When I was much younger and living in the D.C. area I went to Redskins, Capitals, Bullets, Senators and Orioles Games games on occasion and attended the Star/News event on the pro tennis circuit every year. There's something fun and exciting about being "out with the crowd" but over time I realized you get a much better feel of the game when you watch it on TV. I still go up to Ft. Myers to see the Mighty Mussels play baseball a few times a season in the Florida State League and that runs me about 20 bucks with parking which is not bad by today's standards and they do play a pretty fast brand of ball. A perfectly manicured ball field on a summer evening is a thing of beauty as is the pageantry of the game itself.