This article misspelled the last name of a baseball fan. He is Brett Ripkin, not Ripken.
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Halperin said later that he gave up after his computer kept constantly refreshing the Nationals' Web site for more than 10 minutes without change. He holds two partial-season tickets and will be at the opening game but wanted to buy two more tickets.
Another fan, Britt Ripken of Fulton, said he began calling the Nationals' toll-free number five minutes before its publicized opening. He said he got through after about 10 tries and followed an automated voice prompt that seemingly was leading to getting him four seats together. But after waiting to give his credit card information, a live operator came on and started the process over.
Ripken ended up with four seats scattered throughout the ballpark. Still, he said, "I'm happy I got tickets."
Internet sites yesterday were offering Opening Day tickets starting at $117 for an upper outfield seat, more than three times face value. Diamond Seats, behind home plate, were being offered for as much as $1,500, well above their face value of $170.
The ticket sales came on a day filled with ceremony at the new ballpark. Home plate was transported from RFK Stadium and installed at Nationals Park.
The new scoreboard was lighted, and a series of red, white and blue graphics filled the screen, the out-of-town scoreboard in center field and a series of small LED boards along the club level that run like a ticker on Times Square.
Construction crews are working long hours to wrap up work. Yesterday, crews planted cherry trees on the plaza on the ballpark's north side, part of efforts to give the new stadium a distinctly local flavor.
As the festivities unfolded, construction workers in hard hats toiled a few steps away. They strung cable, worked on seats and installed kitchen equipment. But a few took quick breaks to record images of the new scoreboard on cellphone cameras.
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