[U]Easy access via mass transit[/U] - BART to the Embarcadero, Muni from there to AT&T is a piece of cake. Wish that Muni ran more frequently post-game when the crush develops. Yesterday, a crush developed towards the end of the 3rd quarter when the weather got wetter and colder, but there were no more Muni LRVs to take up the slack.
[U]Decent access for people with disabilities[/U] - Mrs FiatSlug's knees are arthritic, so getting to the View Deck could have been nasty. AT&T has elevators near the Willie Mays Gate that whisk us up to View Level and drop us in front of our section.
[U]Jumbotron[/U] - While a good portion of the screen is taken up with ads, the picture is excellent and useful for replays.
[U]View of the Bay and the East Bay Hills[/U] - If I can't have a view of SF then this is a good substitute.
Reminding me why I love Cal Memorial - AT&T is a baseball stadium; a beautiful baseball stadium, to be sure. But AT&T is not suited for football. Football is best played in a football stadium.
[U]Sightlines[/U] - The sightlines are different at AT&T. Cal Memorial's seating is in a perfect bowl and there are precious few, if any, bad seats at Cal Memorial. There are way too many bad seats at AT&T, especially in the View Level out in the left field corner.
[U]Student Section[/U] - At AT&T the student section is shoved into the North End Zone (behind left field wall). It's a bad place given that the students are barely noticeable. The energy from the student section seems to have been dissipated by this placement, in large part because AT&T is not enclosed as Cal Memorial is. At Cal Memorial, the Student Section occupies seats between the North 35 and the South 20, backing the team and spreading its energy across the rest of the stadium.
[U]Victory Cannon[/U] - maybe the Victory Cannon is actually at AT&T, but it's rarely seen and never heard. Instead, after a Cal TD we're treated to a foghorn blast and spout of water from behind right field. After a Cal FG, we get only the foghorn.
[U]Views from Cal Memorial[/U] - from the West Side, we see the natural backdrop of Strawberry Canyon. From the East Side, the Campanile rises from the Northwest Rim and the dome of I-House rises from the Southwest Rim. From Tightwad Hill, there are glorious views of the Bay and San Francisco.
[U]Being on campus[/U] - San Francisco is nice, but it just isn't at all like being on campus. I miss the walk through campus on gameday and the familiar sights and sounds. It is like a void that cannot be filled until we return to Cal Memorial in 2012.
[U]Decent access for people with disabilities[/U] - Mrs FiatSlug's knees are arthritic, so getting to the View Deck could have been nasty. AT&T has elevators near the Willie Mays Gate that whisk us up to View Level and drop us in front of our section.
[U]Jumbotron[/U] - While a good portion of the screen is taken up with ads, the picture is excellent and useful for replays.
[U]View of the Bay and the East Bay Hills[/U] - If I can't have a view of SF then this is a good substitute.
Reminding me why I love Cal Memorial - AT&T is a baseball stadium; a beautiful baseball stadium, to be sure. But AT&T is not suited for football. Football is best played in a football stadium.
[U]Sightlines[/U] - The sightlines are different at AT&T. Cal Memorial's seating is in a perfect bowl and there are precious few, if any, bad seats at Cal Memorial. There are way too many bad seats at AT&T, especially in the View Level out in the left field corner.
[U]Student Section[/U] - At AT&T the student section is shoved into the North End Zone (behind left field wall). It's a bad place given that the students are barely noticeable. The energy from the student section seems to have been dissipated by this placement, in large part because AT&T is not enclosed as Cal Memorial is. At Cal Memorial, the Student Section occupies seats between the North 35 and the South 20, backing the team and spreading its energy across the rest of the stadium.
[U]Victory Cannon[/U] - maybe the Victory Cannon is actually at AT&T, but it's rarely seen and never heard. Instead, after a Cal TD we're treated to a foghorn blast and spout of water from behind right field. After a Cal FG, we get only the foghorn.
[U]Views from Cal Memorial[/U] - from the West Side, we see the natural backdrop of Strawberry Canyon. From the East Side, the Campanile rises from the Northwest Rim and the dome of I-House rises from the Southwest Rim. From Tightwad Hill, there are glorious views of the Bay and San Francisco.
[U]Being on campus[/U] - San Francisco is nice, but it just isn't at all like being on campus. I miss the walk through campus on gameday and the familiar sights and sounds. It is like a void that cannot be filled until we return to Cal Memorial in 2012.