Pirates Smoking Cigars?

Now this is what every ballpark needs. What a better way to enjoy a baseball game than with an ice-cold beer, a dog, some peanuts and your favorite cigar. It seems the powers that be in Pittsburgh have decided to move forward with a plan that will incorporate cigar and martini bar called the Montecristo Club on the club level of season ticket holders.

Not everyone is excited over this news, for some say that smoking will drive out those non-smoking fans, however the cigar smoking section would represent less than 9 percent of the seating area in the club level. PNC Park experimented last year with a half-dozen cigar nights where aficionados could “light up and lose themselves in a cloud of pleasure”.

This could be the start of a new trend in ballparks, for Comerica Park in Detroit and Tropicana Field in Tampa Bay currently have cigar bars. Personally, I think it’s a great idea that can only fuel the upturn in the cigar industry. Read more about what the fans think here.