Comments on: New lyrics for an old song -- Salem Red Sox, this is for you!

By: Dan Casey

Dan Casey — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 21:48:32 +0000

Rich, I've been there to many $1 beer nights on Thursdays, and on a few Mondays. Never before have I seen so many people still outside the gate when the game began. They were way understaffed in the ticket booths.

Eventually, they just started taking $1 from folks at the gate. But I was in there by then, and I didn't get inside until the game started.

Every other time I've been you could still get a $1 beer and a $1 dog at the same stand -- meaning you stand in line once, rather than twice. That is a total scam. And...there were no tarps. The tarps change the experience. Make you feel like a sardine.

By: scott

scott — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 21:16:33 +0000

Yeah, that's pretty much every monday and thursday night at the ballpark... packed with long lines. I don't think I've ever gone there and sat through a full game though, I usually just mill about around the concourse watching the game from behind the field level bleachers. Works for me.... I still think that tarping up the seats is a stupid way to save money on cleanup.

By: Roanoke RnR

Roanoke RnR — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 20:44:16 +0000

I wasn't there last nite but my son and some of his friends were there a couple of weeks ago and they said they couldn't even find cheap seats together because of so many being covered, so they had to upgrade. Is that their plan?

By: Rich

Rich — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 19:52:17 +0000

Was this your first experience with a $1 night? Its always like that. Part of the fun is the people watching, since $1 night brings the local yokels and hot Roanoke co-eds out.

The other (and larger part of the fun) is $1 beers.