Midway Stadium

My buddies and I went to a last Saints game at Midway Stadium before it was going to be replaced in St. Paul by a new baseball stadium. We went to Craft in Edina, YUMMY!
Alright. For $ 14 we had awesome seats about 20 feet from the batter and they had large craft beers (32 oz) for $ 8. C’mon?! What more do you want?! I got a Goose Island session IPA.
The atmosphere is fun and even though it started raining, after the rain stopped, we were able to go down 10 rows to get right behind home plate.
This is not happening at Target Field.
We even had some douchebag checking our ticket in Section 129 at Target Field for left field bleacher seats. Umm. People? This is a horse crap team and you are checking tickets for outfield bleacher seats?
If I were the Twins, I would say, free seats anywhere, please fill in our seats our drink our beer, and beer is now $ 8 for a 32 oz glass.
Last weekend made me officially tell myself I am not renewing my Twins tickets. Checking my $ 22 bleacher seats? Dear Lord!

Midway Stadium is an All-​American ball park. There is a great set up with the large parking lot to the west and additional parking down the street. The Saints organization does everything in its power to constantly entertain and roll out promotions. With their move to the new stadium next year, there will be a legacy of good times and memories left behind at this must see stadium!

Take me out to the ballpark… For $ 6 bucks? Hell yes!
Plenty of room to tailgate and many people take advantage of this.
It is such a fun atmosphere! You can get a massage while watching the game. I have never had one, but I don’t think they provide that service in the beer garden anyway?
Family friendly too! Fun park for the kids to play.
The food is typical ball park fair… So I love a hotdog and a beer. I did have a gyro this time that was pretty tasty!
Love the mascot… The Pig! When a train goes by you must yell train!
Labor Day was a fun day to visit… $ 1 beers!
I’m certainly going to miss this ballpark as they have the plans for the new St Paul lower town stadium. I hope they have the same room to tailgate and reasonable ticket prices. My fingers are crossed!

Bob Dylan — Americanarama Concert —
Free parking at the State Fair Grounds was a joke. When the concert got over there were hundreds of people standing outside the stadium, trying to catch a shuttle bus back to the parking lot. It looked great when they brought up about 10 buses, but then they proceeded to keep them all closed and only open the door on the ONE bus at the very front of the line. Then they loaded that ONE bus, very carefully and very slowly, ONE person at a time. After many people were complaining, we were told they couldn’t allow the more than one bus to load at a time as this would be a safety hazard.
So, after about 20 minutes of standing on the sidewalk in front of buses with their doors closed and watching people slowly board the single open bus in the front, we realized it would take FOREVER. Everyone was so frustrated that eventually about a hundred people started walking back to the State Fair Grounds on their own. I guess the organizers thought it would be safer to have a mob of people walking up Highway 280 and cutting across exit ramps to get back to the state fair parking lot.
Imagine if they did this to people after a twins or vikings game and forced them to load the light rail one person and one rail car at a time? Would anyone really ride the light rail if this were the scenario? What is wrong with Midway Stadium to handle transportation in such a backwards stupid fashion? I will NOT do another concert there, it just isn’t worth the hassle and inconvenience.

Nice ballpark, plenty of room for tailgating in the lot beforehand. I think the parking in the lot is about $ 6 per vehicle. A lot of passionate fans at an independent league game. Some people say the St. Paul Saints are in the minor leagues, but I don’t think that’s true. Either way, most of the people in the stands leave before the game is over (and it was tied in the 9^th inning!). Oh wait, even Red Sox fans do that at their beloved Fenway Park, nevermind then.
If you want a foul ball or a homerun, you can camp outside the stadium and wait, I think that would yield the best results.
Beers are near big league prices, coming in at $ 7.50 for the large.

What a great time. Was a good way to take the family to a baseball game and not spend a fortune to get them in. Food and beer were priced well and tons of activities for the kids if they get bored. We parked in their lot which was $ 2 more expensive but so worth it. Tailgating was fun to do and they had music playing before the game.

Midway is a pretty cool stadium, for a pile of junk, that is. If you search Google images for Midway Stadium, it brings up an image of a large, nicer stadium that one reviewer alluded to. That would’ve been nice…
As it is, Midway is cool because it had outdoor baseball long before the Twins finally escaped the pitiful Dome. Midway hosted the only time I’ve seen R.E.M. live (in the rain no less). It has a small but OK parking lot for tailgating, which is rare in the Cities as a large-​scale activity. Although if you want a spot in the lot, you better arrive early. I’ve attended the Iceball (old timey baseball in the snow) event a couple times, which is an experience not easily forgotten.
Midway gets points for the train chugging by outside the outfield wall, for crazy gimmicks and shenanigans and affordable fare. It has personality, but it’s severely restricted by its lack of scope. What is present, though, is a good time. The vibe here is easy-​going and friendly, very down-​to-​earth and welcoming. This place has character but I’d much rather see the Saints move into new digs in downtown St. Paul.

What is Mudonna??? A pig of some sort? Miss Piggy on crack? I think I want to know what was going through the mind of the creator of that mascot.
I’ve come here for a while now and have seen many parts of the place. I feel I can have some confidence in my rating.
This stadium is what minor league baseball is about. The whole overall feel of the stadium is great. The bleachers, the beer man and peanuts, to the hot dogs.
These guys try and make every after inning an event of it’s own. This helps keep my attention on the game. Not to mention, most of them are pretty funny.
The bench seating hurts after a while, but what can you expect from a metal bleacher. The food is great, beer overpriced, but great fun all around.

The stadium was easy to find, although parking was a little crazy. You have to pay to park in the lot, so many people just park alongside Energy Park Drive and walk a half mile or so to the ballpark. They seem to keep the park relatively clean, and it was great to see the numerous dog bowls scattered about for all the pooches to drink out of on «dog day». It seems like a great environment for people (and dogs) of all ages.
The food could’ve been better, but it’s much cheaper than Target Field food, so I can’t really complain all that much. For more details about our experience at the game, read my review of the St. Paul Saints:

Despite the miserable weather and the really creepy Muddonna mascot I had a really good time!
This is a great thing to do if you have nothing else to do with friends or family. Tickets were cheap, food and beer is half the price of what it would be at the Twins’ Field, and there is some great entertainment. They had «characters» walking through the stands, entertaining the crowd: father/​son nerd duo, a lumberjack (he did a cover of Justin Beiber’s «Baby» on the kazoo), a biker from the Muddona gang, and the coach. They got the crowd pumped and took part in entertainment at every half inning.
The half inning entertainment was ridiculous. They had a guy singing Karaōke who is really from Japan, giant pizza tossing, rolling yourself up in a tortilla, and so much more. Whoever thought of the ridiculous activities has to be a genius, or just crazy.
I’m taking one star off because I felt like the Saints game became more of a circus than a baseball game. Unless that’s what minor league baseball really is…

I organized an employee outing for the company I work for at the Saints game last night. Everyone who works there was very accommodating and made my job incredibly easy. The tailgating picnic area is set up an hour before the game starts for everyone to eat and drink. Beers are only $ 1 in the pre-​game picnic area! The food is decent, nothing spectacular, but it dos the trick.
The Saints games are alwasy long, at least 3 ½ hours, so make sure you know that ahead of time or be prepared to leave before the end of the game. One other thing to note, beers are only $ 3.50 in the stadium, a far cry from the $ 7 beers at Target Field!
The Saints season ends today (Aug. 25) with a special fireworks display at the end of the game. Tickets cost $ 2 more for games with fireworks.

Last time I was at midway stadium for a Saints game it was Bud Selig night. All the fans got a statue of Bud Selig holding up a tie in tribute to the 2002 mlb all-​star game which ended in a 7 – 7 tie.
I got a message from a nun, a high five from a cowboy, an all beef hot dog with jalapenos and sauerkraut… and to top it all off, a couple summit epa’s on tap…
Great for kids
great for adults
Great for Saint Paul
go Saints (train)

Both the reviews are positive, yet only three stars? What gives. This place is unique on the planet. I did see Daryl Strawberry when played for the Saints and saw Bill Murray on stage with Bob Dylan at a concert. Some of my favorite concerts ever have been here. I love that you can watch a ball game and drink Summitt on tap. That used to be a rarity. Midway was the first big venue to have it on tap. I’ve been to Twins games and they aren’t nearly as much fun as Saints games. Perhaps if you are really, really into baseball more than just being entertained for a couple or three hours, then I can see why you would want to go to the dome. But that is the only reason. If you just wanna be taken out to a ballgame then this is the place to go. Wave to the engineer of the passing trains, enjoy the theme nights, the live «tire race» that parodies the video ritual at the dome and try like hell and fail to thwart the mosquitoes.

Home of Saints baseball and assorted concerts.
It is a baseball field that multitasks for other mid-​sized shows that can fill a large field.
I think I personally sold beer («Cold beeeer heeeereeee!») at the Hootie and the Blowfish and Ani D’Franko shows.
Those were some very hard dollars to earn.

For every Minnesotan that wants to see outside baseball, Midway Stadium is the perfect place for you — first of all it is outside and has a good sized parking lot made for tailgating, second the tickets are cheap and if you’re lucky Bill Murry will take your ticket (it actually happened a few times), and third — you can see some really good baseball (among the players who did a tour for the St. Paul Saints — Daryl Strawberry and a young Jason Varitek). It is a ballpark that is worth seeing and even though it is A ball (unaffiliated) it deserves 3 stars.