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I went to the 2nd game in the Texas Rangers stadium in 1994. The opening night sold out, and a fan took a fatal dive from the upper deck in that one. I get to the stadium to enjoy seats in the front row of the upper deck, only to find my view of home plate obscured by an extra row of railing that had hastily been welded on during the day. They did not have time to paint it at that point. I was a law student at the time, and happened to be studying product safety law. A basic evidentiary rule is that evidence of subsequent repairs or safety improvements cannot be introduced as evidence of dangerous conditions. (You do not want to penalize a facility owner for making subsequent improvements - and besides, you can introduce evidence of the repairs to show dominion and control.)