This is a joke.
Fenway Park is America’s most beloved ballpark. While Wrigley may be more picturesque and Yankee more historical, you don’t hear about random fans going on 2000-mile pilgrimages to see PNC PArk or US Cellular Field.
I don’t care how short the concession lines are or how well you can see the city’s skyline.
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Well, let’s take a look at where Fenway fared in terms of doing poorly. 30th in affordability - can’t argue with that. Traffic (if you are driving to the game, a laughable idea) is not good and you can’t dispute that.
As for 30th in promotions, I could care less about getting another bobblehead doll of some mediocre player (like tomorrow night’s Dmitri Young bobblehead night at the Nats game).
The food issue I can’t speak to since the last game I took in there was in 2001, but I am not the type to look for some “signature” food item unless it’s a signature hotdog, like the Fenway Frank.
Hospitality and Atomsphere probably get hit because the home town fans aren’t pushovers like in towns such as Baltimore where opposing teams take over the stadium. Sorry that the Red Sox fans are a little smarter (see Fan IQ ranking of #2) and more passionate than the rest of baseball.
So, Fenway fails in terms of getting there, affordability, froo froo food choices, and the niceness of the fans, and is a success in terms of Tradition, Fan IQ, Neighborhood, and oh yeah, Quality of Team. What that says is that if you want a real baseball experience, go to Fenway. If you want all the things outside of what matters in baseball, go elsewhere.
Well, that is a joke. What are they ranking? The Ballpark, as they claim to be, or is it really fan experience (which is not the title…)
Team quality, fan IQ, and promotions have nothing to do with the ballpark. Neighborhood and traffic only have to do with getting to/around the ballpark. Affordability is not even really related.
So they should call this Fan Experience or delete it…
I just noticed Camden Yards is 14?!?! I don’t even like the Orioles, but thats a great ballpark.
Fenway isn’t a comfortable, sleek, modern, cheap, easy to drive to, hospitable to visiting fans, full of gourmet delicacies, shopping-mall-like ballpark experience. Fenway doesn’t need to lure in fans with cheap tickets, inter-inning “Sausage Race/Presidents Race” or other distractions, bobblehead and chotchkie give-aways, crab cake sandwiches or other gimmicks or come-ons, because people go to Fenway for one reason — to watch BASEBALL, and to do so in an historic setting.
On top of all that you all have written, this is an online survey and is therefore in itself statistically dubious.
But I agree with you all. And your points apply to more than Fenway. People who want a 21st century commercial shopping mall experience should go to artificial attractions Orlando not historically-significant places in Boston.
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