ARTHUR W. PERDUE STADIUM
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Located in the city of
Salisbury, Maryland is Arthur W. Perdue Stadium. I made my first visit in 1997
to this park and found it to be a comfortable place to see a game, but very
crowded. It took a few years to get back but upon my return I found that not
much had changed, even with the crowds that is a very good thing.
Located on Hobbs Road, (always reminds me of the movie "The Natural") Perdue
Stadium offers a large parking lot for fans, it should be noted that there is
still only one way into the lot which for the Shorebirds means there will be a
wait the closer you get to game time. $3 grants you access to the ample sized
lot, which even on fireworks nights is sufficient to handle the big crowds.
What has improved here is they have a special fireworks exit. Eliminates the
long parking lot wait after the game and sends you on a little road trip around
Salisbury.
Once past the ticket take,
you climb a set of stairs that bring you to the upper concourse area. Much like
Trenton, this area is your one stop location for all food and facilities. Along
the left field line of the concourse is the Shorebirds Merry-go-Round. There are two levels of seats
here, field and reserved separated by an aisle below the reserved seats. Behind
the field seats is a small concession located behind home plate.
The game here has been
handled the same since my first visit in '97 however, the scoreboard now looks
a bit dated. Coming from all of these new and modern ballparks it is a surprise
to see a scoreboard just give the line scores and another board with just
statistics.
Arthur W. Perdue has a lot of
good fans which make the game exciting and being an Oriole affiliate, the players in
Delmarva today will be less than 2 hours away in Baltimore someday.
One other thing about the
Shorebirds, they put on a very good fireworks show. I don't usually go to fireworks
nights due to the excessive crowds but considering Delmarva seems to have
fireworks night every week it is tough to schedule around one. Even though
there will be a less than used to be wait at the end of the game, it is one you
should stick around for.
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