Fenway Improvements

It sounds like Fenway is getting more band-aids...sorry, improvements...added this offseason. Don't get too excited, though. Ticket prices went up by 9% and, as always, they'll be impossible to get without either great connections or the pleasure of waiting in massive lines (online or at the park). Among the noted improvements:

• 800 new seats, plus standing room tickets, in the State Street Pavilion.
• A new "standing room" corner on the 3rd base side.
• New scoreboards on the second level facades.
• And last but not least...Bleacher Bar and Grill, a year-round restaurant, will be opened under the center field bleachers. The restaurant will open onto Lansdowne St and have views onto the field, which could be pretty cool. Even better, I don't think you have to have a ticket to eat there either.

I'm guessing the ownership will continue to make these incremental improvements until 2012, when Fenway turns 100 and the park can gain landmark status. Then it can never be torn down. After that, here's hoping they open a new Fenway...same dimension, same intimacy...on the South Boston waterfront. I love the old ballpark, but it's time for more comfort and more seats.