More Controls at UCF Baseball Games
by FK on 3/17/23John Euliano Park at UCF Baseball Complex - OrlandoRating: 4 out of 5I have no complaints regarding the ticket experience, but I do have some recommendations for the UCF Athletic department that I am hoping will be visible to them. I purchased 2 tickets and the seats were behind home plate ($25 each). They were great seats; however, there was no one monitoring the entire lower section behind home plate to ensure only people who purchased tickets for that section were sitting in that section. I saw several people moving from section to section in that area and open seat to open seat, including the two seats next to me until a couple that actually purchased those seats made them move. It was very obvious they did not have tickets for that section. Also, what appeared to be a high school baseball team was sitting in our lower chair back section behind home plate. A group of the boys would sit down in a row of 5 or 6 seats, then after an inning or two, they would all get up and a new set of boys would sit down. This went on for the entire game and it was in my row (and other rows), so I and others in the row were constantly having to stand up to let them by in and out of the row. It would seem to me that UCF would have controls in place for one of the most expensive ticket areas in the stadium. Additionally, I was in row 6 and behind me was a section for the handicapped. That was not an issue, but people that were not handicapped were standing behind us. There were 3 young boys (ages 3-5) standing right behind our row in the handicapped section and they yelled and chanted loudly the entire game. The couple sitting next to me left after only a few innings because the kids were yelling right into their ears, and I am sure they were tired of the baseball team's antics. The game against FSU was great, but UCF needs to monitor for this type of behavior and ensure it does not infringe on the fans trying to enjoy a ball game, especially when paying for very good seats. I am not sure if I will go back to a UCF game, but if I do, I will not sit in the lower tier (even though the view was great) until UCF puts some controls in place to prevent the chaos that I witnessed and to protect the integrity of the seating arrangements.