Nationals Park

The Washington Nationals' new stadium, Nationals Park, near the Navy Yard has been in operation since opening day.

Friday I went to the Nationals game against the Florida Marlins with one of my two brothers.

What surprised me favorably about the operation was how impeccably polite and helpful everyone working there was.

What was not favorable (in addition to the newly-increased ticket prices) was the high price of the food and drink at the ball park, with beer going for $7.50, hot dogs $7-$9, pretzels $6.00, bottled water (1/2 liter) $3.50, and coffee $3.50.  My brother asked me to mention that the Nationals' pretzels aren't nearly as good as the Orioles' pretzels.

But the good news is that there are lots of food vendors and a huge selection of food.  We ran into a little beer stand in an out-of-the-way corner of the stadium that had bottles of Guinness.  And while the woman attending the stand didn't even have a bottle-opener, it wasn't a problem, since I did.

The Nats lost to the Marlins 7-3, and the paid attendance was around 23,600 - which is about 56% capacity. Not bad, really, considering it was a weeknight with threatening skies and cool weather.

Here's the outfield entrance on Half Street.

Either these guys are pimping for members of the U.S. Senate, or someone needs to tell them that the team is called the Nationals and not the Senators. 

 

Comments

[Leslie]

Maybe they really *are* senators' sausages? If they are, I'll bet they have pickled brains available too ;->

[Babs]

Sounds like a "yummy" day at the ballpark........too bad you can't bring your own picnic....so: were the hot dogs good?....