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Phoenix Mercury Atlanta Sport reviews
High Energy Game, and Family Friendly, Too.
Mercury games are a unique sporting event in a number of ways.
First, the talent is high and the effort is intense. The women know the game of basketball, and play it well.
There is always something fun happening within the arena, involving kids and adults, as well.
Look around the arena, and you will find as varied an audience as you would expect at a State Fair.
What is also cool, is that most anyone can afford to attend. If you feel you need to sit in the better and best seats, it will still cost you, but there are a slew of really cheap seats that still have an acceptable view.
Cool pre-game salute to retiring Sue Bird, very hot 4th qtr
A great moment: Watching two of the greatest WNBA players of all time, Seattle’s Sue Bird & Mercury’s superstar Diana Taurasi, in a pregame ceremony honoring Bird’s retirement after this season. A close game followed until the 4th qtr when the Mercury piled up the points. I was impressed by the staff at the arena, everyone I encountered was friendly, polite, and helpful, even those standing just outside the doors in 107-degree weather, scanning mobile tickets and respectfully checking bags and cell phones. And you’re allowed to bring in a sealed water bottle. The only annoyance was shameless price-gouging on beer, canned wine, soft drinks, and bottled water ($7 for a bottle of water is obscene — and pretty hostile to those who’d like to bring their kids. Seriously, $16 for a 24-oz Dos Equis or Heineken with a store price of $3 or less; and $15 for a 24-oz domestic beer (24 oz. equals about two regular cans or bottles of beer)? At Arizona Cardinals games and the D’Backs stadium just two blocks away, beer prices are significantly less. And the Fingerprint Center beer sales include no expenditures for staff servers, no plastic cups or even a cashier. You get your own canned or plastic bottled beverage from a huge wall of glass-doored refrigeration units, scan your selection and your credit card, and head for your seat. Next time we’ll hit the Pomo’s pizza stand, which looked like the best option. One more bright spot, the new HVAC kept the whole arena cool.