Not sure about the other stuff, but the home team always takes BP first.Originally Posted by Metsno1fan
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Not sure about the other stuff, but the home team always takes BP first.
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The baseline box seats have the advantage of being in a semi-private box, having a TON of legroom and it also comes with a table and storage shelf, cusioned seats and access to the private baseline club--a very, very cool set up. Also, you're very close to the field. The regular field box seats are just regular seats and are further from the field with no club access.
Check the Dodgers website for batting practice times.
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Also you get a complimentary buffet. There are certain Facebook days where you can get the box seats for 40% off.
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Aren't the baseline boxes very shallow raked because they're almost all at field level? They were added after the main structure was built of course and the original field boxes weren't all that much higher in elevation.
You must have lots of heads in front of you if you're in the deeper rows.
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Yes, they're raked very gradually, but because only every other row has seats (1 row seats, 1 row tables, 1 row seats etc.) it doesn't affect your viewing.
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Posting some cool pics from this site that I stumbled on - LINK
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Couple more:
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Thank GOD that dome concept died on the modeler's table.
You have an almost perfect season-long baseball climate and you want to hide indoors.
O'Malley - dis ain't Brooklyn.
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That dome WAS for Brooklyn. That was what would have been built at the Atlantic Rail Yard location. There was never any plan for a dome in L.A.
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Wow, nice blog. Found this in-wall scoreboard concept that I never saw before. Fascinating that 40 years later it came to fruition.
Also worth noting that the scoreboard clearly shows the Dodgers had hoped the stadium would be ready for the 1961 season.
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read about the buckminster fuller dome for atlantic ave...
http://www.walteromalley.com/excerpt...rnia_calls.php
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That is possibly one of the coolest stadiums I have ever seen. The way it's got the cars, busses, and taxis involved. Wow.
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What do you expect from a Bucky Fuller designed stadium. The guy was a one-of-a-kind genius.
co-mod of the ws champs
pure genius, sure.
but how could mr. fuller have mispelled "buses"?
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Enter Sandman
Dodger Stadium, June 30, 1962
http://www.npr.org/templates/player/...2592&m=9752593
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Great shot! Don't know how anyone could not like this place!
Also did or does dodger stadium have any obstructed views?
The one constant through all the years, Ray, has been baseball. America has rolled by like an army of steamrollers. It has been erased like a blackboard, rebuilt and erased again. But baseball has marked the time.
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The only obstructed views happened when they originally built the baseline box seats in 2004. There were too many rows too close together for how gently the seats were raked...
There were many complaints about these seats, so that winter they tore out the whole section and re-designed it--replacing every other row with a table. The re-design worked perfectly.
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Yeah that looks horrible! Good choice dodgers!The only obstructed views happened when they originally built the baseline box seats in 2004. There were too many rows too close together for how gently the seats were raked...
There were many complaints about these seats, so that winter they tore out the whole section and re-designed it--replacing every other row with a table. The re-design worked perfectly.
The one constant through all the years, Ray, has been baseball. America has rolled by like an army of steamrollers. It has been erased like a blackboard, rebuilt and erased again. But baseball has marked the time.
Put it in the books
From what I've heard - which is all I can go by, having never visited the facility myself - the Dodgers' restricting fan movement between the various levels is a good reason for someone like me.
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Unlike the white sox who do the same thing, they actually have celebrities at their games. So I could see that getting annoying if I paid good money for seats and some jerk from the upper level came down to block my view so they could talk to alysia malano. Other than that reason it sucks as a fan.
The one constant through all the years, Ray, has been baseball. America has rolled by like an army of steamrollers. It has been erased like a blackboard, rebuilt and erased again. But baseball has marked the time.
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I'm not sure that's correct, but I've never sat in the Upper Decks at DS. I always sit on Field Level when I go... However, if I come in through the VIP side on 3rd base I do come in on the 2nd level and I don't remember getting my ticket checked again when I took the escalator down to the field level.
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When I went in 2006, I sat in the reserve (3rd tier) level, but the people at the stairwells wouldn't let me go lower. I was able to get up to the top deck though.
I suppose if I were more persistent, maybe I could've found an unattended stairwell or a nicer ticket checker, but I hate missing parts of the game.
Maybe the policy has changed since then. Any Dodger fans or more frequent visitors know?
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The problem is that unlike every other stadium in the majors, the escalators...
...and stairs...
are located completely outside of the stadium gates. Likewise, unlike any other ballpark in the majors, the entrance gates are specific to each seating level...
Top deck gate...
Club level gate...
Reserved level gate...
Pavilion gate...
Loge level gate...
Once you are through the turnstiles and inside of the stadium itself, there are simply not enough staircases or elevators to allow free movement of any and all fans who would want to explore the stadium. Simply put, the stadium infrastructure could not handle it.
There are solutions, but they would require a ton of money to make happen. I believe the stalled "next 50" renovations would have erected a perimeter around the entire complex with new entrance gates located in the new perimeter and would mean free movement around the stadium once inside the "complex". But until that happens you wont be seeing any change in the restricted movement between level for the general population.
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Otherwise its an incredible place to see a game. With Yankee Stadium gone, it does belong with Wrigley and Fenway in the "classic ballparks" category. Especially after the renovations that restored the original color scheme.
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