Rangers Baseball

Ameriquest Field in Arlington is the home of the Texas Rangers. On Monday April 3, 2006 we went to the home opener game against the Boston Red Sox. Being Red Sox fans we enjoyed the fact that the Sox won in a 7 to 3 victory against the Rangers. The game was fun and we enjoy going to a Ranger game when we can (most often when the Red Sox are in town). Ameriquest Field in Arlington has many activities and entertainment to offer the whole family or any age person.

With a kids area in center field, the visitors bull pen, lots of food and drinks, a gift shop and a hall of fame museum, there is plenty to keep you busy and entertained if the game it self is not enough.

Ameriquest field and its surroundings are truly a nice view and makes walking up to the game a joy. You get to take in the nice architecture and landscape that the venue has to offer.

We kept pretty busy since we have an 18-month-old that is wound up like a little toy. We had a great time and got to experience many things the park has to offer.

Quick Tips:

Traffic:
Traffic can be crazy so get there early and try to beat it. It can be a real mess. The officers directing traffic are not always the best at making the traffic less of a problem, so be ready for that. BE patient and be ready to wait a little to get a parking spot.

Parking:
Parking usual costs about for ballpark parking, if you get a lot that is not run by the ball park it might be a little less. Where ever you park be prepared to pay a little.

Walking:
It is not that far of a walk from most parking lots. It is actually kind nice. You get pretty close. Besides the scenery is great, so just enjoy it and take in all your surroundings.

Ballpark food:
As we all know food can be expensive, they let you bring in bags, so bring a snack and maybe a bottle of water, that way you can save a little money. They do not allow glass or cans so be prepared for that.

Gates:
The gates open one hour and thirty minutes before the start of the game; if you get there early you can watch some of the batting practice and sometimes get autographs

Best Way To Get Around:

Well of course by foot, there is no other way. They do allow strollers and are also wheelchair accessible, but other than that you can only walk.

Captain Corrals is a great little place right next to the main gift shop. It is a cute little restaurant that is just for kids. When you walk in you see four little tables for the kids to sit at, very low to the ground and easy for them to get in and out of. The menu has a few items on it but all them are $1.00.

The hot dogs, pizza, Peanut butter and jelly, and nachos are all just $1.00. They also have some other items but they range in price up to about $5.00. Everything at this place is specialized for the children, making it a more enjoyable experience for the parents. I know I enjoyed that I did not have to pay a lot of money for a hot dog my son was not going to eat. They also have a little combo meal that comes with a drink and chips that is around $3.00.

What a great price for the kids and the parents.

Dr. Pepper Youth Ballpark, is a natural grass facility with seating for 650 in a grandstand designed to mimic Ameriquest Field in Arlington. Dimensions are for youth leagues and a variety of youth games and activities take place in the facility. These facilities are open to the public and are fun to let the kids run wild for a little before the game. For most people the youth park is on the way to the main ball park. We usually stop and let our little boy run around and take a few family pictures.

It's not much but it is really nice and a neat place to let the kids run and have a little taste of the real thing.

The Coca-Cola Sports Park is a completely interactive experience that is located in Vandergriff Plaza and the Main Concourse. Featuring games, activities and special events, the Coca-Cola Sports Park provides family fun for kids of all ages.

The sports park has batting cages for little kids, ring toss, batting speed games and many other little activities for the kids. Most of the activities take tokens and the tokens are $1.00 a piece.

The area has astro turf type ground that makes sitting and watching and running around much softer and enjoyable for the parents. In some areas you can see the game. Mainly behind the bleacher section. The visitor bull pen is also right in this area.

The main gift shop and Captain Corrals is right around here. There are also concessions close by and restrooms. From the Coca-Cola sports park you can see the whole stadium; the home run porch, the stands and the home and visitors, bull pen and dug out. This sports park is located in center field right behind the grassy area (used for seeing the ball.)

If you come to a game this is a great place for the kids and the parents to enjoy some activities and give them a chance to run out some of that energy that they get from sitting in there seats for so long.

On April 1, 1994, a new era for the Texas Rangers began with the opening of Ameriquest Field in Arlington. The beautiful baseball-only facility serves as the centerpiece of a 270-acre complex, which solidifies Arlington, Texas as an entertainment giant in the Southwest. Yet, the 115 seat open-air ballpark was designed and built with tradition and intimacy in mind, containing features such as a granite and brick facade, exposed structural steel, an asymmetrical playing field, and a home run porch in right field. Texas architecture is featured throughout, from the outer facade to the Lone Stars in the concourses and on the seat aisles.

This unique complex also includes a baseball museum, a children's learning center, and a four-story office building within the ballpark and a youth baseball park, a 12-acre lake, and parks and recreation space on the perimeter.

Location
Ameriquest Field in Arlington is located a 1/4 mile southeast of the old Arlington Stadium site at the corner of Randol Mill Road and Ballpark Way (formerly Stadium Drive). Parking lots and the other complex features surround the park. Ameriquest Field in Arlington and the entire complex is easily accessible from Interstate 30, which is adjacent to the north side of the site. Nolan Ryan Expressway, constructed in honor of baseball's all-time strikeout king, runs north to south on the west side of the ballpark and serves as a major access road through the complex.

Ameriquest offers something for everyone. Every time I visit I am blown away with all that it has to offer. Many amenities and activities for the whole family.

The concessions are my favorite part of the whole park. They offer a wide variety of foods that everyone would enjoy. From your typical hot dog and nachos to your gourmet foods. One of the specialty things the ball park has to offer is its garlic fries. Your regular old french fries with garlic and spices dumped right on top. Makes for a great treat.

Some other foods you are sure to find are pizza, cat fish, chicken, cherry slushes and ice cream; just to name a few.

Come out and enjoy a game at Ameriquest Field. It has a fun, family feel to it and there is something for everyone here.