How Safe Is It Around The Stadium & Going To Games Now?

[MagicBird]

I will be in town and want to take my 8 yr old to his first game at Camden Yards. He's excited about seeing the Orioles play the Yankees.

I dont get much news here in Florida, except bad news about the crime and murders being up in Baltimore. I assume around the stadium it should be okay, but just wondering what you guys that go to games are seeing.

Thanks

[weams]

I will be in town and want to take my 8 yr old to his first game at Camden Yards. He's excited about seeing the Orioles play the Yankees.

I dont get much news here in Florida, except bad news about the crime and murders being up in Baltimore. I assume around the stadium it should be okay, but just wondering what you guys that go to games are seeing.

Thanks

It is as safe as any city in the Western Hemisphere. Down by the stadium. Stay there. Don't wander off to the strip clubs or off to score some drugs and you will be fine.

[weams]

I will be in town and want to take my 8 yr old to his first game at Camden Yards. He's excited about seeing the Orioles play the Yankees.

I dont get much news here in Florida, except bad news about the crime and murders being up in Baltimore. I assume around the stadium it should be okay, but just wondering what you guys that go to games are seeing.

Thanks

The murders are not murders of folks outside the "game."

[Orioles0615]

I will be in town and want to take my 8 yr old to his first game at Camden Yards. He's excited about seeing the Orioles play the Yankees.

I dont get much news here in Florida, except bad news about the crime and murders being up in Baltimore. I assume around the stadium it should be okay, but just wondering what you guys that go to games are seeing.

Thanks

Its fine, I've only been to the memorial day game so I haven't been to a night game but its fine. However I do play volleyball in fed hill by the harbor on sunday evenings and its been fine there too. Its pretty much been back to normal the only places to avoid are the usual places, but downtown and by the stadium have been perfectly fine.

[MagicBird]

Thanks for the replies.

[MagicBird]

Don't wander off to the strip clubs or off to score some drugs and you will be fine.

Wont be doing that with my 8 yr old . . . . . . . . wouldnt be doing it anyway.

[333WCamden]

I brought my wife, 5yo and 5mo old to a game last week. No different than any other game over the years. As long as no new news breaks with the Freddie Gray case, you have nothing to worry about.

Full disclaimer: there was a guy shot by a university police officer across the street from the stadium yesterday, but it was an isolated incident.

[Willieboy]

Thanks for the info. We are coming to town for the June 27 game. I'm not worried but the wife was a little

apprehensive. The media uses a broad paint brush when they report stuff like this.

[BarclaySouthway]

Everyone's forgetten about it for now.

I don't know when the trials will be. Hopefully in the dead of winter after all the Ravens' home games have been played.

[PeteU]

Just like you, I'm an O's fan living in Florida.

I was talking yesterday with my sister who lives in the heart of Baltimore City.

She says the City as a whole is fine. That there are some parts of the city that have unfortunately had to deal with some of the fallout of the (one day) of rioting, but for the rest, it's business as usual.

She said most of it was the media going on with a "If it bleeds, it leads" mentality but the news hasn't paid an accurate portrayal of Baltimore living.

I would suspect that going to a game at OPACY and spending time around the downtown area is no less safe than it would be in any other major American city.

[Danielos38]

I live right next to the stadium. It is a very safe area. A pretty nice one too, actually. I really like my neighborhood.

[Going Underground]

The stadium area is safe. Need people to come down and support restaurants and other things. I know a few restaurants that struggled for awhile. Some have seen some pickups around Memorial Day.May take a very long time for the perception of Baltimore to change.

Downtown attractions are trying to push past not only the riots but also continuing violence in the city. The 42 homicides in May made it the deadliest month in the city in decades.

"The current homicide rates out in the media are there — there's a lot of things going on," Horseshoe general manager Chad Barnhill told the Maryland Lottery and Gaming Control Commission at a recent meeting.

Horseshoe, which opened last August, generated $21.9 million from slot machines and table games in May, down from $22.9 million in April.

Horseshoe, which is open 24-7 even on holidays, was forced to close for the first time when Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake ordered a nighttime curfew to keep residents off the streets.

The casino said in a statement that it had been on track for its best month in April, but "the need to close for several consecutive nights during peak hours had a significant impact on our monthly revenues."

A challenge perhaps more daunting than the curfew is convincing out-of-towners that the casino area is safe.

Noah Hirsch, Horseshoe's vice president of marketing, said the casino is battling the "misconception that the events taking place are citywide when the casino district has been unaffected by any of those events."

Much of the rioting occurred in West Baltimore, but some downtown stores were also looted and vandalized. Horseshoe is in the Camden-Carroll area, on the other side of Oriole Park and M&T Bank Stadium from downtown.

The Orioles have seen fluctuating attendance since the riots, buoyed by a well-attended series last weekend against the Tampa Bay Rays. The club declined to comment on the impact of the riots.

Horseshoe is planning two weekends of free outdoor concerts — June 13 and 14 and June 27 and 28 — "really just to make sure folks know businesses are open in Baltimore and invite folks to come down who might not come down," Hirsch said.

Fowler, of the Downtown Partnership, said he is reaching out to marketing organizations such as Visit Baltimore — and to the attractions themselves — to coordinate messages designed to entice visitors back.

"For several weeks, everyone was trying to figure out how to adjust to the events that occurred," Fowler said. "And now people are ready to get to work."

http://www.baltimoresun.com/business/bs-bz-attractions-aftermath-20150605-story.html

[BarclaySouthway]

The economic impact has been massive and the ripple effects will be felt for quite sometime. I went to the zoo and an O's game as soon after the curfew lifted as possible. The zoo took a pretty bad hit just when it appeared it was really coming back to life.

I would second the suggestion to go out of your way to support city businesses and institutions during this difficult time.

[Going Underground]

The economic impact has been massive and the ripple effects will be felt for quite sometime. I went to the zoo and an O's game as soon after the curfew lifted as possible. The zoo took a pretty bad hit just when it appeared it was really coming back to life.

I would second the suggestion to go out of your way to support city businesses and institutions during this difficult time.

My girlfriend loves penquins and now they have a great exhibit. The place was really empty two weeks ago. I go six or seven times a year and that was the least amount of people I have ever seen at the zoo. The Helmand,another place that has been in Baltimore for awhile has also taken a hit. The statistics look bad even if they are mostly in a few districts of the city.

[ReclaimTheCrown]

Safety considerations should not be an impediment to taking your family to the game. It's fine down there.