Before I get into this, I owe an apology to a reader. In the comments a few days ago, I questioned the motives of Hank, aka GiantsFan9, who had posted elsewhere an email from the Giants sales team about a new luxury suite in the arcade section. I hadn’t heard of it, and there was no information on the Giants Web site or anywhere else about it, so I rather breezily suggested GF9 might be “pulling a fast one.”
I didn’t mean to insult him, and my inherent skepticism about the human race got the worst of me. Sorry about that, I humbly apologize, and I’m looking forward to your spring training blog.
With a little digging, I can tell you that Hank is vindicated. The Giants are building a luxury suite in the arcade wall, and today is the first day the tickets go on sale for current season ticket holders.
Behold, sources were kind enough to send me artist renderings:
One window straddles the foul pole, the other — with an outside patio — sits entirely in foul territory. As you can see, it’s built entirely within the wall, not on top, so it seems no arcade views are obstructed. As far as I can tell, the space was previously used to store Rusty the Unemployed Mechanical Man and pieces of the hand-operated scoreboard.
If indeed that’s true, I approve of the new suite even though I won’t be renting it anytime soon. (Prices range from $6,500 up to $9,000 per game. Even if you squeeze in 50 people, it’s $130 per person. I guess that’s why they call it “luxury.”)
Here are two interior views:
