Welcome To Citizens Bank Park

As a Mets fan, I have never experienced the fun in going to another stadium while the Mets were the away team. Monday night as the Phillies hosted the Mets, I was there, sitting in the upper deck with first inning drunk fans and a beautiful skyline to look at.
Citizens Bank Park, which opened in 2004, is very smartly planned out. Parking is very convenient and the outside view of the stadium is unreal. When you walk in, either through the right field entrance or the left field entrance, you see the field immediately. There is an abundance of room to walk around and enjoy the experience of the park. With a great amount of standing room and restaurants, you could go there three hours early and have something to do. The lit up Liberty Bell which swings after a home run is a very smart and entertaining idea. The bleachers are great and during batting practice you could never get so close to the players in the outfield as the wall is directly above the field in left. Overall it is a great ballpark and a fun place to visit.
The atmosphere as a baseball fan was great. Besides for the fact that it was playoff baseball in late August, the fans were really into it. There happened to be a large group of Mets fans there but as the game went on and I started to get cursed at, I decided to cover my Reyes shirt with my sweatshirt. I wasn't exactly in the mood to get beered. Constant cheers and being pumped up by the Philly Fanatic really shows that these fans are there to enjoy the baseball game. Even though the Mets lost, the bullpen crashed and burned and Pat Burrel decided to do a little more damage on the Mets, it was still an amazing and fun trip, well worth it.