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The new old ballgame

Like my colleague, Doug Clark, I, too, made it to First Horizon Park Saturday night for the game between the Grasshoppers (I still want to call them the Bats) and the Asheville Tourists.

We sat in Section 110 on the first base side of home plate on a perfect night for baseball. More than 6,800 other fans apparently agreed.

A few impressions:

1. The cupholder-equipped seats are quite comfortable (one minor complaint: the legroom for someone who is 6-foot-2 like me isn't plenitful, but it'll do -- and it sure beats the wooden bleachers at War Memorial.

2. The concourses are spacious and the sight lines are wonderful.

3. The food is overpriced. We decided to get a real meal at a real restaurant after the game ... to save money.

4. The critics who claimed parking would be a problem were wrong. There are vast choices after dark in downtown Greensboro, all of them only a few minutes's stroll from the park.

5. The video scoreboard is a classy addition. I'll bet visiting teams love coming to Greensboro for the crowds and the amenities.

By the way, the team continues to draw very well, and already has surpassed last season's total attendance even though the current season has a full half to go.

For a dissenting view, see Ann Stringfield's comments in Letters to the Editor.

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Eric said:

"the legroom for someone who is 6-foot-2 like me isn't plenitful, but it'll do"

This is the fate for all us people who are over 6 ft tall. There are few public venues where we can sit in anything better than "adequate" or (more often) "cramped" spaces. We need a tallness revolution.

As for the rest... fans may be going out to see the new stadium, and the team with the cute name, but it won't last. I predict they'll get as tired of losing as any other town. If the team continues to fail to live up to its venue, it'll be in for more trouble.

Doug Clark said:

Eric,

You raise an interesting question: How much do people care whether the home team wins or loses at the minor league level?

I don't. And a lot of the people I observe at the park don't seem to be paying a lot of attention to a game. They're just enjoying the atmosphere.

But then, lots of other people are keeping up, encouring the Hoppers to do well.

I guess time will tell.

Joe Schmoe said:

I'm on the same discrimination wagon as Eric and Allen. At 6'6" I find it hard to be accommodated with stadium style seating. What makes it worse is once I sit down, people behind me start muttering about my head being in the way. I scrunch up but it becomes so uncomfortable. I usually get a seat at ball games where the section splits so my melon doesn't mess with people's views. Theaters are bad also. Although recently I went to the Paladium Theaters over in High Point and was thrilled to find they had high back chairs and were spaced out enough to keep my frame from blocking the screen. Thank God someone thought of us cloud people.

Lilly said:

Very well said, Allen. I agree.

And don't even get me started on the leg room in airplanes.
As for the team's fortunes, I agree with Doug. Most people I've observed don't go for the game -- they go for the experience. If the Bats, uh, Grashoppers win, it's a fringe benefit.

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