TROPICANA FIELD - St. Petersburg, FL

devil rays vs yankees - july 12, 2007 - ah, summertime in the bronx...i mean, florida. that means it's time for indoor baseball. despite any misgivings i had going into this stadium, i have to say that from a ballpark standpoint, it wasn't nearly as bad as i thought. from, the shiny, velvety turf to the multitude of midway-like activities around the stadium to the DJ spinning tunes between innings...it is genuinely a fun place to go. besides, it's air conditioned! fake baseball? maybe. awesome? definitely. the only major negatives were the very uncomfortable seats and of course, the fact that there were 4 yankee fans for every 1 devil ray fan might have also hurt the experience. poor d-rays.

atmosphere: 6

viewability: 7

architecture: 5

peanuts: 7