So nice & so fun!
by L. G. on 6/3/21MGM Park - BiloxiI was in town from Los Angeles to visit my Dad over Memorial Day weekend, so I bought tickets for us to go to a Shuckers game, since sports is one of the few things we have in common LOL. I've been to a bunch of different MLB stadiums/games and even one college baseball park, but never minor league, so I was excited to go to this. And we had such a wonderful time! MGM PARK I highly recommend buying your tickets ahead of time or get to the park early. We arrived just before first pitch, and there was a long line to buy tickets. Since we bought ahead, we basically got in right away, just went straight to the ticket scanners with no wait. Since it was a 1pm game, I'd made sure to buy seats in the last row on the 1st base side, because that's where the shade hits first. Sure enough the shade reached our seats around 2:30pm. All the seats there have great views and easy access to restrooms and food/drink. The stadium's entire concourse is lined with a great variety of food and drink vendors, and since it's a smaller stadium, only once or twice a few lines got maybe 8 customers deep, but even so you still have a great view of the game while you're in line! And I never waited for a restroom. PEOPLE There were tons of people working the vendors as well as ushers helping people find their seats and such. The ushers were wearing orange shirts, so they were easy to find, and they were all smiles and very friendly. And all the fans in the stands were also really friendly and having a good time. Lots of groups of friends, younger and old, and some families too. We also happened to go for a dog-friendly game, with people sitting out in the right field lawn with their dogs, and they all seemed to be having a great time. They'd occasionally walk to the concourse for food/drink/restrooms, some just to take a break in the shade, and all the dogs were so nice and cute and seemed to be enjoying themselves :) MASCOTS I debated docking a star from this review for this (just kidding) but I was disappointed their mascot was not an oyster, or even a shucker, since they are the Biloxi Oyster Shuckers. Instead it is a seagull, and there are definitely a lot of seagulls in the area, but I feel like this is a missed opportunity, since there are already so many other bird mascots in sports. Maybe the seagull can have an oyster friend? Anyway though, the seagull mascot named Schooner was at the game of course and was quite present throughout, and he/she also seemed very available going through the stands and around the concourse for anyone who wanted to interact or take a photo. I always love an accessible mascot (why are they so rare?), so this was nice to see! Also, there was a race on the field at one point between 3 people, dressed up as a potato, corn, and crawfish - These mascots didn't hang around too much after their race but enough that they took photos with some people before eventually heading out. PARKING I wish they had a good official parking garage, but at least there are a couple small local lots, plus the Beau Rivage across the street. Still, my father cannot get around very easily, so I dropped him off at the stadium while I went to go park the car, and then after the game, I ran to get the car and drove it up to him at the stadium. So if you are going with a wheelchair or someone who is otherwise not very mobile, you may want to plan for this. The stadium has an elevator in it's northwest corner (behind home plate) that we used, and the staff there were very nice and helpful. While the team lost the game, we still had a really enjoyable time, and I'm really glad we went. It's definitely something fun to do, and I'd go to games all the time if I lived in the area. And it's SO much more affordable than going to an MLB game, from price of entry to concessions. I highly recommend going to a game here!