The Game

Well last nights game went really well, and managed to be one of the longest nine inning game that I have ever attended. The seats were great, and in the Terrace Club.

The Terrace Club is the second best place to sit in the entire stadium (the best of course being a multi-thousand dollar private suite), and the best place to sit if you're a normal human being with bills. The tickets aren't bad at $60 a game, and the amenities are worth it.

The first of which is an isolated entrance right into your section of the stadium. No dealing with crowds, big lines, or the general public. You enter across a bridge from the private parking garage and go directly to your own little private "club." Then when you're inside the fun really starts.

First you are encountered with a full bar. Anything that you could possibly want to drink, they have. And the prices are pretty much what you would expect to find at any local Seattle bar, which is remarkably fair considering that the rest of the ball park is home to the $8 beer.

Then there are the food choices. It's normal ball park food, just at a different level. Nachos that have every topping known to man, and can't possibly be finished by one person. Kobe beef burgers, and 4 different kinds of grilled sausages, all served with Seattle's notorious garlic fries. And then interesting things that are very unique for ball park food; Yakisoba and Sushi at one stand, Clam Chowder (Ivars) and seafood at another, and the list just goes on and on.

Then there are the seats. IMHO, the Terrace Club is the best view in the stadium. It's the second level, but it overhangs the entire first level, so you have the same distances to the field as the seats below, just from an elevated perspective. This makes it easier to see the WHOLE GAME, instead of just being able to see what's in front of you. And the seats are the nicest in the stadium. Big, padded, and comfy beyond belief. You never want to leave your seat, and if you're hungry you don't have to.

People come to the game to watch baseball, and so of course, leaving the seats for food is the most inconvenient thing in the entire experience. The Mariners address this dilemma by having in seat food and beverage delivery. There are ushers that you can page to come to your seat, and they will take down you order. The in seat menu is the entire Terrace Club menu. They simply eliminate the step of needing to leave your seat for a prime rib sandwich, a plate of chocolate dipped strawberries, etc... The ushers even have little credit card readers with a printer that prints your receipt. And in just as much time as it would have taken to go get it yourself, they bring whatever you want right to you. This year people also have the option of text messaging their order in, so that it is delivered even faster.


So that's where we sat, and then there was the game. Really a close one, we ended up losing 9-8, but we had a GREAT time...