OT: Steiner Sports (Yankees) Article in NY Times

[Lordstan]

I never understood why having an upscale place to eat at a ballpark mattered. I go to games to watch the game. If I want to go someplace upscale to eat, there are a multitude of fantastic restaurants available, especially in NY, where I can go out to dinner. It would be like going to a Broadway play and saying you had a great time at the show because they have great restaurants in the theater with closed circuit TVs so you could watch the play while you eat. Normally, I go to dinner before the show, but maybe that's just me.

Several years ago, I went to a couple of the newer, old style parks when they first opened, like PNC. I thought the ambiance and the views were great, but even then, I wondered what the deal with all the fancy/expensive food was. Half of it can't be eaten easily while in a stadium seat and if I am sitting at a table, I'm not watching/experiencing the game. Please don't tell me that while I eat, I can watch the monitors. Why would I go to a game to watch it on TV? If that's what I wanted, I could have watched on my 106in High Def projection TV at home without paying for a ticket, parking, gas, tolls, and the exorbitant prices of the food.