Chase Field filled with long lines, concessions issues at home opener
Apr 9, 2021, 9:01 PM | Updated: 9:20 pm
(Tyler Bassett/Arizona Sports)
(Tyler Bassett/Arizona Sports)
The Arizona Diamondbacks had their home opener on Friday night, the first regular season game fans were back for at Chase Field since September 2019.
The game had an attendance number of 19,385.
Fans had to deal with abnormally long concession lines with even longer wait times.
The @Dbacks home opener @ChaseField was the worst experience I've ever had at a baseball game. Spent $200 on 2 tickets that were supposed to be "all you can eat" seats and spent 2+hours in line waiting for food I had to pay for.
— Kristopher Bare (@BareTrap88) April 10, 2021
Stand in line for a beer at @ChaseField and miss half the game. Hopefully its better next game #hitandmiss @Dbacks #mlb #OpeningDay #dbacks #az
— Adrian Munoz (@adrianmunoz79) April 10, 2021
@ChaseField Bad impression for opening night!! Super slow concessions, long lines everywhere! Bad planning 😠
— Cathy H (@cchtul) April 10, 2021
@ChaseField @Dbacks OPEN UP ALL THE FREAKING CONCESSION STANDS OR DONT INVITE THIS MANY FANS BACK!!!! 🥵😡😡🤬🤬
— Dulce Castillo (@dulcecastillo) April 10, 2021
@ChaseField been to over 100 games. Your concession lines have never moved slower. With limited capacity, too.
— SPH (@sectr988) April 10, 2021
The concourse being packed, of course, would not be keeping social distancing in mind.
To call the operations at the @Dbacks game today a fail would be an incredible understatement. Long lines with no distancing. No one at @ChaseField enforcing the mask policy. No concession stands working right. I love the team but it has been a complete disaster. Shame on @Dbacks
— Bear Down Steve (@BearDownSteven) April 10, 2021
What a complete disaster of concessions @ChaseField for the @Dbacks home opener. 1 hour of standing in line for a drink. Separate everyone in stands but make everyone congregate in lines. Major league fail! #mlb #dbacks #openingday
— shelvin murphy (@Shelvinmurphy) April 10, 2021
Fans also complained of the ballpark’s mobile ordering service having lengthy delays.
@ChaseField @Dbacks @DHallDbacks The mobile food orders via the ballpark app are charging to cards but the orders are getting canceled. There is a huge line of people at guest relations for this reason and nobody knows what is going on.
— Jeff (@eyedocjeff) April 10, 2021
I have now waited 90 minutes @Dbacks @ChaseField @GoldyHappens pic.twitter.com/uRNeUZJtx9
— DJ (@DJ_Hoskinson) April 10, 2021
We're at 30 minutes @Dbacks. pic.twitter.com/QXg2St93IY
— Foshasta Jones aka CorpShasta 🇺🇲🏜️⚾🏒🏈🏀⚽ (@foshastajones) April 10, 2021
Still waiting on mine over an hour later… @ChaseField pic.twitter.com/jNnXNsJngQ
— DJ (@DJ_Hoskinson) April 10, 2021
The D-backs had originally planned for 12,000 fans at the ballpark before expanding to up to 20,000 for Chase Field’s first three homestands.
The D-backs confirmed there were technical issues with the payment systems and were working to resolve the issue.
