Exploring Baseball Arenas

Exploring new baseball arenas is an excellent way forbrewpubs, and shops and restaurants flourished
baseball fans with a love of travel to combine twonearby. Denver's most popular pedestrian mall is
hobbies into one activity. Many baseball stadiums arelocated only four blocks from Coors Field.
integrated into downtown neighborhoods, allowing fansAT&T Park, San Francisco: This South Beach
to catch a game and then explore the local culture asattraction has been home of the Giants since 2000.
well. This trend has been most common over the pastThe South Beach area of San Francisco is lively and
decade or so.popular, and features a wide variety of bars,
Many different ball clubs have structured their stadiumsrestaurants, shops and museums.
in this fashion. Fans of those teams seem to beThere are other local attractions nearby also including
pleased with the change. When you plan yourthe San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, and the
attendance at a baseball game, take into account theFerry Building farmer's market. If you have not been to
location and leave time to explore the city after thethe Ferry Building market, consider making a side trip.
game is over.You'll find an extensive variety of local and organic
Coors Field, Denver: Coors Field in Denver is a popularproduce, meat, and cheese.
baseball stadium in a beautiful part of the country.Safeco Field, Seattle: Located in Seattle's oldest
Back when architects planned the stadium, theneighborhood, Safeco Field was built in Pioneer Square.
downtown area was not so picturesque; Coors Field isThe Mariners play their home games near some of
one of the first baseball stadiums that majorlythe city's most striking architecture and parks.
improved the downtown area where it was located.If you take a trip to see the Mariners play, don't neglect
The stadium is near several breweries, and next to thewalking around the Safeco Field area. Walking just a
main downtown strip.few blocks in any direction allows a visitor to get an
After the stadium was built, this area became popularidea of the culture and vibrancy of this old Seattle
with locals and visitors alike. The breweries openedneighborhood.