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01.24.2008
Mays Field's New Suite

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:

Suite1

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:

Suite3

Suite2

 
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[January 24, 2008 3:19 PM]  |  link  |  reply
Jefferson said

Wow, that looks like a nice addition there. If it sells out, it'll add about $750,000 to the team's revenue each year, which can only help.

Lefty, did you see the link over at MLBTR that had the 2007 Giants payroll at over $100 million? Sure wasn't expecting that.

[January 24, 2008 3:46 PM]  |  link  |  reply
Bayside Baller said

Wow. Looks pretty nice. My dad gets all our season ticket stuff and he hasn't mentioned anything about it.

Just as long as they don't mess around with the out of town scoreboard or block the arcade, I'm cool with it.

[January 24, 2008 6:46 PM]  |  link  |  reply
Statman Crothers said

The Giants sent out this info on the 22nd.
So basically for $9000 one gets a private bathroom, 10 flat screen HDTVs, 4 parking passes to Lot A and the luxury of sitting directly above the people who watch the game for free.

[January 25, 2008 2:32 PM]  |  link  |  reply
Anthony said

swanky. but i wonder whether the market would bear a bigger price tag. (maybe it depends on whether the team's winning. ulp.)

[January 26, 2008 1:58 PM]  |  link  |  reply
Sabertooth said

Los Angeles fans will have a lot of fun photoshopping the name of the Bums on the awning emblazoned with "Dockers."