On the same day I visited Tomasini Stadium, I also took the trip southwest of there to Raabe Stadium, home of the Wisconsin Lutheran Warriors. After the hype of seeing one of the best games I have seen, I had to obviously temper my expectations for the upcoming matchup against, ironically, St. Norbert. This time, the Green Knights came out in front of the Warriors, avenging their loss the previous week to Concordia. This day-night double header was just.. it's football man. And how could just not love football? My marriage with football aside, let's review Raabe Stadium shall we?
Amenities:
A very clean stadium, a nice stadium as well. One main food stand through the stadium, but they also had a food truck. Note I will mention that later in the review. The road around the stadium also had a My24 truck, as they carried the games on their network for Warriors home games, which is honestly really neat. The bathrooms are super clean, and the staff deserve a lot of credit for the stands also being clean and tidy. Overall, 5 out of 5.
Atmosphere:
I did this to St. Norbert, so unfortunately I have to give this to WLC as well. Listen, Milwaukee/Chicago in the MLB playoffs did WLC no justice due to them being on at the same time. Fortunately for Concordia on this day, all of it happened before the playoff game. On this day for WLC, the night game didn't do them a favor with the playoff game as well. So the crowd was already limited in numbers (less than 400 came to the game) so they were transfixed on the playoffs. However, most of the game, WLC did the crowd no major favors either as they only scored seven points until deep into the fourth quarter and made the game 17-14, which was the ultimate final score that they lost by. Sorry WLC, I have to do it. 1 out of 5.
Location:
Raabe Stadium is off of the interstate and pretty easy to get back on it. However, it's also a couple miles from campus. I understand it is difficult to get an on-campus stadium in the Milwaukee suburbs and a lot of the athletic facilities are actually away from campus, but this does drive the number down. With it also being the Milwaukee suburbs, food and drink places and really anything isn't too far away either. We'll go down the middle on this with a 2.5 out of 5.
Price/Quality:
Okay, free parking is a plus and the ticket was fairly cheap which is another plus. However, the pizza was pre-ordered from a pizza place and warmed up/kept warm. The drink choices were fine. The food truck grabbed most of the attention but I didn't buy anything from there as it was too expensive for my liking. Overall, lack of main grandstand choices puts this at a 2.5 out of 5.
Review:
Raabe Stadium is a nice stadium, but definitely has its flaws. The food being the main one. They cannot do much with the location unless WLC gets a stadium that is on campus or at least significantly closer to it. I also cannot fault them when most of the populace was more focused on the Brewers over them, so this would likely be up for a revision in 2027 or 2028 like St. Norbert. For now though, 11 is the score I will give.
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