We had a chance to visit Petco part two times within three or four days. It was really nice because…read morethey keep the part very clean and there were also many fans.
When we came on one night. It was the first night of Star Wars Weekend. They hired people wearing costumes as Star Wars characters to walk around the park. It was cool because when we first walked in, there was a whole cast of Mandalorian characters available for a photo opportunity, immediately when you enter the park.
Throughout the park, there were Star Wars characters and it was really cool. A problem that I had was that because this was the first night of Star Wars Weekend at Petco Park, but...they didn't do any announcements nor any cool graphics, movie clips, character mentions, etc. on the Jumbotron nor the scoreboard for Star Wars night. It was disappointing because the next day on the news and on social media, we saw that they actually did do something on the scoreboard and Jumbotron for the second night of Star Wars Wekeend. I feel like maybe they were just a little unprepared. Still, having the cast of characters walk around Petco Park the first night, was still cool.
On our second visit, we sit in the nosebleeds (Section 305 over Padres Dugout) because we were attending with an organization. Even though it was scary to go up into that steep area, it was such a nice experience as we met some Phillies fans from Australia, who sat next to us. Overall, the vibe and feel up there was fun and very cool.
We never really buy the food here anymore because it doesn't taste the same as if you buy it outside of the park, but it is great that they have different options for food. Also, it's very expensive and, for our family, we just can't afford it all the time. We opt to pickup food and bring it in to eat in our seats or at an eating area in the park. This works for our family.
The problem that we had on the first night that we attended, was that there was a woman who was not supposed to be sitting behind us. She just popped into the seat with her boyfriend for about three innings, and she was so drunk that she spilled her margarita on the back of my husband's shirt and hat, as well as on the back of my bottom side. I was so so upset,because there were kids and families around, and she was so faded drunk. This was so disappointing. I feel like they never check if people are supposed to be in the right seat, and people can just sort of walk around and sit wherever they want. We pay good money for our seats. This lady was so loud, rowdy, and drunk and there were so many kids and families in our section. It was just really rough having a drunk woman riled up and acting crazy. She did apologize to us (profusely because she was so drunk), and finally her boyfriend took her away.
The Padres ended up winning and it made the night a lot better. Overall, just be careful when you find that there's a drunk person sitting in your area because they can totally mess up the whole experience.