Kelly and I joined Sean and Lucy at the new St. Louis Busch Stadium for an open house event yesterday evening. All the public spaces were open, and only a few sections still under construction and the private boxes were off limits. Food and beverage venders were open, so you could even get a taste of game day.

I’m not a big enough baseball fan to know how well the new ballpark will actually work for the players and the spectators, but I like the new space – it seems to fit in nicely; I especially like how connected to the rest of downtown it feels with open views inside and out.

I look forward to Ballpark Village filling out the empty block where half the old stadium existed, a few more buildings would be nice addition to the scenery.