"...it's a dump."

I though they would have done something with that building behind the right field bleachers.

I though they would have done something with that building behind the right field bleachers.

That actually gets discussed in TFA. They thought about trying to create a Wrigley-style rooftop there but it didn't happen.

Yeah, I saw that. I just meant that often I would look out there and wonder "why not?" It would be only a about 30 feet behind the last row and you could sell the access like at Wrigley rooftop's or the Bud seats.

The one that will always bother me is that when McCourt and his group were trying to buy the Red Sox, they publicized and then patented a cantilevered deck to replace the old upper deck. The new upper deck would have been great because it would have meant no obstructed views and much more seating. He made sure--and I remember this from comments at the time--that if he couldn't have the Sox, then whoever bought them would have to live with the existing upper deck. Frank McCourt is an #######.

Probably could put a fancy restaurant behind a plexiglas Green Monster . . . might require a fair amount of disinfectant though.

The one that will always bother me is that when McCourt and his group were trying to buy the Red Sox, they publicized and then patented a cantilevered deck to replace the old upper deck. The new upper deck would have been great because it would have meant no obstructed views and much more seating. He made sure--and I remember this from comments at the time--that if he couldn't have the Sox, then whoever bought them would have to live with the existing upper deck. Frank McCourt is an #######.

You think a Frank McCourt patented invention wouldn't have collapsed mid-game and killed thousands, with stray debris lodging in Pedro Martinez' shoulder?

It is terrifying how close he came to destroying the Red Sox.

Probably could put a fancy restaurant behind a plexiglas Green Monster . . . might require a fair amount of disinfectant though.

There's already a sports bar in there somewhere, isn't there?

There is a sports bar where the gate in CF is that opens up when there is no game. Although I have never heard a single person talk about the place, so it might have closed.

How could they build a anything behind a plexiglass Green Monster? It would be over Landsdowne at like 15 feet and extend into that garage.

The Bleacher Bar. My uncle goes there for lunch sometimes and likes it. It's not bad, though pricey.

I actually like the idea of the opera boxes.

Interesting article. It's nice to see that Hippocratic Oath concept applied to Fenway, and if anyone thinks that isn't important, all they have to do is to read all those "tear it down" comments from the self-described season ticket holders. AFAIC Lucchino is walking the line between tradition and revenue enhancement, and after seeing some of those suggestions that were tossed into the dump heap, he seems to be doing a pretty good job of it.

That McCourt "cantilevered upper deck" is a real beaut of an idea: Graft a completely different upper deck onto the traditional lower deck, and for the sake of 100% non-obstructed view seats you get thousands of seats that are much further away from the field than they are now. There are 28 other stadiums where people who like that sort of thing can go, and for once McCourt did an inadvertent good deed by patenting the idea and making sure that nobody else can use it.