Fields Of Dreams: Citizens Banking Concern Park, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Citizen’s Bank Park is the habitation of the Philadelphia Phillies together with replaces the straight off demolished Veteran’s Stadium, which they shared with the Eagles football game team.  It sits southward of downtown inward the Sports Complex along with Lincoln Financial Field (football) together with the Wells Fargo Center (hockey together with basketball).

The Phillies stimulate got a long history.  The squad has been here, inward this incarnation, since 1883.  The advert is brusk for the “Philadelphians.”  The squad has had highs together with lows.  It won the World Series inward 1980 together with 2008, most late against the Joe Maddon led Tampa Bay Rays.   The squad also holds the tape for the most games lost yesteryear whatever MLB team.  Many baseball game legends stimulate got played here; Steve Carlton, Larry Bowa, Mike Schmidt, Pete Rose, Casey Stengel, Sparky Anderson, Joe Morgan, together with Ryne Sandberg are alongside the large names that stimulate got graced the rosters.  In 2012, y'all tin sentinel such star players at Ryan Howard, Jimmy Rollins, Cole Hamels, Chase Utley together with Cliff Lee play.

Right now, inward August of 2013, the Phillies are inward 3rd house but it's a depression 3rd place, 15.5 games behind the Nationals together with the Braves inward the Nationals League's eastern division.

Here are the stats…

Year opened: 2004

Surface: Kentucky Blue Grass

Construction cost: $458 million

Capacity:  46,528

Field dimensions: Left champaign – 329 ft.; left ticker – 374 ft.; left ticker “angle” – 409 ft.; Center champaign – 401 ft.; correct ticker – 369 ft.;  Right champaign – 330 ft.

Home teams: Philadelphia Phillies (National League, MLB) 2004 –present

Events attended: ane game

Citzen’s Bank Park seems similar a large stadium when you’re inside, a characteristic it shares with parks such equally Los Angeles, St. Louis, together with San Francisco.   This is non an intimate feeling stadium, withal the staff together with fans are really welcoming together with instruct temporary friends for a few hours.  It’s a hitter-friendly park, too, instant exclusively to Yankee Stadium for the break of habitation runs given up.

The seating bowl features 3 larger decks together with a modest score of suites.  It tin instruct pretty hot hither inward the summer, together with thence most fans similar to sit down inward the upper reaches of the decks to stimulate got payoff of the shade…you’ll meet a lot of people from the lower parts of the decks caput to the opened upward concourse on a hot day.

Seating inward the outfield has several levels, from inexpensive bleacher seats to a individual political party deck filled with inflatable pools.  Ticket prices run from $14 to $80.  Decent prices for a lot of the seats but lacking inward the genuinely “cheap seats.”  Call (215-463-1000) for accessible seating.

Handicapped seating is bountiful together with spread throughout all levels.  No problems with buying extra companion seats. 

The stadium is good served yesteryear accessible metro together with bus transit.  It is also surrounded yesteryear vast fields of parking lot.

Food is mainly regular ballpark fare with hot dogs, pizza together with the similar but it is high character together with tasty.  Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 few dissimilar foods are available, such equally the Schmitter…a cheese steak with salami, tomatoes, particular sauce, all on a Kaiser roll.  Pre-packaged vegan fare together with sushi are available at the South Philadelphia Market convenience shop locations scattered but about the park.

There is a large alternative of draft beers available at average ballpark prices.

The game experience is really adept here.  The views are first-class with no obstructions.  Staff is really friendly together with helpful.  It is also ane of the few stadiums that create non let fans to furnish to their seats during game play…you must facial expression for a dead ball to give-up the ghost back.  For wheelchair users, they enforce the clear expanse but about the wheelchair seats together with thence people don’t role your personal infinite equally a “standing room only” zone similar they create at many parks.

The local fans are also really friendly together with are happy to beak baseball, the Phillies, your habitation team, together with your trip. 

What is groovy most this stadium is decent food, groovy beer selection, friendly people, adept views, together with an exciting squad to watch.  What could go better?  Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 to a greater extent than intimate feel, lower ticket prices inward the nosebleeds together with bleachers, together with go closer to downtown.

All-in-all, a groovy stadium that leads the residuum of the pack nether our transcend 3 modern era stadiums.  .

Darryl

Copyright 2010 – Darryl Musick