Sorry I'm a little late to the party, but I'm a Vipers fan and enjoyed reading the comments and insight in the thread.
I was at last night's game and there was an awesome row of hecklers in the yellow seats in section H (right above the visitors - the St. George Roadrunners - dugout). The hecklers were at least a dozen strong, and appeared to be doing their part to support the Vipers by buying a lot of beer.
A Vipers staffer started hovering around them, however, for reasons we can only assume were "cheering too loud" or "heckling too much." I was thinking the last thing the Vipers need to do is discourage anyone (let alone people buying a lot of concessions) from visiting the ball park. I told a Vipers staffer this as well.
That being said, here's hoping a person of influence with the Vipers is reading this thread because there are a lot of good ideas contained within. I go to a lot of games, but I'm one of the rare baseball fans in Calgary who just wants to hear the crack of the bat and the whistle of a fastball live. You guys are spot-on about selling the "stadium experience".
Also, not sure if I glanced over it, but the beer+brat combo is $8 now. It's lower than it was earlier in the season, but it's Labatt (not Big Rock) beer, and not a Spolumbos sausage, and not $7 like it was last season.
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