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It's a bowl -- 2008-08-05

Been to 20 games so far this year. (They were not renamed, thank goodness. Who would change a name that's over 100 years old?) Section 114, right behind home plate, is where I love to sit. Low letters, low numbers. Seats 1 and 2 are aisle seats. From here you can give Blue a piece of your mind and still be able to talk the next day. The stadium is actually set in a bowl. On humid days, the ball dies up there, but there are windy days that swirl the air around up above the roof level. The press claims the Portland is too rainy for baseball (that's what they said when we were trying to get an MLB team anyway). This is not true. In April there were 3 PPD games, and no others so far all year.

Pete

TV Broadcast -- 2008-06-27

I have never been more disgusted while watching the game on tv on Thursday evening, June 26th. This is supposed to be a family outing and family tv viewing but it seems to me that there was more viewing of the girls in the pub doing ridiculous actions, very suggestive actions. I am not an old fashioned lady. however my children do not need to see this on a family show. It probably will not be a place I go for a game or watch again on TV. Tom Lamkin did a very classy job of announcing as a guest.

Mary Wasson

New Name for Portland Beavers -- 2007-08-29

Ideas for New Name: Portland Columbians (Columbia River, endorsements by Columbia Sportswear) Logo: Columbia River Fish, ie. Salmon Portland Audubons (Audobun Society not far from PGE Park, Oregonians are Bird Lovers) Logo: State Bird, Meadow Lark Portland Brewers (Name for Portland Microbrews) Logo: Hops Do not want my e-mail address available to anyone. Thank you

In the pit -- 2003-10-08

I must agree with all of the positive comments. Was there in June of 2003. What a view from the street! It's like a sunken treasure. Yes, the new "luxury" boxes detract from the old-time feeling but there is something about the "coziness" of a ballpark with a roof over the entire grandstand. The old time scoreboard on the left-centerfield wall is a great touch. And they do, under the stands on the first base side, have a picture of the stadium before the renovations. Would have liked to have seen, though, a more modern "old" photo - say from the seventies. Spend the time and take a trip to Eugene and see both the baseball park and the University of Oregon arena. Talk about living time machines...

Alan Zarrow

PGE Park -- 2003-04-07

I caught two games at PGE last year and had a great time, especially in the "Beer Garden" which resembles a pick up place more than a ball park concession stand (not that there's anything wrong with that).

Nice place. Where else can you see an excellent Italian race car driver (Max Papis) throw out the first pitch with no bounce to the catcher?

Ken Severson

The whole works -- 2001-08-29

I visited my son in Portland, and being an (old) baseball fan, I wanted to attend a game. The park was beautiful, confortable, had plenty of concession stands (at fairly reasonable prices---must more reasonable than the Detroit Tigers), and it was a pleasure to watch (mostly) young ball players who were more interested in palying ball than checking their stock options. I plan to see more minor league games, but am no longer interested in filling the pockets of the owners or overpaid ball players in the majors.

Ron Lucas

It's still Civic Stadium -- 2001-06-20

I tend to agree with most of the previous writers comments. Especially the price of admission. PGE Park is located on the MAX light rail lines which makes accessibility very nice. On the days of games, your Portland Beaver ticket also acts as a ticket to ride to and from the game. Left to left center reminds me of right field at Camden Yard with the see through wrought-iron fence allowing for viewing from outsideof the park. Many nice little touches were included in the Stadium that make it a nice place to take my family or to hang out with my friends.

My dissapointment came when I saw there are no bleacher seats in the outfield! You have a 30 some foot wall from left to right center (with a fence in front of it) and there is a short wall with an access road in right field. When it was Civic stadium, a ball had to go over the wall to be a home run. Even when short season A ball was playing in the park, they had to go deep in order to touch them all. If not, the outfielders had a live ball to play when it came off the wall. None of this exist anymore. If the ball goes over the

This is still the same old place that is covered with artificial turf that plays host to baseball, football, soccer, and marching band competitions. For better or for worse, it is still Civic Stadium.

Rodney Larson

The "new" PGE Park -- 2001-06-09

While most new ballparks in the majors and minors are throwbacks to ballparks like Wrigley Field, PGE park is the real thing, built in the 1930's, but renovated in the winter of 2000-2001. Now, many of the features of new ballparks have been added to old Civic Stadium to create PGE Park. On the positive side, new seats were installed in the lower tier, and a new beer garden down the right-field line. The seats on the first base side are much closer to the diamond than the third base side. The left-field area, high above the field, now has a nice picnic area where fans can watch the game for just $2.99. The site-lines from this area are great, and so are the grilled hot dogs! I really like the huge left-field scoreboard, manually operated (including the balls and strikes!) To top it off, the MAX light-rail trains are visible as they roll by just beyond the left-field wall at street-level. It all reminds me of Wrigley Field, with the L trains beyond Sheffield Ave. And when you think it can't get much better, I noticed the organ music is by a real, live organist, right there in the picnic area! The concessions are bathrooms were modernized, and the concorses seem wider. On the downside, the supporting beams that hold up the roof remain, so many of the seats behing the isle are obstructed. These are uncomfortable bench seats, so it's best to spend $7 or $8 on the first tier seats. Finally, the playing surface is artificial turf with the only dirt near the bases. But it's an all-purpose stadium, so it was an understandable decision.

Roger

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