT -8
You bet. Nothing like a cold Margarita on a hot August Day watching a great ball game ;D . For a minor league park, it is pretty good.
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Post by crash23 on Jun 13, 2006 14:20:17 GMT -8
Chris, Wanna take a journey to Stockton? Sounds like it's right up my alley!
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Post by Chris on Jun 13, 2006 16:27:55 GMT -8
Yeah give me a call & We're there bud. I'll buy as I heard you had a bit of an incident last night
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Post by crash23 on Jul 8, 2006 21:45:53 GMT -8
Huh??? I missed this post. What incident??? Oh, yeah... the car getting broke into. Yeah, that sucked. Coulda been worse though...
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Post by mflema on Oct 23, 2006 20:37:10 GMT -8
I have a question about Petco Park in San Diego. Is it true that you can take your dog with you to the game? My Snickers would love to go, and she has the cutest little baseball outfit. LOL
MEL
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Post by Chris on Oct 23, 2006 21:15:57 GMT -8
There are indeed open space areas where I think you can take a dog.
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