Chase Field Air Conditioning

[marlins739]

I was watching the Rockies-Diamondbacks in the NLCS last night in Game 1 at Chase Field. When they showed overview crowd shots, it didn't even look like the game was sold out since there were parts of the upper reaches of the upper deck down the lines with nobody in them. After being all surprised that the D-backs couldn't even sell out a playoff game, I remembered reading somewhere that for some reason the top parts of the upper deck down the lines couldn't be air conditioned. Is that true, and if so, why, and what does the team do about it? Do they not sell those seats, or do the people have enough sense to not sit up there? If it's not air conditioned up there, it's gotta be miserable sitting up there. I'm talking about the part of the upper deck that sticks up highest



It sure was nice walking from downtown to the park this summer in 110 degree heat and stepping inside the blissfully cool ballpark. Even with the roof open, the seating areas were cool and it was a great place to watch a game

[nymdan]

Even with the roof open, the seating areas were cool and it was a great place to watch a game

They had the AC on with the roof open??? Or you're just staying it was cool because it was a cooler night

I wonder how bad it is in the sections that aren't air conditioned. I'd imagine some of the cooler air would have to make its way up there... so maybe it's 80-85 degrees there, while the rest of the park is 70.

[sflnyc]

Not exactly about the Air Conditioning but.............

You should post this on the thread I started in "Current Events" about the Diamondbacks having trouble selling tickets to the NLCS.

Excuses, excuses, all around the internet boards. You would think that the Phoenix area was the only that had to sell LCS tickets and other events going on. The other 3 cities had no problem selling out their games within a day. Everybody loves to make fun of Atlanta (tired and old story), and know when another city deserves to take a knock, everybody tries to rationalize and defend it.

[PeteU]

Hell, as well-publicized as the Marlins attendance woes have been, even they sold out all but one of their 2003 postseason games in the 65,000 seat capacity mode.

The only non-sellout was Game 3 of the NLDS, and even that game drew 61,488, just short of capacity. (I was there!)

I think the problem with the Braves was their postseason futility after a while. Fans expected them to lose somehow, so I guess they didn't even bother.

[Richmond Hill Phoenix]

I've moved the article posted about the attendance woes to the thread in CE.

[RichardLillard1]

The A/C works for the entire seating area. Its mostly that no one feels like climbing up that high. If you look at the picture, just over the seating area you'll see a kind of white piping runing over it, this is the A/C vent system.

In terms of the game not being sold out, its a possibility, but at the same time the Yanks - Indians game the other night there were empty sections of Yankee Stadium.

As for the A/C on with the roof open, yes, they do that too. I went and saw the Dodgers play there with the roof open in (I think) May or June and the A/C would kick on for short periods. You could always tell because cooling off that much air takes so much work that for the first few seconds the air that is hitting you in the back is really warm. I was also in the upper deck for this game.


Richard

[marlins739]

The roof was open and the AC was on when I was there in June 2007. It was 109 outside. It was a night game, and I guess the cold air sinks down over the seating areas, so it probably wouldn't matter much that the roof was open when there wasn't much sun coming inside

How many rows are there in that section of the upper deck? It looks really high