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Year Opened 2001 Current Team Affiliate League Capacity My Grades Photos taken in 2001 |
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| I guess we can thank Bud Selig for something else - first the wild card, then interleague play, and now Miller Park. Among the three, Miller Park is probably the best innovation, but that is not meant as any sort of complement. Among parks that have opened since 1992, this is probably the worst of them. And I'm not even so sure that it is better than Comiskey Park. It's only better than Skydome because it has real grass. Sure, Miller Park is a nice enough new park to watch a game in, but is it better in any way than old County Stadium ? Maybe the seats are a little wider ? Maybe there are a few more bathrooms ? The biggest differences I noticed here were the higher prices and seats further from the field. From the outside, this park is huge, and sticks out like a sore thumb from miles away. Why build a new park in a big open space when almost all new parks are being built in downtown locations ? My guess is that this was a way for Bud and the Brewers to save money. They may have saved money, but they ended up with a rather boring park. Yes, it's fun to see the roof open and close, but do they really need a dome in Milwaukee ? Even when the roof is off (like it was the night I was there), it still feels somewhat like a dome. Almost all the seats remain undercover, unlike Enron Field and Safeco Field. There are some good things about Miller Park - the concourses are very wide, the food selection good, the scoreboard is impressive, and Bernie Brewer still has his slide. And if you like beer, you'll find a vendor selling Miller every 5 feet. Even some of the seats aren't bad - the first level and loge do offer a decent view of the infield. Though parts of the outfield can be blocked due to the way the seats bend in down the lines. The upper deck is simply too far from the action - this certainly rivals the height of the upper decks in some of the 70's circular parks. My last complaint is about parking - it's a bit too expensive, too far from the park, and they cram the cars in too tightly. You'd think that space was limited the way they park them here. I'm sure Miller Park will serve the fans well for many years - if they keep coming. It wouldn't surprise me to see attendance drop down to County Stadium levels within a few years. County Stadium was memorable, Miller Park is not. |
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