As a cubs season ticket holder, it is only good manners to wait until a break in the action to get to your seat. I usually end up sitting on the stairs in the aisle, and as soon as I know I can get down the aisle before the next pitch I go, otherwise I respect that others are watching the game and I wait. It's the amateurs who don't pay attention to the game who are constantly up and down without respecting the people around and behind them.

They enforce this courtesy at Coors Field. I think it is a great practice. An at-bat is not that long to wait, and you can watch from the top of the section. 2 outs, runner on second, 3-2 count you hear the crack of the bat, the crowd goes nuts, and you have no idea what happened because somebody is squeezing by to get to thier seats.

I certainly agree with waiting for a break in play to get UP from your seat, but it's not really practical to decree that you can't come back until there is a break. I can think of many reasons why: in many sections you can't really see when there is a break, either because of the design of the stadium or the crush of the crowd. To the Cubs season ticket holder who sits on the stairs until a break--lots of the ushers won't let you do that, nor is there room to in lots of sections with standing room behind and around.

marilyn, I think what gptravel does is the 10-20 seconds or so between pitches, foul balls, timeouts, etc., he sits/squats at the end of his isle. The perfect time to get to your seat. Rude is walking to your seat while there is game action. Most ushers know this decorum and only make people move who stay there.

I repeat, there are sections, especially at Wrigley Field, where it is not possible to ascertain the exact action on the field so as not to interrupt it! The view is obstructed from the aisle area, or there are so many SRO admissions that the ONLY THING TO DO is to scurry back to your seat as fast as possible! In any case, at Safeco everyone is held at the TOP of the aisle, so this would not be an option in any case.

I agree that I find the people who are constantly jumping up to get refreshments, smoke, walk around, go to the bathrooms, etc., annoying, but I would say more not interested in baseball than rude. The stadium is, after all, filled with a huge mass of people who are screaming, jumping up and down, laughing, talking, etc., as they enjoy the game--that's the fun of it! There may be a lot of coming and going, and not every game is the type of nailbiter where one is required to concentrate every single second on the action on the field. Not even the PLAYERS are doing that, and we sometimes see the results when they "lose concentration"!

Regarding Fenway -

1. They still have that archaic rule about no selling beer in the seating areas (you have to go to the concession stand to buy beer)

2. They have seats in some of the aisles (really!)

3. Still a great place to see a game, especially with the recent improvements (even though I am a Yankee fan from Connecticut)

I knew there were no beer sales in the stands at Fenway, but the old rule was that you couldn't bring beer to your seat.

It was an attempt to cut out drinking and drunks at the ballpark. Sounded good until they realized how much money they were losing on beer sales.

Not that anyone will ever see this message, but I must say that this is NOT done at Busch Stadium. The only time they keep you from going anywhere at Busch is during the singing of the National Anthem or God Bless America...

Author: Waldo
Date: 08/16/2004, 09:39 pm
Message: That sounds like a lot of bunk. Are you allowed to BOO at the park?

Yes, allowed to BOO and to get hit with a chair by a player in uniform. Surely, you saw this story a couple of weeks ago?

We have VERY expensive seats at Ravens stadium (refuse to call it by it's latest name), the seats are on the aisle and non season ticket holders walk up and down steps and pause either to figure out where the heck they are..or to watch the play, blocking our view. My husband was almost kicked out of a game after a confrontation with a couple of "lost souls" If spectators don't have a clue, then ushers should take a look at tix and make them wait so we don't have to miss a great pass from Kyle Boller for a touchdown. Only you football fans will see the irony of my last remark!

this is rubbish. i agree with JJ.

i don't know the percentage of seats that are bought by corporations for their VIPs but it seems that this is the target audience at most of the parks. maybe there a few parks that are still controlled by the people but i'm sure it won't be for long.

at least in europe, football is still the people's game for the most part.