Monday, October 05, 2009

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David Howard: Fans overreacted to sight line problems

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Francesca asked Dave Howard what the biggest complaint from fans was.
He said sightlines, said it was mostly early and that fans overreacted.

I welcome comments from the readers.

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5 Responses to "David Howard: Fans overreacted to sight line problems"
Anonymous said :
October 5, 2009 at 7:43 PM
Dave Howard is right. Unsure why any team's fans could assume that every sightline was going to be obstruction free. Shea had obstructioned views all over the place.

I think some specific people had legitimate gripes, but as a whole -- CitiField is a much better baseball watching experience than Shea.
kjs said :
October 5, 2009 at 9:07 PM
Anonymous: Sorry, but you're an absolute tool. And an apologist for greed and incompetence. There are thousands of horrific seats at Wilpon's Folly. I DARE you to sit through a game in Section 504, row 1, seat 1. (See my photos on this site.)Hey dude---buy a seat in Section 107 with 2" of legroom and no view of RF and the scoreboards for $105. Post your email. I'll buy you a ticket for next year and sit next to you in 504 to gauge your reaction and accept your crow with grace. There is NO excuse to build a 1-9th century stadium in the 21st century.
Glenn C. said :
October 5, 2009 at 9:46 PM
Do you think there's something wrong with the sightlines when Howie Rose, who has the best seat in the house, says on the air that they cant see a ball when it goes down the line in the outfield?
Scott said :
October 5, 2009 at 10:12 PM
Much of the upper deck, including my entire section had poor sightlines and couldn't see at least a portion of the field. There is no excuse for that in a new building.
DyHrdMET said :
October 6, 2009 at 1:00 PM
It's bad. I don't know where Dave Howard was looking from. There's only a few dozen seats in the entire ballpark where seeing is not a problem (and I don't even count the screen behind home plate). Try out in CF near the apple. Those are good - you can see the entire field and both corners. I was able to see much much better where I sat in Shea than anywhere in Citi Field, and I don't remember any obstructions except for the (very cheap) "back rows" seats and probably anything right on the foul poll.

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