Brewers president Bud Selig has said we needed it to usher us, and Brewtown baseball, into the 21st century. So here we go. Welcome to the future, and have yourself a turkey brat. You will have those at the new Miller Park, as well as your trusty old bratwurst. You'll find ordinary burgers and Bison burgers, beer and bottled Jack Daniels cocktails.
Sandwiches come garnished with arugula or grilled onions.
Baseball will be played for the first time Friday, with the Brewers taking on the Chicago White Sox in an exhibition game. It's a great big ballpark, and you'll have years to get to know it. Who knows, one day you might even find yourself living it up and dining on rack of lamb in a luxury suite. But for starters, here are 50 really cool, crucial things you really ought to know about this park, where baseball will live on, where we can touch our past and our future, and be reminded of what is good. Talk of a new ballpark surfaced in 1985, and the Milwaukee Brewers began formally considering a new home in 1987.