American Family Fields of Phoenix

Practice Fields

Types of Seating
All seats in the grandstand are plastic chairs with backs and are painted blue. The large berm has a steep incline in the outfield.

Notes about the seating

Sections and rows

Tickets

Seats to avoid
None. The stadium's design is simple, yet flawless. There are no obstructions.

Seats in the shade
Fans seeking relief from the always present Arizona sun should sit on the first base side of the ballpark. For the typical 1:05 start the berm above the Brewers bullpen down the right field line is completely in the shade thanks to the position of the sun and the trellised roof above the concourse. The upper half of every odd numbered section, plus sections 100 and 102, are a haven for shade from rows P and up. By 2:30 shade has enveloped most of the seats below the press box, which casts its shadow down upon sections 100-104. Much of the third base side of the ballpark remains sunny throughout the game, with shade finally creeping down its upper rows near game's end. The bottom line is sit in the upper half of any first base seating section and you won't have much need for sunscreen.

VIP seating
Minimal, so Bob Uecker would be proud. There’s just a single suite up in the press box where Uecker himself sits during broadcasts.

Game Day
Gates open approximately an hour and a half before game time, occasionally earlier. The Brewers take batting practice on the field before the gates open and often the visiting team's bus doesn't arrive until about 45 minutes before first pitch. So there's not much point of being inside the stadium when gates officially open at 11:30 a.m. unless you like to watch the grounds crew do their job.

Food, drink and bag policy

Getting autographs
All players enter the field through a tunnel next to the Brewers bullpen down the right field line. That's an unfortunate setup, as it effectively serves as a barrier between player and fan. Pre-game autographs are often more plentiful from the visiting team. Many visiting players will sign down the left field line, between their dugout and bullpen. Visiting team fans should head to sections 114, 116 and 118 about 30 minutes before first pitch. Around that time, autograph activity on the Brewers' side of the stadium begins. Your best bet to snag one is by hanging out in the section (113) next to the home dugout, although some players will stop off first in section 117 to sign on their route to the dugout. Fans will often have more luck getting autographs during and, to a lesser extent, after the game. The reason you'll see a throng of people gathered on the concourse down the right field line near the clubhouse is because some players will sign at the fence there after they have been removed from the game. After it too that's a good place to be, as Brewers that spend many of their minutes autographing for fans have a tendency to do so for those assembled at the white wrought-iron fence that separates the fans' walkway from the players' path to their clubhouse. About 20-30 minutes following the game, but generally just early in the spring, a handful of Brewers will make their way from the Major League clubhouse to the Minor League clubhouse by walking through the crowd outside of the ballpark. They're not hard to miss, as they will be wearing cleats and carrying their equipment.

Unique ballpark fare
It wouldn't be a Brewers game without bratwursts. They're available throughout the ballpark, as are hot dogs, and a search along the concourse with also turn up cheese curds. So a taste of Wisconsin is well-represented at the standard concession stands, which have names like Ballpark Classics and Game Day Grill. Specialty food items, like barbeque, wok fired noodles and kettle corn, are generally found on the third base side concourse and in stalls set up along the outfield concourse. Coke is the soda of choice while beer options are more diverse. The Baseline Brew Bar, behind section 104, boasts the best concentration of beer variety within the ballpark, which always has something from Miller and Leinenkugel's available on tap somewhere.

Ballpark Area Info
Maryvale was once a nice neighborhood. But those days are long gone. To be politically correct, the ballpark is now in an economically depressed section of Phoenix. Essentially, you go to Maryvale, watch the game and leave, although you do have the option of eating at one of the nearby restaurants. To be fair, Maryvale is nowhere near being a slum. It's just a neighborhood where inglés is a second language and you don't want to be after dark, not that a baseball fan ever has to be as the Brewers never play home night games.

Travelers' notes

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Distance	Restaurant	Street Address	City/Zip	Phone
0.35 miles	Presto Pizza	5127 W Indian School Rd	Phoenix, AZ 85031	623-247-6368
0.35	Subway	5127 W Indian School Rd	Phoenix, AZ 85031	623-247-0056
0.35	Senaduria Mariscos Altata	5005 W Indian School Rd	Phoenix, AZ 85031	623-846-8070
0.35	Sizzler	5060 W Indian School Rd	Phoenix, AZ 85031	623-247-5524
0.35	Peter Piper Pizza	4105 N 51st Ave	Phoenix, AZ 85031	623-247-5100
0.35	Golden Nugget	4955 W Indian School Rd	Phoenix, AZ 85031	623-245-0313
0.4	Tokyo Express	4105 N 51st Ave	Phoenix, AZ 85031	623-245-1166
0.4	New China Buffet	4105 N 51st Ave	Phoenix, AZ 85031	623-245-3535
0.4	Denny's	4120 N 51st Ave	Phoenix, AZ 85031	623-247-4195
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Airports close to American Family Fields
Distance	Airport		Airport Code
8.3 miles	Phoenix Sky Harbor International		PHX
119	Tucson International		TUS
152	Yuma International		YUM

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