Pat's at Yankee Stadium
I just finished a 3 minute conversation with someone from the Food Network about whether I might enjoy the fish tacos or hearth-fired pizza more.
One of the most striking features about the new Yankee Stadium is the vast allocation of concourse space. You can walk away from your seat and never come back. I think the people at the bar behind me have no intention of returning to the game. There are the usual bottlenecks of a big crowd and opening night. Security going in to the game tonight seemed no smoother than at the old ballpark. And the fancy automatic bar code turnstile didn't work the first two times.
But the stadium is well staffed and the crowd is having fun checking out what you get for $1.5 billion. (I should also make clear that I've written this entire post while waiting for my fairly simple food order. I'm up to about 20 minutes now. I think I'll eat at home before my next game.) Clearly the stadium was designed to have the feel of the old ballpark. If you are in your seat (and disregard the outrageously sharp high definition big screen) it's not hard to imagine you're in the old place.
4th inning now.Must admit I haven't seen much baseball. But that's not really the main attraction tonight.
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