Sportsman's Park Site — Attraction in St. Louis

I took my wife and grandkids on Friday night . We went at 6 hoping to beat the crowd. walked in and no one was waiting. Went up to the hostess and said table for four. She said it will be a 25-30 wait. I looked around again and then asked how many ahead of us? She responded no one. I asked why the long wait. Her response was i say that to prevent people being mad. So we waited. We heard a loud crash from the bar and turned to look and saw an older man fell trying to get out of the bar stool and was just laying there. I turned to the hostess and said that man just fell. Her response was "what do you want me to do about it I am just 16 yeas old. I said get the manager. I had laryngitis so was trying my best but she just stared at me I continued saying get your manager. A waitress came up and said he was on his way that I needed to calm down ( apparently she thought I was yelling but had to strain to get the words out. Eventually (after the man was helped up by his family had left). the manager shows up from somewhere and was immediately abrasive. Asked what happened and when I stated what the hostess had said about being 16 he jumped in and said she does a great job and would never say what she said to me nor act how I said she did. A bye-stander (the girls mother for all I know) jumped in and told the manager that the hostess did nothing wrong and I should not have yelled and she didn't see anyone fall. The manager then asked us to leave which we would have anyway. On the way out i asked the people sitting next to the man that fell, "you saw him fall didn't you?" Their reply was "we are not getting involved" What has happened to humanity. Not only was I trying to get help for the man but I own my company and you get an incident report filled out before the victim leaves. I hope they get a...

For the past two weeks I've spent several hours over about five days, alone, shooting video with my GoPro for a little history vlog I do. I've set up lights and monitors and a stool and I've had zero issues with safety, as I was repeatedly warned. There's a nice parking area on Dodier, right next to the youth club where I can keep my car and supplies nearby and in-sight. I've walked deep into the surrounding neighborhood on either side of Grand with no issues. I wish I felt as safe outside the convenience stores near Westport. Not saying you shouldn't be alert, but don't let local lore scare you away from going down to see where baseball history was made. And if it'll make you feel better, go on a weekday at about 3 when the school buses carrying the kids to the youth center arrive. They have their own security to make sure nothing happens to the kids. One thing you don't want to miss is the vacant fenced-in lot directly across Dodier on the South. It has a unique spot in automotive history as the mfg facility for the now defunct Carter Carburetor. And it has a spot in environmental history as one of the most troubled EPA Superfund sites because it is so contaminated. Obviously don't go in, even though the fence is down in places. Lots and lots of history on this three block stretch...

This site, now home to the Herbert Hoover Boys and Girls Club, has a rich history of sports, hosting MLB games (St. Louis Cardinals and St. Louis Browns), NFL games (St. Louis Allstars, St. Louis Gunners, and St. Louis football Cardinals). After the baseball and football Cardinals moved to Busch Stadium, in 1966, the land was donated, by owner August Busch, to the Herbert Hoover Boys and Girls Club, and is used for youth sports today. It's amazing to think that the site has hosted sporting events since 1866, and heartwarming to know it's still benefiting the youth...