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Fenway Park vs. Wrigley Field ... whatcha got? (1 Viewer)

Well?

  • Fenway is better

    Votes: 23 22.8%

  • Wrigley is better

    Votes: 28 27.7%

  • I love them both equally

    Votes: 7 6.9%

  • I hate them both equally

    Votes: 3 3.0%

  • Of the two, I've only been to Fenway and I liked it

    Votes: 15 14.9%

  • Of the two, I've only been to Fenway and I didn't like it

    Votes: 2 2.0%

  • Of the two, I've only been to Wrigley and I liked it

    Votes: 17 16.8%

  • Of the two, I've only been to Wrigley and I didn't like it

    Votes: 6 5.9%
  • Total voters
    101
Raider Nation

Raider Nation

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I've been to Fenway many times, but have never been to Wrigley. I'll get there eventually.

For those of you who have been to both of these iconic ballparks, which one do you like better?

 
BTW, if the old Yankee Stadium were still standing, that would get my vote by a mile.

You could feel the ghosts just walking into the place. :nerd:

 
I've been to both but my trip to Fenway was before the renovations. Both are great parks to visit but I wonder if some of the appeal would be lost on an everyday basis. Modern parks have better creature comforts.

I like Wrigleyville better than the area surrounding Fenway but those grilled sausages across the street from Fenway are excellent.

 
I was amazed how much more comfortable it was sitting in Wrigley, for a ballpark that is only two years newer than Fenway.

Haven't been since 2000, can't wait to go back.

 
Eephus said:
I've been to both but my trip to Fenway was before the renovations. Both are great parks to visit but I wonder if some of the appeal would be lost on an everyday basis. Modern parks have better creature comforts.
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Even the most basic stuff, such as seating. Those seats at Fenway were built for your average 160 lb. man a century ago. Terribly uncomfortable.

 
Been to a bunch of parks. Camden Yards is the best and second isn't close. Of Fenway vs Wrigley? Wrigley decisively.

Not as commercial and produced.

In an actual neighborhood.

Seating is better and affordable.

Travel in and out is soooo much easier.

 
Been to both. Wrigley's better. It has more charm, better seats and no Bostonians. I'm 6'2" 200 lbs and despised the seats at Fenway.Plus, Fenway doesn't have anything as cool as the Wrigley bleachers. The pre-game at both is pretty equal, with the major deciding factor being no Bostonians around Wrigley....so that wins too.

 
Been to a few at Fenway and a bunch at Wrigley. Fenway is a cooler ballpark. I preferred watching the game at Wrigley though.

Both awesome.

 
Deepster said:
Been to a bunch of parks. Camden Yards is the best and second isn't close. Of Fenway vs Wrigley? Wrigley decisively.

Not as commercial and produced.

In an actual neighborhood.

Seating is better and affordable.

Travel in and out is soooo much easier.
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Yup. The only knock against Camden Yards is that it doesn't quite have that picturesque center field view that some of the newer stadiums have. Eutaw Street is perfect, it looks great and the people are nice.

 
Raider Nation said:
I've been to Fenway many times, but have never been to Wrigley. I'll get there eventually.
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I feel the same way. I really want to see a game at Wrigley.

Deepster said:
Been to a bunch of parks. Camden Yards is the best and second isn't close.
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Lived thirty minutes or so from Baltimore for five years and saw many, many games there (this was when I was really into baseball). It is a great park. Even the SRO sections are great places to watch a game. I love Fenway and the Red Sox, but as RN pointed out, the seats are made for 160 lb. men, so I'm torn between the two. I really do love Camden. I have very pleasant memories of it.

 
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The seats along the foul lines at Fenway are constructed so peculiarly. If you sit straight forward, you are facing center field. You actually have to twist your body to see the batter. That doesn't get too annoying after a couple of innings.

 
I'm a big fan of the newer ballparks with open concourses, which the only reason I might bump Camden (and Pac Bell) down a notch.

Underrated ballparks that I've seen:

Coors

Safeco

Citizens Bank

PNC Park

Heading to Texas next week to add Ballpark No. 29 to my list.

 
Haven't been to either yet, but plan on going to Wrigley next weekend (against the Nats?). Chicagoans: can I score a couple of tickets easily the day of the game, or has the anniversary hoopla made them harder to get?

 
Been to both once. Wrigley easily. I guess these are the only two "historical" stadiums that are really left?

+1 on PNC being pretty awesome. I'd rank it #1 amongst the "new" parks.

 
Raider Nation said:
BTW, if the old Yankee Stadium were still standing, that would get my vote by a mile.

You could feel the ghosts just walking into the place. :nerd:
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Wrigley>>Fenway>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Yankee

 
shuke said:
Raider Nation said:
BTW, if the old Yankee Stadium were still standing, that would get my vote by a mile.

You could feel the ghosts just walking into the place. :nerd:
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Wrigley>>Fenway>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Yankee
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Different era. Comisky Park, Crosley Field, Ebbetts Field, Fenway Park, Forbes Field, Shibe Park, Tiger Stadium, and Wrigley Field are good comps built within a few years of each other, while the stadium in the Bronx came along a full decade later. The former were all primarily steel structures while the house that Ruth built had a concrete exterior.

The Corner will always be my favorite baseball stadium. Of the two in the OP, much prefer Wrigley. I was stationed in Boston one summer and went to Fenway a half dozen times, glad I did. Was never that impressed with YS. But then again I grew up hating the Yankees.

 
The General said:
Been to a few at Fenway and a bunch at Wrigley. Fenway is a cooler ballpark. I preferred watching the game at Wrigley though.

Both awesome.
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:goodposting:

Same here.

I've also been to old Yankee Stadium, Camden Yards, Coors Field, Petco, and several others.

I have enjoyed the games more at Fenway, but that is because I have been there for multiple walk off homers to win games for the Sox, including the ARod brawl game in July 2004.

 
I've been to both, and work with a bunch of people who have spent a lot of time at both...game days or not.

Wrigley would win this hands down with a poll there. Not saying its world better, but would consistently get the top vote.

 
Been to both is the last 2 years and like them both. Love going to the old parks. So what they don`t have any Merry go rounds and water falls. Felt the same way about Tiger Stadium in Detroit.

 
aardball44 said:
Haven't been to either yet, but plan on going to Wrigley next weekend (against the Nats?). Chicagoans: can I score a couple of tickets easily the day of the game, or has the anniversary hoopla made them harder to get?
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Bump. There's a double-header next Saturday at Wrigley. If the weather's right, I'm there. What's a good spot in the Wrigleyville area for a sammich and beer before/after the game?

 
Wrigley is the only place I've ever walked into and had the immediate transcendental moment of realization that baseball was meant to be played in a place like Wrigley.

 
otello said:
Getzlaf15 said:
Raider Nation said:
Dickie Dunn said:
PNC Park
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Many of the announcers who see every park swear that this one is the crown jewel.
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My Top 2 are Pac Bell and PNC.

Been to all except TB, CLE, MINN, PHIL, MIA, MIL
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Just went to MINN. Great park; one of the best of the new ones.
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IMO the new ball parks are all pretty great. I've been to San Diego, Philly, NYM, and have had season tickets in Arizona. All really nice for a variety of reasons.

 
Been to Fenway many times since I was a kid. No matter where you sit, you feel like you're in the action. Concession prices are high... but no better place to enjoy an afternoon ballgame.

 
I think the bridges and the river are what set PNC apart from a lot of the newer ballparks I've seen over the last few years. Ballparks like Target (MIN), Nationals Park and Great American all are nice, but don't really have anything particularly interesting about them.

Of the "roof" stadiums, Safeco is the only one that still feels like a ballpark (haven't been to Milwaukee).

A couple of the "new" ones I haven't seen:

Comerica

Citi Field

new Busch

 
Fenway is a great place to go watch a ball game

Wrigley is a great place to go have a good time with a ball game in the background

I prefer Fenway, but I'm a homer so I would find a way to rationalize Fenway matter what

 
Been to Fenway tons of times, never been inside Wrigley. Leaning Wrigley here blind.

Fenway is historic but is outdated. I guess if you don't mind having your knee into the seat in front of you, you might not mind it.

 
Aaron Rudnicki said:
Wrigley is one big beer garden. The baseball is background. People at Fenway actually watch the game.
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That's why Theo has a cushy job as the Cubs president. There will never be any real pressure to put a winning team on the field. Those loser fans will show up to drink beer and watch their loser club 81 times a year.

ETA: No offense intended to loser Cub fans. I know the feeling.

 
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