SportsBusiness Daily — Sports Business Resources — your sports business news and information source. Learn More
Advanced
Home About Us Advertise With Us Marketplace/Classifieds College & University Program Subscribe/Trial My Account

Thursday
May 8, 2008
Print This Issue


 
MOST VIEWED STORIES
View the top 20 stories
 
Recent Issues
Facilities & Venues

Safeco Field's Nintendo Fan Network Provides Nice Distraction

Mariners Offering Nintendo Fan
Network To Fans At Safeco Field
Mariners fans at Safeco Field for the second consecutive season can pay $5 to download software onto their Nintendo DS Lite, connecting them to the ballpark's Nintendo Fan Network, according to the SEATTLE POST-INTELLIGENCER’s Jon Naito, who reviews the system. The network on Tuesday “proved to be a nice distraction on a night in which the Mariners drew their smallest-ever crowd to Safeco” and lost 10-1 to the Rangers. The system is “user-friendly and easy enough for the biggest technophobe to use smoothly.” Fans need to locate one of the two kiosks located on the main concourse, and an attendant “downloads the software (a process that took less than a minute) onto the system.” After registering by entering a user name, password, and seat number, fans are "immediately connected to the network’s wireless system.” The DS Lite is “slightly larger than a PDA, smaller than your average paperback book.” The graphics are “clean and easy to read, and there is a directional pad in addition to a touch screen and stylus.” Systems are available to rent for $10 at Safeco Field. Once connected to the network, fans can access MLB standings, a live game tracker for any MLB game and the sites of MLB teams. There also are “mini-games that include a word puzzle and baseball trivia.” Naito writes of the feature that allows fans to order food from the DS Lite, “The idea is convenience, but the menu, at a park known for its diverse concessions, was surprisingly bland.” Naito concludes overall, the network “offered a nice distraction from those inevitable ballpark lulls,” but it “didn’t necessarily add to my experience, especially with someone else in tow” (SEATTLE POST-INTELLIGENCER, 5/8).

Related Stories By Company Related Stories By Sport
Mariners Fire GM Bavasi
June 17, 2008 : SportsBusiness Daily

Mariners Unlikely To Return To KOMO-AM
June 9, 2008 : SportsBusiness Daily

Lesbian Couple Claims Bias At Mariners Game
May 30, 2008 : SportsBusiness Daily

Mariners Drawing Record-Low Crowds
May 8, 2008 : SportsBusiness Daily

Safeco Field Will Not Change Name
April 24, 2008 : SportsBusiness Daily

Rays Still Setting Ratings Records
July 3, 2008 : SportsBusiness Daily

Mets Seeking More Tax-Free Financing
July 3, 2008 : SportsBusiness Daily

Orioles May Move Spring Training
July 3, 2008 : SportsBusiness Daily

Joe Buck Claims To Rarely Watch Baseball
July 3, 2008 : SportsBusiness Daily

Kozy Shack Becomes Mets' Official Pudding
July 3, 2008 : SportsBusiness Daily

ALSO IN THIS SECTION


A Publication of Street & Smith's Sports Group
Privacy Policy - Terms of Service
© 2008 Street & Smith's Sports Group
All Rights Reserved