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Reckling Park not even a top 25 Facility
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Owl1998
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RE: Reckling Park not even a top 25 Facility
(09-30-2016 09:45 AM)Eat More Vole Wrote: http://d1baseball.com/features/ballpark-...ls-top-25/
And the decline into irrelevance continues.
Reckling is an amazing place to watch a baseball game. Improvements are currently being planned to upgrade the facility. In my opinion, Reckling is head and shoulders above 95% of college baseball parks.
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RE: Reckling Park not even a top 25 Facility
(09-30-2016 10:09 AM)Owl1998 Wrote: (09-30-2016 09:45 AM)Eat More Vole Wrote: http://d1baseball.com/features/ballpark-...ls-top-25/
And the decline into irrelevance continues.
Reckling is an amazing place to watch a baseball game. Improvements are currently being planned to upgrade the facility. In my opinion, Reckling is head and shoulders above 95% of college baseball parks.
+1000. Enhancements have already been largely funded and fully approved, and will be phased in over the next 3 years. I've been to one-third of the parks identified in that poll (of coaches), and I'd take Reckling in it's current form over most of them. Just one example-- LSU's Alex Box holds 11,000 and has a great atmosphere with it's sold out partisan crowd, but as a ball park, I prefer the design and accessibility of Reckling. I'll also bet the poll was very heavily weighted with SEC, ACC and Pac-12 coaches.
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RE: Reckling Park not even a top 25 Facility
Since I can't access, did any C-USA or smaller conference schools make the list?
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waltgreenberg
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RE: Reckling Park not even a top 25 Facility
(09-30-2016 10:20 AM)Luckyshot Wrote: Since I can't access, did any C-USA or smaller conference schools make the list?
Yes, a couple.
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RE: Reckling Park not even a top 25 Facility
(09-30-2016 10:15 AM)waltgreenberg Wrote: +1000. Enhancements have already been largely funded and fully approved, and will be phased in over the next 3 years. I've been to one-third of the parks identified in that poll (of coaches), and I'd take Reckling in it's current form over most of them. Just one example-- LSU's Alex Box holds 11,000 and has a great atmosphere with it's sold out partisan crowd, but as a ball park, I prefer the design and accessibility of Reckling. I'll also bet the poll was very heavily weighted with SEC, ACC and Pac-12 coaches.
At Alex Box, I find it hard to separate the atmosphere from the ballpark itself. The ballpark feels like a nice minor league ballpark, even with its concessions.
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RE: Reckling Park not even a top 25 Facility
The fact that Alex Box upgraded, and still has bullpens on the playing field should take it out of the running.
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09-30-2016 10:42 AM |
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RE: Reckling Park not even a top 25 Facility
Please don't feed the trolls.
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09-30-2016 11:01 AM |
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RE: Reckling Park not even a top 25 Facility
(09-30-2016 10:42 AM)mebehutchi Wrote: The fact that Alex Box upgraded, and still has bullpens on the playing field should take it out of the running.
Yeah, they certainly took Anthony Rendon out of the running.
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RE: Reckling Park not even a top 25 Facility
I don't know if fan energy is a criterion, but we have been lagging in that category for years...
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RE: Reckling Park not even a top 25 Facility
(09-30-2016 10:09 AM)Owl1998 Wrote: (09-30-2016 09:45 AM)Eat More Vole Wrote: http://d1baseball.com/features/ballpark-...ls-top-25/
And the decline into irrelevance continues.
Reckling is an amazing place to watch a baseball game. Improvements are currently being planned to upgrade the facility. In my opinion, Reckling is head and shoulders above 95% of college baseball parks.
Even if Reckling is #26, that places it above 91% of college baseball parks. Who cares about others' opinions? It's a great facility, and, along with tennis, better than at most P5 schools.
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RE: Reckling Park not even a top 25 Facility
It used to be that a regular season game at Reckling always had a decent crowd--at least 70% full, if not more. Lately, the crowds seemed to average under 50%.
I'm curious if my estimates are consistent with others' here.
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RE: Reckling Park not even a top 25 Facility
(09-30-2016 01:24 PM)Barrett Wrote: It used to be that a regular season game at Reckling always had a decent crowd--at least 70% full, if not more. Lately, the crowds seemed to average under 50%.
I'm curious if my estimates are consistent with others' here.
The median crowd is a lot lot LOT less than 50% of capacity. And it terms of crowd energy, it feels even smaller.
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RE: Reckling Park not even a top 25 Facility
(09-30-2016 03:16 PM)georgewebb Wrote: (09-30-2016 01:24 PM)Barrett Wrote: It used to be that a regular season game at Reckling always had a decent crowd--at least 70% full, if not more. Lately, the crowds seemed to average under 50%.
I'm curious if my estimates are consistent with others' here.
The median crowd is a lot lot LOT less than 50% of capacity. And it terms of crowd energy, it feels even smaller.
I agree. From its opening until roughly 2009 the crowds were always lively. The decline in energy has been particularly sharp the last four or five years.
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RE: Reckling Park not even a top 25 Facility
(09-30-2016 12:39 PM)WRCisforgotten79 Wrote: (09-30-2016 10:09 AM)Owl1998 Wrote: (09-30-2016 09:45 AM)Eat More Vole Wrote: http://d1baseball.com/features/ballpark-...ls-top-25/
And the decline into irrelevance continues.
Reckling is an amazing place to watch a baseball game. Improvements are currently being planned to upgrade the facility. In my opinion, Reckling is head and shoulders above 95% of college baseball parks.
Even if Reckling is #26, that places it above 91% of college baseball parks. Who cares about others' opinions? It's a great facility, and, along with tennis, better than at most P5 schools.
We actually came in at #30.
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RE: Reckling Park not even a top 25 Facility
(09-30-2016 03:28 PM)Tiki Owl Wrote: (09-30-2016 03:16 PM)georgewebb Wrote: (09-30-2016 01:24 PM)Barrett Wrote: It used to be that a regular season game at Reckling always had a decent crowd--at least 70% full, if not more. Lately, the crowds seemed to average under 50%.
I'm curious if my estimates are consistent with others' here.
The median crowd is a lot lot LOT less than 50% of capacity. And it terms of crowd energy, it feels even smaller.
I agree. From its opening until roughly 2009 the crowds were always lively. The decline in energy has been particularly sharp the last four or five years.
It seems to get worse every year.
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RE: Reckling Park not even a top 25 Facility
(09-30-2016 03:28 PM)Tiki Owl Wrote: (09-30-2016 03:16 PM)georgewebb Wrote: (09-30-2016 01:24 PM)Barrett Wrote: It used to be that a regular season game at Reckling always had a decent crowd--at least 70% full, if not more. Lately, the crowds seemed to average under 50%.
I'm curious if my estimates are consistent with others' here.
The median crowd is a lot lot LOT less than 50% of capacity. And it terms of crowd energy, it feels even smaller.
I agree. From its opening until roughly 2009 the crowds were always lively. The decline in energy has been particularly sharp the last four or five years.
Yes, but surely I was complaining about it before then, no? :)
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