Fans Are Lining Up to Bash the Dodgers

Bill Plaschke’s article about the long lines at Dodger Stadium (Aug. 3) is so true. Dodger fans are tired of waiting in long lines for food or drink.

Why are the roaming vendors so few? Other stadiums have many of them throughout the stadium. They all have so many vendors you never have to leave your seat unless you have to go to the restroom.

This is the year 2001--when are we going to get to yell “Hey, beer man!” at Dodger Stadium?

Jerryne Soto

San Pedro

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Last Friday night at Dodger Stadium, my nephew and I spent one inning trying to get one soda from a stand inaccurately called “Beverage Express.” It was the only one on the Reserve Level, way down the left-field line. The workers were disorganized, with one having trouble counting out change for $100.

But what really irked me was in all this confusion, a “supervisor” (that’s what his Aramark shirt said) came over and asked people to form a straighter line, which by this time had grown to about 20 people. Shouldn’t he be more concerned about getting people out of the line and served?

I wish I could turn back the clock to 1988, when the Dodger organization was more concerned with making fans happy than making the bank accounts fatter.

John Curley

Torrance

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Thanks for recognizing what the everyday fan has to endure at Dodger Stadium these days.

I’ve been going to games for 30 years, and I’ve been a season-ticket holder for the last six years. The stadium management seems to get worse every year. Lines aren’t only bad when there’s a sellout. They close windows and reduce their staffing even when there are only 20,000 fans there, which keeps the lines long.

The Dodgers are no longer the fan-friendly organization that I remember as a child. Nor are they respected as they once were.

If they want to return to the respected position in the community they once had, then they need to return to treating their fans with respect.

Sean Porter

Altadena