High Desert Mavericks

First time catching a game here and it was quite fun. Being a fan of MLB wasn’t quite sure what to expect. The players have to be respected as 90% of them will never see the big leagues but are playing for the love of the game or simply chasing a dream. Fans in attendance seemed to be having a fun time as I did and my $ 10 seats right behind home plate were totally worth it. $ 2 for parking? I’ll be back! BTW if the Mavericks score 9 runs or more, you get a coupon when exiting for two free tacos at Jack in the Box which happened when I was there. Enjoyable evening!

We watch a lot of California League games in Lancaster and Rancho Cucamonga. We’ve even been to Inland Empire, but this was our first visit to Adelanto. It will probably be our last because of an almost unusable online ticketing process.
Tickets were available
I created an account
I found the seats I wanted
I clicked
Nothing
I checked my account status
No tickets
I checked my e-​mail.
No tickets
I checked ticket availability. The seats I selected were still available
I ordered again, same seats
I checked my account
I had the seats I wanted, plus three more seats (probably «best available»)
Great way to double your sales
And rip off your customers
Bad job, dudes

Guess we’re in a transition season with the new owners, already noticed less variety of vendors, beer is $ 9 and flat, long waits for even the basics items at the concession stands. Sound is aweful the further away you are from homeplate plate. Last season was moving in the right direction, what happened? Don’t elevate the costs and lower the standards, all you’ll get is an empty stadium. Give the folks quality and you will attract a fan base not offended to paying more for a better experience. Just saying.

I haven’t been to the Mavericks stadium, so I cannot comment on the home experience, but I did see them play at Lake Elsinore and want to share a story that shows the class of the players and coaches.
Last night we took my 4 ½ year old son, Wyatt to see his first professional baseball game — The Lake Elsinore Storm vs. The High Desert Mavericks. We had great seats in the second row at the end of the Mavericks dugout. Wyatt is fascinated with catchers and wants to be one as soon as he graduates T-​ball, so between innings he would wander to the end of the Mavericks dugout and watch the catcher, Kellin Deglan, put on and take off his equipment. Late in the game Kellin was returning to the dugout and looked right at Wyatt to throw him a ball. Wyatt was paying attention to something else and Kellin threw the ball to another kid. When Wyatt realized what happened he was crushed. He cried and cried, to the point where we almost took him home. Apparently one of the Mavericks coaches, Alberto Puello, noticed all or part of this and during the bottom of the 9^th I saw him keeping an eye on Wyatt from the dugout. As soon as the game ended he walked directly to the end of the dugout and called Wyatt over and game him an Official Major League baseball! Wyatt was stunned! I’ve been a baseball fan since I was four years old and this was the classiest, most memorable thing that I’ve ever had happen. I am forever grateful to Coach Puello, what a first class guy! He had no idea this was Wyatt’s first game and that he was creating a memory that will last a lifetime. I’m going to follow his career because I know I will see him coaching in the Majors one day. The High Desert Mavericks have three new fans today!

This is a great place to take your family. My family is full of baseball fans so it’s nice to have a Single A baseball team in our area. The field is much nice after being taken over by another organization. I recommend coming here and taking your family for a family fun experience.

My husband and I have lived in Victorville for 3 years now and we finally decided to attend a Maverick game. Sadly we should have stayed home. The beer my husband got from a small lemonade stand looking table was not worth the 10min wait. There was foam filling ½ the cup. We told the lady that was poring that there should be more and se ignored us as she called out «Next». Then we sat down in our seats after trying to find them with no one insight to help. (The numbers are so worn off you have to count the seats yourself) After siting for a few innings we noticed there were not any cup holders not were there open top trash cans. They literally have the street trash cans siting out with their lids closed and in order to throw your trash away you must open the grungy lid. Also as left after the 7^th inning we were rudely stopped by the door men and told that we must return to our seats unless we are smoking. I do not recommend coming to this ball park…

I’m a baseball fan at heart.
The stadium, although in decent shape, really needs a facelift. It is good, casual and cheap entertainment for the family, so that’s the reason for the 3 stars.
Food is decent, parking is cheap and tickets are generally available unless it’s a holiday or some super special event is happening. If you decide you hate the seats you purchased, you can generally move to another without creating a scene. Love the kettle korn, but it’s not available on all game days.
Glad the Sunday games were changed to 5:05pm instead of 1:05pm. Would like to see their Facebook site updated more regularly, especially in the case of time changes for games. The announcer always sounds like he has a mouth full of marbles and we can’t understand what he’s saying — good thing we’re baseball fans otherwise we wouldn’t know what’s happening without a color commentator.
The scoreboard also needs to be updated, fixed or replaced. It’s currently just blank. People like to know the score, players’ names, batting average and other baseball stats during the game. With the increase in billboard sponsorships, perhaps this can be looked into as an additional expense.

This location blows. Sure, parking and tickets are cheap, which is nice, but the buildings surrounding the stadium form a horrible wind tunnel which is guaranteed to blow sand into your eyes. Also, the bathrooms are badly taken care of — not even halfway through the game, the paper towels were gone, and were not replaced (don’t bother trying the hand dryers, they’re broken). Having some basic janitorial staff on duty may have been a good idea.

PROS:
1. It’s cheap ($ 2 parking, $ 6 tickets).
2. There aren’t usually many people there (unless it’s July 4 because they have fireworks after the game), so you’ll get a seat for sure. (When I went, they said they were almost sold out of the $ 6 tickets and there wouldn’t be many seats left, but when I got in, only ¼ or ¹⁄₃ of the stadium was full.) No matter where you sit, you’ll be able to see.
3. On Family Feast days, hot dogs and sodas are $ 1.
4. There’s a Juice it Up tent, which is one of the best parts, in my opinion. ;) $ 4.50, which gets you a 24oz drink at a regular location, gets you a 16oz drink here.
5. There’s a big, fenced-​in grassy area next to right field for the kids to play on, and there’s a small jump house there too.
6. If the Mavericks get 9 runs in a game, the whole stadium gets coupons for 2 free tacos from Jack in the Box. It happened when I went!
7. Wooly Bully is the mascot, and a lame slice of pizza is a mascot too (Papa John’s advertising). The mascots dance on the dugout, try to get fans to cheer/​do the wave, and throw a couple bags of popcorn to the audience.
8. The kids get to run across the field after the 7^th inning. Lots of silly games and entertainment between innings.
9. They pass a hat every time a Mavericks player gets a home run. The employee told me that 100% of the money goes to the players.
CONS:
1. Let’s be honest, the Mavericks aren’t a great team. They’re not a terrible team either, but I stopped rooting for any team and started rooting for whoever made a good play. On the bright side, Mavericks actually won against the Storm 10 – 9 when I went.
2. The score board person didn’t keep track of the errors, which was disappointing for those of us who did.
3. You can’t understand anything they announce/​say through their speakers or mics. The system is very poor quality.
4. I waited in line at the concession stand for at least 2, probably 3, innings. The workers were hurrying, so the stadium REALLY needs to have more than ONE window serving food.
5. They served me cans of hot soda (which I was able to trade in for cold ones), they were out of pepperoni pizza, and they were out of hot dogs by the time I left.
6. Sometimes you honestly can’t tell if you’re talking to an employee or a fan. The employees need to wear uniforms, and the same uniform at that.
7. They don’t recycle any of the cans and bottles that get left in their stadium. Think of how much money they could make (and the impact on the environment they could have) if they recycled them all.
8. During one of their between-​innings shows, they had «cowboys» with real guns. The good cowboys stood on the dugout and watched the bad cowboys fight each other. After a little while, the good cowboys drew their guns and shot the bad cowboys. The guns really did go off with empty rounds, and the bad cowboys pretended to die. Was this supposed to be heroic? Teaching all the observant kids that if you see someone doing something bad, shooting them is the praiseworthy response? Not trying to break up the fight? The stadium announcer provided no intro or explanation. So much for a family-​friendly atmosphere. I plan to ask for an explanation from the stadium tomorrow. If the conversation goes anywhere, I’ll post an update.
CONCLUSION:
The Mavs need to open more than one window for food at the concession stand, and they crossed a line with the fake shooting in front of a ton of kids. But I like the place overall, and it’s a cheap night of fun. I’ll come back again (I always do), but I won’t be in a hurry to do so.

They have so many things so that the local schools can get involved. My son got to receive his perfect attendance award on the field before the game. It was a ton of fun and so sad the game. A ton of discount days too.

Great Time. Not a bad seat in the stadium.

Regardless of this place being around for so many years, it’s a great venue for ballgames. It still feels updated enough to not need many renovations. I haven’t been to the restaurant in years, but have ordered from the snack bars. The snack bar food is surprisingly good for a local ballpark, even with a healthy grilled chicken sandwich option that is GRUB!
Always a fun time/

This is a great ballpark in an odd location for the High A Seattle Mariners. The park sits alone off of the 395 in Adelanto near nothing. In fact, the nearest hotels are 10 miles away in Victorville and Hesperia. The stadium is relatively new and someone dumped a lot of money into build a fun family-​oriented facility. Unfortunately, the draw for games is «quiet» at best.
Expect to see shoot-​outs, kids riding horses and lots of other fun activities in between innings. I don’t know what the economics of minor league baseball are, (like revenue sharing with the big league club), but High Desert which has a wonderful stadium seems to be in a really odd place to draw fans.
In MLB, the Marlins did something like this by building a stadium in the middle of a swamp, but they are protected through TV revenue sharing.
This is a nice park and local folks should support the Mavericks, else this will be soon be desolate!

1 Dollar hotdogs!!! Oh yeah

I love this place!
Thursday games $ 2 beers Woo Hoo!
It’s always a fun time!