The 2023 attendance thread

[Going Underground]

1 minute ago, SteveA said:

I find this really odd because it is a great way to get to/from the games to the south.   I go park at North Linthicum and ride the light rail all the time.   A quick ride, there's always multiple trains after the game.   Been using it for 30 years with very few issues.

Note that I'm not saying I don't believe you.   I know there have been a ton of instances like Tony Soprano describes where there are line interruptions and you have to board a bus.   

But from the south in, it's been good for a long time.

South  in is much different. .No streets where you stop at every red light.  It is like a whole different system.

[Going Underground]

Also didn't help what happened in Federal Hill after the Thursday game when they clinched. Oriole players were also celebrating around there 

[SteveA]

5 minutes ago, CallMeBrooksie said:

Time for some office to vibe-space conversions. 

Also just poking around at the TopGolf/brewery district... looks decent for the Ravens crowd, but post-O's game you're looking at crossing an urban freeway sandwiched between a sea of parking lots. Not ideal.

The casino, Top Golf, and M8 brewery are all on the east side of the highway (as the stadiums are).   Assuming you are talking 295/Russell Street.

Yes, Checkerspot Brewing [new location] and the other breweries in Pigtown are on the other side.   But if you cross by the casino, there are stoplights and such.   And once you get as far north as Ravens stadium, Russell Street is elevated and you can walk at street level underneath it, as thousands of Ravens fans do every game when they visit those breweries or the Gameday firehouse or when they park in the many lots in Pigtown.

I admit there is a BIT of a disconnect if you want to go to some of the breweries in Pigtown like Pickett's or Wico Street before or after an Oriole game.  You can't really walk the way the crow flies.    Either go south of Ravens stadium  and walk over to them, or go to Pickles and walk along Washington Street and cross MLK at the light there to get to them.

But I don't think it's that bad.

 

[Going Underground]

4 minutes ago, Going Underground said:

Also didn't help what happened in Federal Hill after the Thursday game when they clinched. Oriole players were also celebrating around there 

 

[Frobby]

4 minutes ago, Going Underground said:

Working on a walking bridge and other things but that is in the future.

Speaking of a walking bridge, I wish they’d put one right where the pedestrians cross from lots B/C over to the stadium.  Coming off the MLK ramp towards the stadium, making a left to then access lots A, B and C is a nightmare because the people directing traffic aren’t very good at judging how much pedestrian traffic to let through before they let cars go.  I’ve seen traffic back up onto the MLK for 30-40 minutes at well-attended games at times due to this problem.  A pedestrian bridge there would solve 90% of this problem.  They might still need to accommodate people who have mobility issues, but that’s not a constant stream of hundreds of people.  

[CallMeBrooksie]

10 minutes ago, SteveA said:

The casino, Top Golf, and M8 brewery are all on the east side of the highway (as the stadiums are).   Assuming you are talking 295/Russell Street.

Yes, Checkerspot Brewing [new location] and the other breweries in Pigtown are on the other side.   But if you cross by the casino, there are stoplights and such.   And once you get as far north as Ravens stadium, Russell Street is elevated and you can walk at street level underneath it, as thousands of Ravens fans do every game when they visit those breweries or the Gameday firehouse or when they park in the many lots in Pigtown.

I admit there is a BIT of a disconnect if you want to go to some of the breweries in Pigtown like Pickett's or Wico Street before or after an Oriole game.  You can't really walk the way the crow flies.    Either go south of Ravens stadium  and walk over to them, or go to Pickles and walk along Washington Street and cross MLK at the light there to get to them.

But I don't think it's that bad.

 

I was referring to the MLK overpass and its associated slip lanes that pedestrians have to navigate. That walk is nowhere near close enough to be considered an extension of the gameday experience (not for O's games, at least). I know that in cities like Baltimore we're used to super crappy pedestrian experiences like this, but I disagree that statement that it's not bad.

[Can_of_corn]

36 minutes ago, Going Underground said:

Working on a walking bridge and other things but that is in the future.