[SkateDC] The Nats like inlines...

[Emily Bennett]

I also went to the game tonight, took Metro and found the whole experience to be generally excellent.

The stadium is quite pretty, if a bit windy, and make sure you talk a walk on the water side by the Anacostia.

I cannot believe how different the area is now...construction *everywhere*!

But I'll be going back next when the weather's a little warmer.


----- Original Message ----
From: "dcmcrider at gmail.com" <dcmcrider at gmail.com>
To: Andrew Baxley <baxlap at msn.com>; skatedc at skatedc.org
Sent: Saturday, March 29, 2008 9:58:52 PM
Subject: Re: [SkateDC] The Nats like inlines...

Yep, the 600-700 million bucks has been spent, and no amount of grousing is going to undo it. Went to the game tonight and loved it. Rode the bicycle down there; there's nice covered bike parking inside the garage, but not quite the "valet" experience promised on the web site. You park, you lock it with your own lock. (I'd rather DIY anyway.) I certainly wouldn't mind skating to the ballpark.

P
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-----Original Message-----
From: "Andrew Baxley" <baxlap at msn.com>

Date: Sat, 29 Mar 2008 20:49:47 
To:english60 at yahoo.com, dcmcrider at gmail.com, skatedc at skatedc.org
Subject: Re: [SkateDC] The Nats like inlines...


What's the point to make?  There isn't a stadium in the country that allows 
people to skate inside during an event.  It sounds like the Nats are being 
entirely reasonable in encouraging people to skate to games, but leave 
skates under seats.  Save your rebellious energy for something worth 
rebelling against, like the right to skate in streets in general.

And, by the way, every interesting major city in this country except New 
Orleans is a baseball town.  And most of those cities built their ballparks. 
  I've been to Nationals Park already and couldn't be happier about it.

"So playing rock 'n' roll makes you feel like a preserved moose?"

-- Marti diBergi





>From: Bill English <english60 at yahoo.com>
>To: Paul Wilson <dcmcrider at gmail.com>, WAR Listserv <skatedc at skatedc.org>
>Subject: Re: [SkateDC] The Nats like inlines...
>Date: Sat, 29 Mar 2008 14:51:21 -0700 (PDT)
>
>Just to make a point, people should skate to Nationals Park and keep their 
>skates on. When they are ordered to remove skates, they should then put on 
>some shoes which are even more outrageous than skates, such as oversized 
>clown shoes, platform shoes, high heels, etc. Perhaps air cushion effect 
>hovershoes. Looks like barefoot is also acceptable at Nationals Park 
>according to the A-Z Guide.
>
>I might be a baseball fan if I was stuck in Kansas City, but why waste 
>precious leisure time watching grown men play a kid's game while living in 
>an interesting region? Especially when taxpayers were ripped off to build 
>the park.
>
>Bill
>
>
>----- Original Message ----
>From: Paul Wilson <dcmcrider at gmail.com>
>To: skatedc <skatedc at www.skatedc.org>
>Sent: Saturday, March 29, 2008 3:40:12 PM
>Subject: [SkateDC] The Nats like inlines...
>
>Noted with interest in the A-Z Guide to Nationals Park:
>
>"INLINE SKATES
>Guests are encouraged to try various modes of transportation to travel
>to Nationals Park. Inline skating to the ballpark can be a convenient,
>healthy alternative. However, guests must remove their inline skates
>prior to entering Nationals Park. Guests will be expected to store
>their skates safely under their seats. Additionally, skating on
>"Heelies" is prohibited within Nationals Park."
>
><http://washington.nationals.mlb.com/was/ballpark/a-z_guide.jsp>
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