It was the first time I did SRO. It was a good experience overall. I went with some work friends, there were 5 of us. I really wanted to get there when the gates opened and run to the Bud Light Loft and watch from there, but 2 of our group could not get out of work early enough. Instead of going in separately, the other 3 of us instead went to Walters to wait for them, which I had never been to before and is great (except for the Caps getting demolished). We went in about 6:00. Tried the Bud Light Loft but it was packed, so we went to the Devils Backbone Left Field Lodge in the upper deck in left field. That was okay, but on our way there we scoped out a few other good options and ended up watching the entire game from the top of section 203. It was pretty great because there was a long high table to put beers and food on (but no chairs), and it was easy access to a beer stand, a bathroom, and Old Hickory BBQ. The sight line was pretty great, you can see the picture I posted last night, and the scoreboard was directly in front of us. I'd do it again.
The only real drawbacks were standing the entire time (but I was ****ing amped up and didn't really notice) and the fact that we were behind one row of accessible seating, which just means for old people that can't navigate stairs (or claim to not be able to in order to get those seats). The issue wasn't being behind them, the issue was that an old lady saw me with 2 of the 26oz beers and she took one and gave it to a Cardinals fan. She was very old and I was too happy to punch out an old lady. The Cardinals fan tried to give it back, but i took pity on him and let him have it. He was actually super nice. He did not, however, buy the next round, possibly because I said some not-so-nice things about Yadi throughout the course of the game and where Juan Soto should direct his crotch grabs.