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21 April 2005 - 8:36 pm
So I'm still undecided about the new Busch Stadium. It's still a work in progress and I think that affected my take on it. The main problem I had was that I didn't have a good view of any of the scoreboards, so it was tough to keep track of balls and strikes. This is probably because they don't have a scoreboard installed on the third base side of the stadium yet and the upper deck blocked my view of the main scoreboard and I was sitting beneath the first base scoreboard. So that was my main complaint.
The park itself has a different feel from the old Busch. While much has been made of the openness of the new stadium, I didn't get that impression at all. Just the opposite, in fact. In the old Busch there was a great deal of light and air let into the concourse as the sides were wide open. The new stadium is wedged up against the highway and the lower-level concourse feels like it is in a cave. Admittedly, the concourse is much wider and easier to move through than the hallways of the old Busch. And there is more variety in the concession options, at least on the lower level. Of course, the prices are ridiculous. My dad is a fan of the pitching and batting games out in center field. Personally, I wasn't keen to part with a dollar to test my pitching prowess, but to each his own.
It may be that I just need to get used to the new environment. I'll certainly have plenty of opportunity: I'll be at tonight's game against the Cubs and a game the following weekend against the Nationals. Then I'll be seeing the Cardinals play the Reds for the second time in early June.
The park itself has a different feel from the old Busch. While much has been made of the openness of the new stadium, I didn't get that impression at all. Just the opposite, in fact. In the old Busch there was a great deal of light and air let into the concourse as the sides were wide open. The new stadium is wedged up against the highway and the lower-level concourse feels like it is in a cave. Admittedly, the concourse is much wider and easier to move through than the hallways of the old Busch. And there is more variety in the concession options, at least on the lower level. Of course, the prices are ridiculous. My dad is a fan of the pitching and batting games out in center field. Personally, I wasn't keen to part with a dollar to test my pitching prowess, but to each his own.
It may be that I just need to get used to the new environment. I'll certainly have plenty of opportunity: I'll be at tonight's game against the Cubs and a game the following weekend against the Nationals. Then I'll be seeing the Cardinals play the Reds for the second time in early June.
Posted by on 21 April 2006 at 8:36 AM
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