The first game I've made it to this year - went with my 11 year old daughter.
This is a review of the non-game aspects. Quick thumbnail: the Dome staff has drastically improved, demand for Yankee tickets is high even when the Jays block off sections, the volume of music is far too high, and they need to create more non-drinking sections and put a strong emphasis on it to parents buying tickets.
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When we got there the ticket booth lady was asking about where we wanted to sit, what section, what row and told us when seats disappeared from her display - massive improvement from last year when I couldn't understand what the person was saying when I bought tickets and how last year they didn't warn us the tickets were so far away you couldn't see much of anything. We got there just after Vernon's home run (could hear it from outside) and it was amazing how many were still buying tickets at that point and how scalpers were still demanding full ticket price plus to get in (I expected prices from scalpers to drop drastically by then).
Once inside we wandered the lower level for an inning so she could see the view from the expensive seats (it was her 2nd game ever). Then we went up to our seats (18 rows up in the 5th deck) and found people in them - we just went to the row above, then those people came and went to the next row, then the people for those seats came and demanded their seats rather than take the next row up. So we went down to our seats (cascade effect) with no problem. However shortly afterwards, after watching many guys going by with tons of beer (2 cups each trip), a gang of them started chanting 'f*** the Yankees' and other 4 letter chants despite knowing my daughter (who looks younger) and a few other kids (sub-10 from the looks of it) were around. She was uncomfortable (of course) so we went down when the Yankees did a pitching change to get some food (no lines as you can imagine). On our way back we talked with an usher who offered to move us to a new section (he was wondering if they were swearing but couldn't tell) but then a pair of people with Star tickets came up and gave them to us to sit on the 1st row of the 5th deck, far from the drunks. Made the game 100x more enjoyable, although my daughter isn't as enthused about going again now. Food was way overpriced ($5.25 for a dog or slice of pizza, no souvenir cups left which I wanted to get for her as a memory) and I never did see anyone selling programs (something I used to always buy). The people at the food counters though were very courteous and helpful - even got a free glass of water for my daughter when she asked.
Bottom line...
My daughter was extremely enthused about coming for her 2nd game (first was the last game of 2009 at home) but was very disappointed by the noise level and type of people in the crowd (hearing cursing mixed with 'Yankees Suck' hundreds of times does not make for a fun game - use some creativity people!). I'll wait until a late September series when the crowds are low to take her again as the fun was taken away due to that stuff (guarantee I'll never, ever take a child to a Yankees game again). She'd love to sit on the lower deck but the prices are far too high (we could get a season pass each at Ontario Place for what they charge for a seat in the lower deck). If I thought we could get down there more often I'd look at the Star pass as that is a great deal.
So, any other parents out there who want to share their experiences with their kids at the game?
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