Date of Visit: June 1, 2025
Since we moved from DC in 2020, we have not been to a baseball game. Every summer we considering planning a trip to visit the new Rangers ballpark, but it just does not work out. This year, though, when we were planning our trip to Arizona, Mik did not really want to go until he noticed the Nationals were playing the Diamondbacks that weekend and we got tickets to go to a game.
Tickets - Purchasing and Using Hassle
One would think over the years with technology buying tickets would get easier. At least you can buy the accessible seats online nowadays, but I found it a pain to zoom in and out trying to see where the available seats were. Then I finally found a section with availability in the wheelchair row and the row in front of it, but it would not let me buy 2 seats in the row in front because it would strand a single seat by itself even when I was trying to let the single seat be left on the aisle. I think I could have bought four in the wheelchair row, but we did not all need to be in that row, so I ended up getting the other 2 seats a few rows down instead.
This was our first time using mobile tickets for a baseball game as a whole family. I had all the tickets on my phone only because why go through the hassle of getting them to the others, especially Mom, when we were going to enter together anyways. Well, they only let one person go in the wheelchair line with the wheelchair and the security and ticket line is the same thing (if I remember correctly, our only other experience is Nats Park and you go through security and then you can reunite before you get to the ticket scanners). They just have you tell them the other group has the tickets and Dad and Mik were in taking pictures with the Gonzo mascot before Mom and I got through and had them scan all 4 tickets. I get that they do not want most to go through the regular security, but they really need to better set up for scanning the tickets if you cannot keep your group together. Later only me ahving the mobile tickets also would have been an issue if someone other than me sat with Mik because the usher checked our tickets twice before leaving us alone that we were in fact in our purchased seats (well, we were slightly over one because it is not clearly marked, but that was not an issue because there was no one to left or right of us).
Section 107W
Mik liked the view from this section as you could easily see the scoreboard and the whole field, although I think the foul pole is kind of in the way. Over a section to the right the foul pole probably would not be in the way, but then you would probably be too far over to be able to look over to the right and see the Circle K strikeout meter, which has always been our favorite part of the B.O.B./Chase Field.
4th Street Parking Garage
I pre-purchased parking for the 4th Street, which was convenient to know we had parking as it did end up sold out for that garage. However, we got there slightly before the gates opened and the parking lot already had all the accessible spaces taken. We did at least manage a spot at the end of a ramp that worked out good for unloading. Loading back in was a little scary because cars were exiting down that ramp and coming close to the truck when turning. Dad ended up folding out the Tommy Gate, which we do not need to do for the manual chair, but it made the cars turn the other direction instead. The biggest problem with this garage was after the game it took 4 elevators before we could get back up because despite there being four elevators, only one was running after game (it was not even the same one we had used to get down) and because the club level enters garage at a different level sometimes it came down to the ground level full because they apparently were riding it down to go up. At least there were not that many people trying to use them.
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