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MLB Ballpark Rankings: Milwaukee Brewers
Milwaukee Brewers
Milwaukee Brewers
Miller Park|Capacity: 43,000|Opened: 2001
OVERALL RANK
2
Miller Park
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Category Rank (1-30)
2		Affordability
How would you rate the affordability of a trip to your hometown ballpark?
Poor Below Average Average Above Average Excellent
0.7% 1.7% 22.2% 38.4% 36.9%
 
Ticket Costs
Average Ticket % Increase From 2007 MLB Rank MLB Average Ticket
$19.88 9% 10th $25.43
Courtesy Team Marketing Report, 2008
Category Rank (1-30)
1		Food
How would you rate the food at the ballpark?
Poor Below Average Average Above Average Excellent
0.5% 0.7% 15.3% 43.5% 40%
 
How would you rate the cost of food and beverages at the ballpark?
Poor Below Average Average Above Average Excellent
2% 7.4% 50.4% 29% 11.2%
 
What is the must-have food item offered at the ballpark and what makes it so good?
  • "Brats! Need I explain?"
  • "The chorizo sausage is the newest addition to the menu at Miller Park. It is a spicy sausage covered in pico de gallo and wrapped in a flour tortilla. Absolutely awesome. It has just the right amount of spice to give you a kick, but not too much to make it inedible."
  • "A brat with the secret stadium sauce. It just is Milwaukee."
  • "The Klements brats with the secret stadium sauce, mustard and kraut! This is an excellent sample of the German heritage that is so deeply ingrained in Milwaukee's history. No one does a brat better than Milwaukee."
  • "You can't go wrong with the Bratwurst, but anything I get MUST slathered in secret stadium sauce! During the offseason, I crave the stuff."
Category Rank (1-30)
8		Team Quality
How would you rate the quality of the product currently being put on the field by the hometown team?
Poor Below Average Average Above Average Excellent
0.8% 0.3% 6.5% 59.6% 32.8%
 
Which player on your team is the most worth paying to watch?
Prince Fielder Ryan Braun Corey Hart Ben Sheets Yovani Gallardo
51.9% 37% 2.3% 2.3% 2%
 
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Category Rank (1-30)
17		History & Tradition
How would you rate the sense of tradition and history at the ballpark?
Poor Below Average Average Above Average Excellent
3.2% 21.7% 38.2% 22.7% 14.2%
 
Category Rank (1-30)
5		Ballpark Atmosphere
How would you rate the atmosphere at the game?
Poor Below Average Average Above Average Excellent
1% 1.5% 9% 42% 46.5%
 
How would you rate the level of personal comfort when you are sitting in your seat?
Poor Below Average Average Above Average Excellent
1% 0.7% 16.2% 48.4% 33.7%
 
Category Rank (1-30)
10		Fan Intelligence
How would you rate the "baseball intelligence" of the home fans?
Poor Below Average Average Above Average Excellent
1.3% 2.5% 23.8% 46.8% 25.8%
 
Category Rank (1-30)
8		Fan Hospitality
How would you rate the hospitality offered to fans of the opposing team?
Poor Below Average Average Above Average Excellent
3.3% 4.6% 29.8% 38.4% 23.9%
 
What is the worst incident you've witnessed against an opposing fan or yourself?
  • "Cubs fans bring out the worst in Milwaukee fans since the crowd is usually 60 percent Chicago fans. The language gets brutal, not family friendly at all."
  • "There's some general razzing, but I don't recall any horrible physical or verbal assaults."
  • "Maybe a little friendly trash talk in the parking lot, but that's it."
  • "Chili-dogged."
  • "When the Cubs are in town, there is added heckling and the occasional fight breaks out, but for the most part the fans are good people and respectful toward the other team's fans. There is always good-natured ridiculing, but nothing too serious."
Category Rank (1-30)
1		Promotions
How would you rate the quality of the promotions/giveaways offered by the home team?
Poor Below Average Average Above Average Excellent
1.5% 2.3% 27.5% 37.4% 31.3%
 
What is the best promotion/giveaway your team has offered? What is the worst? What is a promotion you'd like to see?
  • "The best: Racing Sausage bobbleheads (Bill Hall with pink bat a close second). The worst: The Chorizo bobblehead was disappointing. I'd like to see a promotion that allows a randomly chosen fan to join the Sausage Race."
  • "I would like to see a Corey Hart "Sunglasses At Night" bobblehead."
  • "The funniest was Jeffrey Hammonds bobblehead after he was cut by the team."
  • "The best promo is a tossup between the sausage races and the Cerveceros jerseys. Anytime you can walk away from the ballpark with a bobblehead of an Italian sausage -- complete with moustache -- is a day well spent. The worst promo is always Refrigerator Magnet Day. Blech. The one I would like to see is anything where they give away playoff tix -- because that means the Crew made the playoffs for the second time in my life. I'm 30; I was 5 the last time it happened."
Category Rank (1-30)
3		Getting To The Game
How would you rate the traffic to and from the ballpark?
Poor Below Average Average Above Average Excellent
0.8% 6.6% 36.1% 33.1% 23.4%
 
How would you rate the parking availability/cost at the ballpark?
Poor Below Average Average Above Average Excellent
2.8% 3.6% 28.8% 35.2% 29.6%
 
How would you rate the public transportation options to and from the ballpark?
Poor Below Average Average Above Average Excellent
8.9% 22.7% 39.4% 14.6% 14.4%
 
Category Rank (1-30)
18		Neighborhood
How would you rate the dining and drinking options within walking distance of the ballpark?
Poor Below Average Average Above Average Excellent
18.9% 34.5% 20.2% 10.5% 15.9%
 

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