Angel Stadium is as far from an enjoyable baseball experience as I've ever seen. A former football stadium, it's a cold environment even though the seats are too close together. The view to the outfield is of a clumsy rock fountain and the 57 Freeway, a reminder of what you're facing trying to leave the park later. It's a waste of space where they could block the view (please!) and sell more seats to catch home runs and yell to your favorite athlete. The stadium is oriented in the wrong direction by about 90 degrees. It goes through the pre-game rituals but we are constantly bombarded with Aren't the Angels Great vintage videos and the songs haven't changed in years. There are no MLB update news videos, very very few replays (!!!), and the sound system is unintelligible, even in the best Field Level seats. The announcer introduces the Angels batter with a flourish, but can only manage the last name of the opposing team's batter. The Angel fans are unbiased; they hate every opposing team player and are quick to give the finger and ignore Hall-of-Fame-bound player achievements; they resemble Disney characters with too-clean Angel apparel. The food at Ruby's is good. The worst part though is going to the game, expecting to get some autographs and take close-up pictures of the teams, then getting told by the ushers that there are only 2 sections for autographs, toward the foul poles. Whoopee, you get to try for a bullpen player’s autograph. Also, during batting practice, unless you have a field level seat in the dugout section and the lower sections which go out way past 1st and 3rd base, you are not allowed to walk down to take even one picture. The usher I spoke with said this was due to Yankee fans getting out-of-hand a few years ago. So let's punish everyone and not revisit policy. Petco Park in San Diego is 2 orders of magnitude better in all areas, especially hospitality. Complacency, rudeness and the love-our-team-or-die atmosphere are the three elements most found at this Orange County venue in Anaheim of Los Angeles Area. The expression on that monkey says it all. As the saying should go, Just Another Angels Whitewash.

great l.a. location but bad field

angles suck

The Disney features added when they owned the team to this park make it more of a cartoon than a real ballpark. A major problem is that seating is somehow always strained ... no matter where you sit you are always looking in the wrong direction, squeezed into seats, or something that makes your viewing uncomfortable. Not a park worth visiting, and I feel sorry for the home town fans who have to endure it regularly.

I have seen it on TV.A nice ballpark..like the rocks.But did like that big A out there as well.

Only bad thing is they took the big A away. Bring back the A, and I hear fives...

This one is OK. Instead of remodeling the old Anaheim Stadium, they should have just gotten a brand new stadium.

Been there once in '96 (when the team was the California Angels and it was a football stadium) and once in '04 (well after it was converted to baseball-only). Hard to believe, but I liked it better before. The park is just way too Disneyfied, full of gimmicks, bells and whistles that distract from the game. And while their much-hyped fans show up in decent numbers and wear red, they have about as much passion as an IRS auditor.

I liked it. I cant really put my finger on one spectacular thing, but it was just fun. The geahics and sounds accrentuated the atmosphere. I was wearing my teams colors and the Angels fans were just cool. Refreshing after so many A holes in other stadiums spouting obnoxious unclever statements

Edison Field (formerly Anaheim Stadium) is not only a far upgrade from the former baseball/football hybrid ballyard, but also has one of the funnest environments ever created for baseball. From the time you enter through the front enterance of Edison Field, with its playful giant Angels helmets and view of the beautiful California Spectacular gyser and firework shooting rock formation beyond centerfield you enter a world apart from the day's worries. The new open outfield configuration of the stadium allows spectators to view Southern California's snow-capped 11,000 foot tall Mt. Baldy to the north and the 57 freeway beyond right-center field (this lights up quite nicely at night, with its unending stream of red and white). Perhaps Edison Field's presentation of pregame ceremonies is not traditional, but it is by far the most engaging that I have experienced in my travels around the league. The sound system is one of the finest and is used with great finesse along with the Jumbotron and the PA announcer. Edison Field knows how to work the crowd, which is a fun-loving, loose one (unlike its more uptight neighbors to the north). And now that our dominant color is red, Edison Field turns into a sea of red that is unparralled in professional sports. Angel fans have really become very knowledgable since our 2002 World Series Championship, which was not always the case prior to that. I can honestly say that Angel fans have become some of the best fans in all of baseball. While our winning team is mostly to thank for this, our home, Edison Field, with its cozy, beautiful confines, and freespirted family atmosphere most definetly deserves credit as well. Fun, family, and baseball, these are the three elements most found at the Big Ed.

I can't understand why people rate Edison Field so low. This ballpark has come a long way from it's former design to now. It's a beautiful ballyard and an excellent place to enjoy a ballgame with the family. I'm a lifelong Angels fan so you can call me biased if you like but my opinion won't change!

I made the trip to OC for an Angels game for the first time in about six years this summer. I don't think I'll do it again. The sightlines were bad from the upper deck first base seat I had. That fountain they lifted from Frontierland. Ungodly blasting surround-sound music. There's no "there" there.

After a 1997 baseball only overhaul, the former Anaheim Stadium looks the best it ever has. The removal of the 1980 football enclosed outfield opened up views of the local mountains and eliminates the former claustrophobic confines. All concourses have been completely renovated with the club/suite level receiving generous upgrades. Every seat has been replaced. The entire structure behind home plate was ripped out and replaced from the field level to just below the upper deck. Restricted access field level club "diamond" seats have been added with a plush bar, patio and dining area. Even a new open backstop screen was added so you can catch a foul ball (the old screen canopy prevented that). If you can afford it it's a great seat. Just above that is the tiered press box with a few suites. I hate the stacked bullpens, which further remove the fans from the action, and the fountian in centerfield is a bit too opressive, taking up too much potential seating area, beyond the standard batters eye, but the team claims this allows for water over sprays and fireworks fallout. The worst seats are at the right field foul pole with obstructed views of right-center, center and left center (you can't see a deep ball hit to the track). Concessions offer great options and the play zone under the right field bleachers is fun. The open main concourse allows an nearly continuous view of the field except at right field, center field and behind home plate (unless you have diamond club tickets...then behind home plate is a great place) 10 Dugout suites along the backstop (a la Cleveland) are very posh, but unless you know somebody, these private suites are for the few that can afford the luxury.

As a person who grew up in Orange County worshiping the Angels (why, don't ask), I was disgraced at Disney's remodel. The pavillion in centerfield looks like a pile of dookie! Sorry Mickey, this isn't Disneyland, it's a ballpark!