San Diego Padres

Phils BBQ and beer gardens is only the start. Great place to relax and watch a local team play baseball. Wish they played better, but what can I do?! Box seats are fun as well.

The Padres seem determined to drive away their own fans! I’ve been a season ticket holder at the Blue (21 game) level since Petco Park opened in 2004. For 2016, the team owners/​management have decided to change the rules that have always allowed us to exchange tickets for comparable games (weekday for weekday, weekend for weekend.) It was absolutely great and essential for those of us who have jobs and can’t get to weekday day games, and for those of us who travel. Now we will be restricted to unused season ticket nights — which are always the suckiest games.
The folks who have half– and full-​season memberships can still exchange their tickets. Of course. They will also get offered a chance to buy tix for the 2016 All-​Star Game. Blue Members got screwed on that as well.
When I emailed «customer service,» I got a terse, rude response blaming me for not reading the fine print in my renewal packet. Well, I renewed online, where the changes were conveniently invisible.
I used to feel like the Padres organization actually cared about all their members. I was a sucker and a fool.
Unless the ticket-​exchange policy stays fair for all members, I will be cancelling my renewal.

This team discriminates against single people. If you’re not going to the ballgame with someone, don’t bother to try. I’ve been coming down for years for the Giants series in September. I tried to order a single ticket and they wouldn’t let me. They said it would leave a single ticket in the area. WTF, there a plenty of other sections with single tickets left and there would actually have been 3 tickets left in this area. Maybe it’s a couples only area, but it looks like I will be changing my future September trips in the future. This is ridiculous and totally discriminatory. I was told last year, they were just happy to have the Giants come to town, just because it helped get people in the stadium. Pretty poor client service for a team that is sorely in need of customers!

Such a great place to catch a game. The weather was perfect. I got great seats from a scalper selling them in front of the stadium lol. The weather is just so nice with this open field. If you ate in San Diego go check out a game. Food is overpriced but what would you expect from a stadium.

Beware!!! 21 game season membership benefits are changing, and NOT for the better! In addition to 30% increase in prices, NO exchanges of tickets for 21 game members anymore. Talked to several past season ticket holders who are not going to renew. Don’t mind the price increase that much, but the ticket exchange benefit has kept me renewing over the past 13 years. The enhanced «flexibility» benefit of 6 unused ticket nights is NOT an adequate substitute. Padres should be trying to get more fans in the seat not less! I feel betrayed for my loyalty!!!

Cool place in downtown, traffic crazy!!! Guess people from many states are here ! Go Padres!!!

Rained out and no refund. I spent $ 220 on tickets and only watched 4 innings. I think this is BS. Rather than reimburse they said the game was delayed for hours.

Who doesn’t like America’s Favorite Pastime! I have never met anyone who doesn’t!
Even if the Padres are not winning, this is a great place to go to eat good food, drink craft beers and get some fresh air with friends, families, loved one’s or a place for you among other fans! It’s a beautiful, well-​laid out park with MANY choices! On this trip, we ate food from Hodad’s (a San Diego establishment) and enjoyed some Sculpin from Ballast Point.
If you have a well-​behaved, licensed dog with all current vaccinations you may apply to the Dog Days of Summer each year at Petco Park (the reason we attended a game this week). The Padres and Petco know how to put on unique activities to entertain everyone! Our next trip, we plan to book at the The Railing.
I was a spokesperson for baseball in DC and now our dog is representing the Padres with his local fan spirit! Go Padres! Go Padres! Go Padres!

I love my san diego teams, this is strictly regarding a lazy ticket counter employee via phone. From the get he sounded less than enthusiastic to help. I needed a ticket next to mine OR trade mine in for two tickets together. He said there was nothing. Interestingly enough, I got off the phone because I did not believe it and checked for myself. Low and behold a seat right next to mine. Get it together dude.

Petco Park is one of my favorite stadiums but the Padres who were not supposed to be good this year seem to be struggling. I have been to several games this year and it seems they either lose by 10 or win by 10. Very inconsistent playing.
The stadium is 10 years old but still beautiful. Plenty of different food options ranging from typical ballpark food, mexican, pizza, sandwiches, bbq, «Cardiff Crack» (the best tri-​tip you will ever have), and even sushi! Many of the local breweries have a stand here so there is beer for everyone.
The employees are ways friendly and helpful in assisting me to my section/​seat. You can get some fairly inexpensive seats in the park at the park if you don’t care about where you sit. The Toyota terrace is a great spot that has servers who will bring you drinks and food.
Overall I love going to Padres games but they need to step it up this season!

This is a beautiful stadium. I’m from San Francisco and I believe our stadium is the best, but this is pretty darn nice.
There are plenty of entrances so you’re never further than 40 – 50 yards from another entrance. The outfield here is awesome. There’s a little beach area for kids. There’s a playground, mini baseball field, and park area for fans to hang out. Best part is, it’s open to the public during the daytime.
The walkways are large so that even with large food lines it’s not too tough to get around. All the bathrooms seemed pretty clean and easily accessible. The views are all pretty good. There’s no point in the stadium where the seats can cut off your view, like in the horrible Oakland A’s stadium.
The night lights of downtown San Diego along with the surrounding bars make the atmosphere of the games pretty enjoyable. I would certainly return for another game or event.

I’ve always love my Padres since I was a kid back in 1984! Yes my heart has been broken a few times & I’ve been frustrated many of times but I stay loyal. My fav have been from Garvey to Gywnn to Hoffy. We have been fortunate to have a few great players & good years in the playoffs & WS. I know we might not have much history but we got great memory’s. And will continue to make more while watching with my kids.
Every year I keep the Faith even when I know deep down inside were not that good. But this year we finally got owners who are willing to spend money & a GM not scared to make big moves & try to get us to the top. For the first time since 98 the city is excited bout baseball & we got new fans jumping on the bandwagon & I’m ok with that the more fans the better! As I write right now the Padres are above 500 & competing thanks to the new owners & GM caring enough to finally give this city a winning baseball team! And we should finally make the playoffs this year (crossing fingers). So thank you San Diego Padres for making baseball exciting & competitive again in SD! GO PADRES!

Beautiful stadium! Lots of entrances BUT with the new medal detectors it makes lines really long so I advise coming early!
Staff here are all friendly! You can walk around even if you sit in the lawn area (GA)
Foods good they have lots of things to choose from!

Great service from the entire guest services team! Jordan was great and very patient while we waited to get picked up. Great job Padres in selecting the right person for right job!

Great we got an alleged rapist and domestic abuser from the Dodgers who has injury problems and strikes out a ton.
I expect it from Dodger fans, but not from a player.
I also read that Kemp is a bad team mate from Adrian Gonzalez and only for 17 million a year way to go front office.
Between Kemp and Upton we can look forward to 250 ks a year.

Love my Padres even if they happen to have a crappy record this season. My family and I have always enjoyed coming to Petco for the experience. And usually every time we go, we usually win so I’d say we’re pretty good luck for them ;)

Nice stadium. Great beer and food selection. Love the emphasis local craft beer instead of the big three. Food was good. Crowd is pleasant and upbeat. The downtown area around the park on a Sunday morning had a great vibe. Great way to spend a Sunday afternoon with the family. Go Diamondbacks!!!

Awesome team amazing stadium and great location what more could you ask for other then for the Padres to win the World Series because they need it! Go Padres and yes that’s coming from someone who lives and grew up in Orange County!

Club 19, a lounge set someplace on the Terrace deck of Petco Park, is slightly more than half-​full as our escort holds the glass doors open for us. Like my companion and I, everyone is grouped into pairs, occupying the booths in the inside and some of the cocktail tables out on the deck. It’s a mild January night and the first Padres home game is still two and a half months away. Petco Park is half-​asleep, and for all I know we in Club 19 are the only people in the whole stadium.
I received an invite from a friend and fellow Unilocaler to attend a Padres marketing and meet & greet event, an opportunity for the team to connect with businesses and organizations who might be interested in hosting events during the season. A spread of pure game day foods is arrayed on the bar for us: hotdogs with all the trimmings, warm foil bags of popcorn, hot steaming pretzel bites, and as many beers and sodas as we could drink in-​between mouthfuls of food.
It’s my first time even stepping foot inside Petco Park, and it’s a unique experience for me to do so when the place is completely empty. The view of East Village and the newly built San Diego Central Library open before us, and most of our time is spent just relaxing. Most of Club 19 is already empty when we get a chance to speak to our sales rep Sean, a young and newly minted employee of the Padres. A great guy with some great stories, after we go through some possible event ideas he invites us to walk onto the field (well, just on the clay of course), and we get the chance to take pictures of ourselves in the dugout and with home plate as our background. With nearly all my understanding of baseball coming from the movie Moneyball, I know I probably don’t deserve this opportunity.
Pleasant surprises and the joy of discovery make for the best experiences in my book, and I was lucky to get both. All credit and thanks for this night goes to my friend, whom I won’t name for fear that she’ll be harassed by strangers, but you know who you are. And also thanks to Sean for taking care of us and showing us around. Hope you’re continuing to have a blast working in MLB!

It’s about that time of year again where I write about the team I hate to love. Yeah they broke a ten game skid last night but it still really gives us little to cheer for. There are glimpses of greatness but by the looks of it, the squad is yet again stuck in the clutches of what the analysts call «rebuilding.» Sigh… forever rebuilding.
I will say this, that Amarista kid (The Little Ninja), has some serious game. Don’t worry, he’ll be traded before his bobble head sees the light of day.
Once again, I love you unconditionally.
Your friend,
Brad