According to plans as currently announced, construction of a new baseball stadium at Dudy Noble Field will begin at the conclusion on the 2016 season. This means that Left Field Lounge, as we currently know it, will cease to exist.
While there are many who claim to be experts on the history of the Lounge, there are few who can date their first experience there any earlier than can I. My first visit to this sacred piece of real estate came in 1968. I was an 8 year old third grader and my older brother checked me out of school early one spring afternoon to attend a mid-week afternoon game at Dudy Noble Field.