Suite seat: Rangers rename owner’s suite after former president George W. Bush

No cheap seat for Bush at Rangers game

ARLINGTON, Texas — Former President George W. Bush used to be able to sit in the cheap seats. That was a long time ago and isn’t practical anymore.

Now when Bush attends Texas Rangers games, he can sit in a suite named after him.

The Rangers have renamed the owner’s suite at Rangers Ballpark in honor of Bush, who was the managing general partner of the Rangers from 1989-94. That was before he was elected governor of Texas and later as the 43rd U.S. president.

Rangers owner Tom Hicks took part in the ceremony Thursday night before Texas played the Houston Astros in the finale of an interleague series.

Bush says he used to sit in cheap seats, but obviously lost his anonymity forever when he was elected president in 2000.