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Reporting back as promised...

So starting with that blue tint to the section of the roof in the photo above...I could not for the life of me figure out where it was coming from but it was there all game and is less pronounced in person than that photo.

I was lucky enough to get to my seats early because they did a mini light show with a video introducing it with the players which was pretty cheesey but I loved it! The lights sharply went to a blackout before jumping up like strobes for a bit and then a pattern of going in sequence across the stadium. The lights or at least some of them seemed to be around the base of the roof. And I agree with what that article above said, the stadium did seem to 'pop' more, it looked newer so a good move there!

The new video board is great, you could easily see the much improved crispness and has fancy new stats like pitch break. The new electronic advertising strip around the stadium above the 200 level look great too and in sync with the board.

All in all it definitely improved the experience! And the game itself was unreal except for Berrios obviously, feel for the guy and hopefully it doesn't get in his head and he get back to normal in his next start
 
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I was there today. I liked the new lighting and the new screen.

What I did not like was how the Mary Browns Chicken and Craft Beer Corner were so far away from everything. I wanted to check them out but I was in section 120L and they were in 134.
 
Richard White said:
Yes but my point was they should have more than 1 location
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I dunno how much I care about Mary Brown's either way but I agree it's absurd that in a 45,000 seat stadium with 3 main seating levels, and beer retail outlets about every 20 feet, that there's literally one location to get decent beer. I will visit that location when next I'm there. But it's still absurd.
 
I have to admit, despite still thinking it's one of the worst stadiums in baseball, it's come a long way with the dirt infield, and striped turf, new scoreboard.., and even better when the roof is open. When the stadium is full it's quite amazing.
 
sixrings said:
Amazing how people can be so positive when the stadium is full. To me that’s it’s biggest issue. But I do like being able to buy comparatively cheap seats in comparison to other sports because there’s always left overs.
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Your not getting what I'm saying. I still don't think it's a great stadium, and majority of games the whole 500 level is pretty much empty which makes the stadium look pretty bad so ya it's still a bad stadium. If your telling me it's going to be sold out for 81 home games then we'll have this convo.
 
sixrings said:
Again the jays could spend a solid 50+ million a year on a payroll for 20 years and actually be competitive (instead of conceding to Boston and New York year after year) versus building a new stadium. Winning fills seats.
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Sometimes it does and sometimes it doesn't. Look at the Yankees, Mets and Dogers. All 3 teams spend big every year, and in the last 21 years they have one WS show for it.


You can't around upgrading a stadium by hoping that your going to have a winning product on the field.
 
sixrings said:
The argos thought a new place was going to be their saviour. Attendance never improved. You can’t assume a new stadium will magically improve the blue jays third place status in Toronto.
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Your comparing the Argos to the Blue Jays??? lol
 
sixrings said:
Well they certainly are not the leafs or the raptors. Those easily outclass the jays. Next level down is argos and tfc. I don’t know what to tell you.
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No idea what you mean by "outclass" but whatever....

Anyway, your theory seems to be it's okay for a pro team to play in a dump as the as they win, and mine is that is good to have both a winning team and a good facility.
 
sixrings said:
It’s your theory it’s a dump. For many people it’s a serviceable stadium.

The blue jays may be more popular than the leafs in Canada. But in Toronto where the ticket buyers are the maple leafs and the raptors are more popular than the jays. Basketball is a growing sport. Baseball is a dying sport. Hockey even in multicultural Toronto runs this country. The raptors won a few years ago. 91/92 was forever ago. I went to those World Series games and those parades. Times has changed. Back then the argos were relevant. But they have lost fans every year since 95. What happened in 95? More sports franchise competition. The raptors came here. People go to leaf and raptor games to be seen. People go to the blue jays games because they can get tickets and it’s still relatively cheap.
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Baseball in Canada seems to getting a new life if you look at the Jays or the 3 teams in the Frontier league plus Vancouver.
 
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