Originally Posted by
SoonerDave
I was not aware that the new owners were going to do either of those things. I think both options are bad.
Tarping off 4,000 seats is a surrender to failure, as in "we're not even going to try to fill those seats." Changing the name to anything other than the "Bricktown Ballpark" is as silly now as it was when it happened originally.
The Brick was one of the premiere minor league ballparks in the country when it opened. Now I fear it is in control of owners who are strictly looking to manage it, and squeeze whatever can be squeezed from it with a minimum amount of effort.
I hope this isn't some extended trend for baseball in downtown. Since baseball at OSU has been in the doldrums for a while, and OU has had both good and bad years, interest in the Bedlam series has been less than "white hot" the last few years. That, combined with the horrendous decision on the part of the conference to "pool up" the Big 12 baseball tournament (and crush attendance in so doing), has made the market for baseball in downtown decidedly less attractive.
The sad irony to me is that the Brick was more or less the cornerstone of the original MAPS project, and it seems to be a fading memory in the light of the Thunder and the broader Bricktown redevelopment effort.
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