Camden Riversharks Professional Baseball Club

Was a pretty good time. Probably one of the best, if not most unique views in all of professional baseball, the ballpark is situated below the Benjamin Franklin Bridge linking Camden and Philadelphia. The Sharks did what they could to provide an entertaining experience. Sadly, they couldn’t come to a lease agreement for the stadium, and the team has been moved to New Britain, CT. Hopefully Camden can work out a deal with another MiLB team and bring affordable baseball back to the area.

I have never had a bad time here. It’s a great place to take the kids and it’s affordable too. They have fireworks, a merry-​go-​round, a kids play area, and so much more. It’s very family oriented.

What a wonderful place to take in a ballgame. Campbell’s Field by the Delaware River in Camden is beautiful and it coolly directly borders the Ben Franklin Bridge. Trains go overhead every couple of innings and a long homerun can bounce off the bridge. The Philadelphia skyline is beautiful from this vantage point. All the amenities are here as well as a good stadium food variety (at elevated ballpark prices). Every seat is close to the field (watch out for screaming foul balls!) Campbell’s Field is easy to get to (Patco High Speed Line, River line, Ferry boat, or car). Hey, take me out to the ballgame!

A great place to visit and see a baseball game. We’ve gone twice and had great experiences. We visited on Sundays. I used my triple A discount card and got 2 tickets for one price! Sunday is autograph day. The entire team lines up including the manager and signs autographs for 15 or 20 minutes. You can get the entire team to sign a baseball or whatever.
The food is traditional baseball park food. Reasonably priced too. Try the fresh made iced tea. The frozen Italian Ice also had Swedish fish flavor. Bonus! Parking was $ 6.
I know Camden has a well deserved bad reputation but Campbell Field is on the riverfront and it s a clean, safe area.

The Camden Riversharks is a great night out for anyone. This is the perfect atmosphere for a family wanting to enjoy a baseball game but not spend hundreds, a great hang out place for a group of friends, or even great for a cheap and different date night.
The stadium is small and easy to manage. But at the same time, there are plenty of food options for everyone. They have everything from classics such as popcorn, funnel cakes and hot dogs to brand staples like Crab fries and ritas. Oh, and they also sell beer.
Tickets are cheap and you can buy them ahead of time or on game day at the box office. Anywhere you sit you’ll have a great view– just watch out for flying balls! Additionally the Riversharks stadium has a beautiful view of the city skyline and the Ben Franklin Bridge.
The Riversharks staff does a great job at engaging the crowd, especially the younger kids. Between innings they host games on the field, walk around finley, and encourage cheering and dancing by giving away free prizes. The stadium also has play areas and other activities to keep your kids busy.
Check out the Riversharks calendar online– they run tons of specials and events. They host different charities on Monday nights, have dollar dog/​beer nights, fireworks on the weekends and they even have bark in the parks where dogs are allowed to attend the game.
Parking ranges from $ 5 to $ 6 dollars, the lots are located just steps away from the stadium. Don’t be discouraged by the location, as the part of Camden that hosts the stadium is well patrolled and well lit.
Take me out to the ball game!

Great family outing but we wish
accepted the tickets for free slices of pizza as advertised. @riversharks @ihasty07

Great family outing place. We come here several times every year and it’s always a good night. There’s not a bad seat in the house. Tons of activities to keep the kids entertained. Last night we went with a group of 17 family members from a 10 month old baby to great grandparents in their seventies and everyone had a great time. This weekend’s is fireworks after the game. I could just go on and on about this place, especially since I’m not normally a baseball fan. I would definitely recommend to anyone.

With no bad seat in the house, this is a great low-​cost family outing to see professional baseball. They never seem to sell out so there is plenty of space to move around. The organization does a lot to promote itself to families.
All the staff are friendly and knowledgeable. Last night you even got to go for free if you had a Philadelphia sports jersey! So, for $ 6 parking, and $ 20 in food, my son and I got a great night out. Including my son getting to run the bases after the game, and a 5 minute awesome fireworks display all next to the Ben Franklin Bridge. It’s easy to get to and easy to get out.
You probably could get your whole family a nice night out for the cost of only one Phillies ticket at face value (but whose paying that these days!)
Spending time with family is always a treat.

I thought the ballpark was nice. There isn’t a bad seat in the house. But… I didn’t feel I got a good value for my money. The team is awful. The second baseman watches balls go by without putting forth an ounce of effort to stop them. The pitching is not good. The team doesn’t seem engaged. I would rather spend a little more and take the train to see the Phillies so I can see quality baseball.

We were drawn here on a Friday nite by a craft beer newsletter for a beer and food tasting and a game included for $ 35 plus $ 5 parking. Food consisted of lukewarm hotdogs, pretzels and meatball sandwiches and, there were about 5 craft beers for 2 hours in their Diamond club. Best beer was Yards Saisson, that tasted like Victory Golden Monkey, my favorite, so I was in Belgian heaven.
Watching the game inside with A/​C but without much announcer participation is surreal. The innings are painfully long, and after 90 minutes, they finished the 3^rd inning. We left. One actual Riversharks fan mentioned that the fireworks might be on by mid morning at that rate. They were playing the Skeeters, whoever they are.
The venue is very nice, the view is captivating, with the BF bridge and Phila skyline. The place is neat, everyone is very friendly and parking is close by, none of that threatening Camden bs to worry about. I was expecting more beers and a better cut of food, at least wings.

Not sure what I need to review here; the park? The team? When in doubt, review it all! I’ve been here MANY times, but I JUST left here about 30 minutes ago and was compelled to Unilocal it.
First things first, Campbells Field is a VERY nice park. Its small, but it has a GREAT view, it is clean and well maintained, and the Riversharks REALLY go out of their way to make you happy and coming back. There are TONS of giveaways and perks, and it is VERY inexpensive to attend a game. If you have the chance to go on fireworks night, definitely take advantage as they have a hell of a fireworks budget! I was there for the 4^th of July and the show must’ve been 15 minutes long.
What compelled me to write TODAY was a pretty shitty experience for their Monday Night Football party. For $ 15 I was told I would get all you can eat buffet food (hot dogs, wings and chili/​nachos), $ 1 crap beer specials, and get to «watch the game on the big screens!» We arrive, and the «suite» in which the game was set up was like a cafeteria with ONE TV on one side of the room, slightly angled toward the chairs. Only 2 of the tables actually had a good view of the tv. Everyone else had to actually get up and go STAND on the other side of the room to see the game. Plus, there was no sound! We couldn’t even HEAR the game. We were told they would put the radio on and pipe the game in, but then came back and said that they couldn’t do THAT either because there was a softball game going on outside that they couldn’t disturb. I don’t know if MY impression of a suite is different than the Camden Riversharks, but I was SEVERELY underwhelmed. We left at halftime because we felt we would have a more enjoyable experience at home watching the game.
SO, if youre going for baseball, I ABSOLUTELY recommend it. Its like $ 12 and you can practically sit in the dugout. For Monday Night Football parties in the suites, stay at home.

Campbell Field is a beautiful ball park located on in Camden, NJ directly under the Ben Franklin Bridge.
I was fortunate enough to visit on a Sunday afternoon in early September while my bother’s weekend baseball team had a chance to play there. We had the entire place to ourselves and I was able to walk around and take some really cool pictures.
The stadium is impeccably clean and is a well designed micro stadium. There is easy access to just about anything you can think of. Hopefully next season I can catch a game while I’m visiting Philly.

Great beer selection. Fun games and great fireworks.

I have to agree with everyone’s reviews so far. I honestly cannot believe how much fun I had at this stadium.

I am actually a HUGE fan of the Riversharks. I have season tickets to the Phillies, but I really enjoy coming here. It’s a very small park, and the teams may not always be fantastic, but it’s a great, relaxing night. For arena food, the options here really aren’t all that bad. I love that it’s small enough that I can run to the bathroom & be back in under half an inning! The games seem like they go on for ages, and the scoreboard here might be from before the Flyers existed, but it’s all pretty fun. They have some between-​inning games, one of which includes a potato sack race they asked me to participate in, but I gracefull declined as I had on a strapless sun dress and I think we all know how that story would’ve ended.
The players are usually pretty nice guys, and have always been willing to sign autographs for the few brave kids who approach the dugout each game.
Despite being in Camden *shudder* the lot is very safe, as long as you take normal precautions. Tickets are crazy cheap, and I always buy them right above the home dugout, because what’s more fun than distracting a bunch of baseball players?!

If you enjoy an evening of good-​quality baseball by players who aren’t paid well more then they’re worth, then the Camden Riversharks might be your game. While I do also enjoy the major leagues, there’s just something about watching a minor league game that seems so much more… wholesome. Maybe it’s the über-​affordable seat prices, or the fireworks after the game. Or maybe it’s the fact that no ticket will seat you further than a few hundred feet from the playing field. As a bonus, at a Riversharks game there’ll be no hecklers or team-​related assaults like one can find across the river.
For a good time with family or friends, I highly recommend going to see the Riversharks in action. The play is not spectacular but it’s still quite good. The backdrop is gorgeous, with the pillars of the Ben Franklin Bridge alight in left field, and the location is fine if you’re driving in. If you’re taking the PATCO then taking a cab from the station might be best.

There’s a reason that baseball is America’s pastime. You can have your football, your hockey, all your bloodsports, all your excuses to anger up the blood ever since men gave up on being men. Your basketball, your soccer, your bear-​baiting, whatever, take them too. Give me baseball.
Like no other sport, baseball embodies the many conflicting desires that define American life: over-​hyped free agents striking it rich, a minority among all the Crash Davises toiling in obscurity just for the love of the game; the rugged individualism of superstar players balanced by the necessity of fielding a team where everyone contributes; a historical memory that spans centuries but focuses on what it means this season, this series, this game; a recognition of past and present moral failings combined with optimism about its future. There’s entire worlds in there.
Its no wonder that our servicemen spread the gospel of the game all over the country during the civil war, and later brought it with them to Latin America and Asia. Baseball reminded them of everything that was good about America and brought them a sense of comfort in troubling times. At its best, the sport continues to do that to this day.
Its also a game of generational transfer between fathers and sons, for relating to friends and talking about man things. Baseball provides a sense of community. Baseball is life and life is good.
Campbell’s Field is easily accessible by car, PATCO and the RiverLine. Once you arrive, the tickets are cheap and – shockingly – so are the concessions. A variety of Yards Brewing Co. beers supplement the usual macro selections and come in at under $ 6 per pint, a bargain price. You can soak up the booze with Chickie & Pete’s crab fires, pizza, funnel cake or even 4^th St. Cookie Co. chocolate chip cookies during the 7^th inning stretch. The sightlines are fine and, if the game doesn’t hold your attention, the stadium is situated to provide a beautiful view of the Ben Franklin Bridge and Philadelphia. There’s also plenty of activities to amuse the kids when they inevitably tire of the independent league-​level action on the field; they’re just kids, they’ll learn to appreciate the finer points of the game eventually.
On my visit, the hometown Riversharks were sporting a Pittsburgh Pirates-​esque 18 – 40 record. They suffered a 9 – 3 loss that night, including 6 errors. Not the best the game has been played, but it was baseball, which is good enough.

Lest you think attending an independent league game of a last place team is boring, think again. It’s the national pastime kids!
The Camden Waterfront is a really nice area. Don’t be scared of the Camden rep. From the Battleship NJ, to Tweeter, to the Aquarium to Campbell Field, your family will feel safe and welcome.
Parking for the field was $ 5 and was not crowded. Tickets were cheap to get in (I actually got a great deal on Groupon). Your kids will approve of the food (Ritas, pizza, auntie annes, crab fries, etc). And more importantly, Yards beer for the grownups. Lots to do with non baseball loving kids there.
They make the game itself interesting too with between inning games and contests. The game itself? Ehh they are obviously a last place team, but it was a trip for this old head to see manager/​3^rd base coach/​former phillie Von Hayes up close and personal.
One thing that made the Game more interesting. They select a Checkers player of the game, where if that player gets a hit, everyone in attendance wins a free Big Buford burger at Checkers when you present your ticket stub. Dude went 0 – 4 through 8 innings. With 2 outs in the 9^th we got one last shot and he didn’t disappoint, hitting a 2run homer.
Big Buford came through, now if someone can just tell me where a Checkers is in south Jersey.

Went here a few weeks ago for a fundraiser…
Cheap tickets! Cheap beer (for a ballpark) and not a bad seat in the house!
Actually really pretty along the river too, and the parking was well-​monitored so I didn’t feel like my car would be stolen while inside the ballpark.
I think it’d be fun to come back here, rent out a party room, and have as much fun watching a crummy minor league team as a watching the Phils! (since I don’t really watch the game… I mostly drink and talk with friends anyways…)
Great for families, great for kids, all in all a good time and I’m sure we’ll go back.

We took our 5 year old daughter to a Camden Riversharks game at Campbell’s field on a perfect evening.
She enjoyed herself immensely — and we did too. The weather was perfect. No rain, not too hot, not cold.
She posed for a picture with one of the mascots (Blooper), the other shark (Finley) was unavailable.
We waited 50 minuted (and spent $ 5) for her to get on that darned «bouncy castle» but she claims it was worth it for the 4.5 minutes she spent inside. (Note to self: skip that next time.)
Seats were comfortable and had cup holders. Food is pricey (and basic ballpark fare) as we anticipated. Parking was $ 5.00
A great alternative to a Phillies game and GREAT for kids. Next time we’ll ride the (small) $ 1 per ride carousel.
NOTE: Most concessions and atttractions shut down at the 7^th inning.