text: So much potential That basically sums up the stadium experiencennObviously if you do not live in Surprise or if you are not a Kansas City Royals or Texas Rangers Die hard the trek out here is strike one Driving through Retirement City and hitting every light on Bell Road does not helpnnLike the park in Goodyear this is a smaller park that I really think wants to have a great family community appeal but it does not The stadium has a unique southernstyle architecture to it Some other Yelpers did not care for it but it made me think of older times when baseball was truly king It looks feels nostalgicnnHowever it has a HUGE concourse that surrounds it but not a kidfriendly booth anywhere NOTE I do not have kids but even I thought they were missing out on the opportunity What did they have instead Multiple police cars a van with an aerial camera watching fans booths a table where people could hold guns handguns beanbag guns etc WTF Who are you attracting to the game Future Surprise Militia members Talk about scaring away future beer salesnnAs with all the ballparks I always check out the food to see if there is anything that is reminiscent of the teams from back home Sure enough there is a Battle of the BBQ stand I think the idea was to pit KC style BBQ vs Texas style but that battle basically comes down to a squeeze bottle of Texas sauce or a squeeze bottle of KC style sauce The BBQ was average at best If this was a restaurant I would not go back Of course right next to the BBQ spot was a HUGE open space where you could put real BBQ smokers and pits Just sayingnnTickets are cheap parking is free it better be given gas prices The lawn is kind of fun since you can basically sit in a great elevated position and closer to dead center field than anywhere It is a great seat to watch fromnnThere are some decent beers to be ordered but it would have been nice to have a Shiner Bock since we were watching a Texas teamnnThis spring training I took on an aggressive goal Go to all Spring Training Parks see all teams in one spring training season and do it all on the weekends FRISUN This review is a part of total reviews