Thursday, August 11, 2016

Review of a Tour of a Major League Baseball Stadium

Busch Stadium View photo by mbgphoto
Busch Stadium View
If you are looking for an interesting place to take children on a tour, I would suggest a major league baseball stadium.  In July my granddaughters, age 10 and 12, were visiting us and it was a hot and sticky July summer in St. Louis.  I was looking for an interesting place to spend some time with them when someone suggested a tour of the baseball stadium.

Busch Stadium in St. Louis opened in April of 2006.  This huge stadium has seats for 43,975 people and offers a beautiful panoramic view of the downtown skyline.  Fellow Review This author, Pat, wrote about her visit to the stadium in this article

I went online and found information about the tour of Busch stadium and was delighted to find out that tickets  included a tour of the stadium and a visit to the Cardinal Hall of Fame and Museum.

Tour of Busch Stadium

Our tour of Busch Stadium started just outside Gate 3 of the stadium.  This gate has a statue of baseball great Stan Musial just outside the gate and the entrance to the gate is a tribute to the Eads Bridge with a large bridge-like structure arching over the entrance.  The Musial statue is often a meeting place for fans coming to the ballpark.  Here is a photo of my granddaughters and myself by the statue.  You will also note part of the bridge entrance in the background.
Stan Musial Statue at Bush Stadium photo by mbgphoto

The tour of the stadium took about an hour and we visited The Redbird Club, the Champions Club, the broadcast booth and the Cardinal dugout.  Here are some photographs from each of those areas.
Cardinal Dugout at Bush Stadium photo by mbgphoto


 In this photo my granddaughters are sitting in the Cardinal dugout.  It was fun to sit where the Cardinals sit during the games.  It was also fun next time we watched a game on TV to say we had sat there too!









Cardinal Baseball Cards at Bush Stadium photo by mbgphoto
The Redbird Club is an area where fans can buy tickets and enjoy food in an indoor glassed area.

Their tickets also include seats in front of the area to view the game from outside.  It is a nice way to enjoy the game, but also be able to get in from the heat.  One of the walls in the club was very interesting.  It was covered with replicas of oldtime Cardinal baseball cards.
From the Broadcast Booth at Bush Stadium photo by mbgphoto
View from the Broadcast Booth

The girls enjoyed seeing the broadcast booth and they were able to sit in the same seats the announcers sit in when they announce the games.

World Series Trophy at Bush Stadium photo by mbgphoto


The Champions club is another indoor seating area.  In this club are several of the world series trophies that the Cardinals have won over the years. 














Ballpark Village

Across from Busch Stadium is the newest dining and entertainment district in St. Louis.  This area houses several restaurants along with the Cardinal Hall of Fame and Museum.  The area is being built in stages and in the future there will be more retail along with a hotel and residential opportunities.  There will also be more parking.  Ballpark Village is a "happening" place to be, both during home and away games.  Many fans gather to watch the games on the big screen TV's and enjoy food and drinks in the area restaurants.  We stopped at Cardinal Nation and had lunch before we went to the museum.  We found the food excellent and very reasonably priced.  The photo below shows the girls in Ballpark Village.
at Bush Stadium photo by mbgphoto

Cardinal Hall of Fame and Museum

The Hall of Fame and Museum has something for everyone.  This 8000 square foot museum is packed with over 16000 items of baseball memorabilia and thousands of archived photographs.  My husband really enjoyed looking over all of the memorabilia and the girls enjoyed some of the interactive displays.
Cardinal Memorabilia at Bush Stadium photo by mbgphoto
Display from Museum

Two of the displays that the girls really enjoyed were the mock broadcasting booth and the display where they could hold actual bats from former and present Cardinal players.
at Bush Stadium photo by mbgphoto

In this photo the girls are trying enjoying trying out their broadcasting skills. They would first watch and listen to a broadcast of an exciting play at a past game, then they would be able to see the play and they would record themselves giving the play by play. When they were finished it would be replayed for them to see how they did. Both girls enjoyed this display.
photo by mbgphoto

In this photo, Ella is trying her hand at batting. The display held several bats from Cardinal greats both past and present and a docent was there to hand you one bat out of the case that you chose. You first had to put on plastic gloves before handling the bat. Ella decided to try out a bat from Ozzie Smith.

Postcard from my Photograph

This postcard shows the St. Louis skyline from inside Busch Stadium.
St. Louis Skyline
St. Louis Skyline by mbgphoto
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6 comments:

  1. What a fantastic tour. Being a huge baseball fan, I've always wanted to tour a major league stadium. And being a big St. Louis Cardinals fan, Busch Stadium would be the perfect tour to take. Glad you and your granddaughters enjoyed your tour. I'll have to check that out the next time I visit my daughter in St. Louis!

    Oh, also, thanks for mentioning my article about Busch Stadium and other major league ballparks. :)

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  2. Thanks for the tour Mary Beth, I really enjoyed it. How exciting that the girls got to do a mock broadcast!1 I think that's so neat. you have two beautiful granddaughters and it sure looks like they had a great time.

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  3. What a fun way to spend the day with your granddaughters! Thanks for sharing your tour!

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  4. Loved this! What a wonderful way to entertain the grandkids! We've taken our kids to baseball games in several cities through the years, but we've never taken a tour of a stadium. My husband and I attended a game at Busch stadium two seasons ago and it was truly was a beautiful place. It was amazing to me how they even fit a stadium into that crowded downtown area, but everything worked together to create a fabulous atmosphere for a baseball game. Next time we'll have to take the tour!

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  5. This sounds like a wonderful way to spend a day in St Louis! I know your granddaughters will cherish the memories of all of the fun activities you all are sharing together. Plus, it will be really cool when they see a game on tv now to look at all of the points of interest and know they have actually been there themselves. The broadcast recording and display certainly sounds like an awesome experience too, and something they will never forget.

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  6. I can see this being a wonderful trip for fans and those who want to play ball. Sounds like a winning family activity for sports-oriented families.

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