By Jessica Flint | The Wall Street Journal
When the New York Yankees and Los Angeles Dodgers play in the 2024 World Series, spectators won’t be able to easily watch the action on the field at Yankee Stadium or Dodger Stadium live in person from the comfort of their own homes. But for a growing number of baseball fans such as Randy and Sylvia Moyers, in San Diego, home field advantage has taken a whole new meaning.
That is because the Moyerses, both 67, live in an 1,800-square-foot, three bedroom downtown San Diego townhouse that has a 700-square-foot outdoor space that overlooks the Padres’ stadium, Petco Park. They bought their unit for $998,500 in 2007. “I walk out on my private roof deck and watch the action and listen to the people screaming in the stadium,” Randy says.
During this year’s National League Division Series, in which the Padres eventually lost to the Dodgers, Randy could feel the energy of the Padres fans waving rally towels in the ballpark while he watched from home. “It’s like being there,” he says of his perch.
The couple’s townhouse is in the Legend, a 23-story building with 170 condo units and eight townhomes located in the outer perimeter of left field within the actual confines of Petco Park. Roughly 35% of units have views in the stadium’s direction. The seventh floor shared amenity space, with a 3,200-square-foot deck, has an unobstructed field view. The building was completed in 2007; Petco Park opened in 2004.
