Pawtucket Red Sox 4, Buffalo Bisons 2
Buffalo Bisons Review
The park doesn't make a strong impression as you drive in off the interstate. It is made of a while marble/stone outside which looks a bit dirty and there is nothing really visible beyond the outfield fence. The same is true when you get into the ballpark as there is nothing in view in the outfield other then an interstate. While it did have that visual unpleasentry, the video scoreboard makes up for it. It is the largest we have seen at a minor league park and it was great during the game. It definitely adds some freshness to an otherwise old field. There are two levels of seating. We sat in the bottom, but if you want a foul ball you definitely want to sit in the second deck, as it was the perfect distance to get peppered all game by foul balls.
The park definitely has some perks. There is a restaurant attached to the park that has a view of the playing field. We got to the park 45 minutes before gates open and went into the restaurant to kill time. As we learned when we got in, you really need to have reservations to get a window seat. We didn't have these, but we got a chance to walk down and look at the park. This was a great view and would be a fund way to watch batting practice before the game. We would definitely do this if we visited this park again. The food selection seemed your very average American fair, but we can't really attest to the quality as we had drinks and then headed into the park, as we were able to do from the restaurant (nice touch).
At every minor league park we got to the kids love to buy a logo team ball and head down to get autographs while Grandpa and I sit and relax. I defintely would give the team a thumbs down as far as autographs go. The team was largely unavailable and after 45 minutes the kids only had 2-3 autographs. This is always something that shows us about the teams fan care. In respect to the team, it was a 95 degree day the players may have been avoiding the heat. They did cancel batting practice that day.
The park fair seemed very average. We identified two novel items, fried bologna sandwiches and green bean fries. I have had my share of fried bologna so I skipped and went to the fried green beans. The kids enjoyed nachos and hot dogs as did grandpa. The green beans were excellent and everything else seemed ballpark worthy.
We had a really good time at the game. It was an exciting game and as most minor league parks go all seats are good seats. It was about half full, but had a fun atmosphere. The one thing we will say that was a little weak was during game entertainment. They had one of the most unique/best entertainers we have seen (a young man who was an awesome dancer), but he had about 5 routines during the game that were really the same thing so it got old. I hope they paid him well.
We bought our orange mini-bat and had a great time!
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