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The 2011 men's College World Series National Championship just got underway Monday night with the University of South Carolina Gamecocks taking the first game in a best-of-three series against the University of Florida Gators.
This year's CWS has been filled with upsets, feel-good stories, heartbreak, thrilling finishes and unbelievable plays. However, it just doesn't feel the same at the new $131 million TD Ameritrade Park located in downtown Omaha, Neb. The new 35,000-seat facility is state-of-the-art and was supposed to make the transition from the old Rosenblatt Stadium an easy one for college baseball fans.
Rosenblatt, which is located just three miles away on the east end of the city, was home to the CWS for 60 years and to some pretty historic CWS moments. However, in 2008, Omaha mayor Mike Fahey made a public recommendation for a new downtown stadium and the future demolition of Rosenblatt Stadium.
The old 23,000-seat stadium may have been outdated and in need of a makeover, but so are Wrigley Field and Fenway Park and you don't see the Chicago Cubs or Boston Red Sox preparing to tear down their historic baseball landmarks. While college baseball may not be as popular as other college sports such as football and basketball, be assured that Rosenblatt Stadium was one of the most hallowed stadiums in all of college athletics.
I am proud to say that I got to experience the CWS on four separate occasions at Rosenblatt Stadium in my brief 22-year lifetime and it ranks near the top of my list as far as the best sporting events I have ever attended. The tailgating outside Rosenblatt tops any pre-game atmosphere I have ever experienced. There were food and clothing vendors lining the street for blocks, not to mention the thousands of passionate baseball fans that traveled hundreds or even thousands of miles to support their teams.
While I didn't get a chance to go to Omaha this summer and take in the sights and sounds of the new stadium for myself, I have had a chance to read plenty of articles about it, and most of them have been negative to say the least.
One article mentioned how all the street vendors that used to line 13th Street across from Rosenblatt have been replaced at TD Ameritrade Park by corporate tents and large businesses. Another mentioned how the new stadium felt like a Major League ballpark as opposed to Rosenblatt's perfect college atmosphere.
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