Presenting the Washington Nationals venue profile and ranking

June 29th, 2008 Ballparks, Baseball, MLB venues, USRT

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We are pleased to unveil the official Ultimate Sports Road Trip venue profile for Nationals Park in Washington, D.C., which becomes a part of the 122 team roll on the USRT web site.

Last night at Dunn Tire Park, we were watching the Bisons throw a one-hitter to defeat the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Yankees 3-0, but our primary attention had us busy evaluating and scoring Nationals Park, based on our 100 point system. Here are the scores:

Architecture 9
Food and team store 7.5
Scoreboard and electronics 6.5
Ushers 9
Fan support 5
Location and neighborhood 5
Banners and history 8
In game entertainment 5.5
Concourses/fan comfort 9
Bonus: Presidents Race 2, Cherry trees 1, Home plate entrance timeline 1, Homestead Grays memorabilia 1

TOTAL 69.5

The total score gives the Nats an 8th place ranking (tie for 8th actually) in our evaluation of the 30 MLB teams. Not bad!

During our interminable wait at the *chuckle* Nats Express bus stop, we chatted up our story with more than a few Nats fans waiting in line, who then pleaded with us to score their venue higher than that of the hated Baltimore Orioles. By checking the rankings you will see that they fell two points short of upending Camden Yards. Element for element, these two ballparks have everything going for them… what tips it in favor of Baltimore is the neighborhood. The Inner Harbor is a tremendous place for the fan, visitor and tourist; Navy Yards is a work in progress.

For anyone who has been to Nationals Park … Agree? Disagree? We sure would like to hear from you!

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2 Responses to “Presenting the Washington Nationals venue profile and ranking”

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    Dan Steinhoff Says:
    July 10th, 2008 at 11:11 am

    Hey guys,

    I went to Nationals Park back in May (saw my beloved Brewers win there!). The biggest problem I had was the food. I had a chicken finger basket and soda that ran me almost $14. The chicken was greasy and the fries limp and cold.

    I did like the fact that the upper concourse is open to the field all the way around. And the scoreboard is amazing.

    We took the subway to and from the game. The lines to get on were enormous after the game, so maybe they could expand the facilities a bit. But the subway operation itself was well run, they had extra trains to handle the traffic.

    The view of the Capitol out to left field was nice. Otherwise, I couldn’t find much about this park that distinguished it from other new parks. Once the surrounding neighborhood is complete it should be a very nice stadium community.

    Dan

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    james Says:
    November 21st, 2008 at 6:51 pm

    hey guys, check out this article

    http://www.fanzak.com/fzrants/MLB__Your_Digging_Your_Own_Grave

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