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Old 05-05-2011, 08:52 PM
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Is it still Lackawanna County Stadium as weather.com lists it or is it named after some Bank ?


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Old 05-06-2011, 06:40 AM
 
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Pnc park or something. Yankees are the evil empire I want them out.
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Old 05-06-2011, 07:53 AM
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ROGER !! I'm just coming to watch the Pawsox < chuckle >
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Old 05-06-2011, 08:05 AM
 
Location: NE PA
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Pnc park or something. Yankees are the evil empire I want them out.


I may go up there once in my Phils gear to cheer on the Iron Pigs.
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Old 05-06-2011, 08:31 AM
 
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I may go up there once in my Phils gear to cheer on the Iron Pigs.
Have you been down to Coca Cola park for a game?

It is a great stadium and awesome place to watch a game. Not to mention they are off to a decent start.
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Old 05-06-2011, 08:38 AM
 
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Have you been down to Coca Cola park for a game?

It is a great stadium and awesome place to watch a game. Not to mention they are off to a decent start.
No...I've been meaning to get there. This will probably be the year I get down there, especially since Phils tickets are hard to come by these days. Planning on some road trips to LV and Reading.

Looks like Coca Cola Park compared to Lackawanna County Stadium is like comparing CBP to the Vet.
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Old 05-06-2011, 08:54 AM
 
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No...I've been meaning to get there. This will probably be the year I get down there, especially since Phils tickets are hard to come by these days. Planning on some road trips to LV and Reading.

Looks like Coca Cola Park compared to Lackawanna County Stadium is like comparing CBP to the Vet.
I'm not sure PNC Field is that bad. The Vet was absolutely horrid, especially for watching a ball game.

I'm on the fence about a new ballpark. Yeah, a mini CBP would probably increase attendance, but enough to justify the expense? I have been to probably 5 or 6 games since we moved here, and the place is not close to capacity, even when they have fireworks or some giveaway.
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Old 05-09-2011, 06:45 AM
 
Location: Marshall-Shadeland, Pittsburgh, PA
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To be fair attendance is an issue even at many major-league stadiums. I took the better half to the first Saturday home game of the Pirates here in Pittsburgh, and despite a massive post-game fireworks display, improved concessions, great weather, reasonable ticket prices ($24/each for excellent seats) and what is rated as one of the country's most beautiful stadiums there were empty seats left and right.

I don't personally believe a new stadium would increase attendance for the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Yankees. I don't believe a new stadium is financially justifiable in the near-future; however, when the time comes that the now 22-year-old PNC Field does need to be replaced I would hope that they implode it and relocate it to a brownfield site in/near Downtown Scranton. You don't really need that large of a land footprint, especially if you build a new parking garage (and/or underground parking) vs. large surface parking lots.

Even with all of the sprawling growth of Wilkes-Barre Township since the then-First Union Arena's opening in what I believe was 1999 I still would have preferred it had been built on the large plot of vacant land at the bottom of Coal Street near the heart of Wilkes-Barre. The retail/restaurant growth still would have occurred, as the new I-81 interchange still likely would have come to fruition (the Wyoming Valley was too populated and too relatively economically stable to not have a Target, Best Buy, Lowe's, etc. forever).

Pittsburgh has benefited greatly from having three new sports venues within a few blocks of Downtown. The "North Shore" here, which is home to Heinz Field (Steelers) and PNC Park (Pirates) has also spawned the development of the Rivers Casino, Carnegie Science Center, restaurants, a gleaming new headquarters for Alcoa, professional offices, Stage AE Amphitheater, restaurants, and impending lofts/condos. The old Civic Arena ("Igloo") is likely going to be torn down next year, and the Penguins are redeveloping the site with condos, lofts, restaurants, and offices---adjacent to their new arena, which is also on the edge of Downtown.

In that same sense imagine how much Downtown Scranton would benefit from a modern ballpark with the AAA franchise of the Yankees. The impending expansion, widening, and extension of Coal Street in Wilkes-Barre may very well spur redevelopment on its own; however, if the new occupants of that land end up being a drive-thru fast-food restaurant, drive-thru bank, drive-thru chain drugstore, and a strip mall, then I'd be very disappointed.
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Old 05-09-2011, 07:34 AM
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I don't go to games because of the stadium - I go to see certain players - and I enjoy friendly fans. The SWB stadium ( I dislike corporate sponsors ) is fine. If an area can only draw 600 to 1000 fans then it should have a Double A or Single A franchise rather than a Triple A team. The fans that came to games when the Red Barons played here were friendlier than the current bunch.
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Old 05-09-2011, 07:36 AM
 
Location: Marshall-Shadeland, Pittsburgh, PA
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The fans that came to games when the Red Barons played here were friendlier than the current bunch.
Compare the percentage of "locals" who were PA natives in the 1990s vs. those who are today. The NY/NJ influx has been tremendous in the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre area since the Red Barons left. It even surprised demographic experts who expected the area to decline in population while it grew rather rapidly.
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