I guess this blog is supposed to be about music and comedy but I’m going to wander a bit this week and write about watching hockey outdoors. No, I didn’t go to the Winter Classic (hey, I’m a musician; who can afford that?) but I did attend a hockey game at Fenway Park.
Jen and me - REAL hockey fans
I opted for the Legends Classic on Jan. 2. I figured the tickets were cheap enough ($10-25) and it would satisfy my curiosity about how good or bad the viewing is for hockey at the ancient ballyard. I bought a couple of the $10 seats, which I assumed were going to be terrible – and they were.
But I also assumed that most of the other seats were going to be almost as bad, which was not the case at all. In fact, unless you’re in the very low rows of box seats, there are plenty of good places to watch.
Right field seats
From the fifth row of the field boxes, however, we could only see a sliver of the ice surface and nothing below the players’ waists. They could have been playing without a puck for all we knew. So we walked back to the grandstand and stood for the first period (the view was great), then snuck into the Pavilion boxes for the rest of the game (even better).
Pavilion box view
There are actually a lot of good seats for hockey. Anything in the infield and left field is good, as long as you’re relatively high up. As you go to right field and the bleachers, you’re pretty far away. All in all, it was a fun day and didn’t cost much, which made it more fun.
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