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Rank the stadiums you've been to (1 Viewer)

shuke

Black Ice Skeptic
1. Fenway

2. Wrigley

3. Great American

4. Dodger Stadium

5. Yankee Stadium

6. Riverfront

 
New Comiskey - Has something for everyone. The renivations they've done on the park have been great.

Wrigley - Best old park, but the people in the stands and the product on the field leave a lot to be desired.

Miller Park - Great feel for an indoor stadium. Wish I saw it with the roof open

New Busch - Nicely done. Can't wait for Baseball city to be up and running. It will be a great atmosphere

Fenway ( I went there in '99 when they were letting the place go to hell. I was less than impressed)

Old Comiskey - A dump

Milwaukee County - A bigger dump

Old Busch - Baseball hell

 
1. PNC

2. Camden Yards

3. Citizens Bank

4. Fenway

5. Jarry Park

6. Tiger Stadium

7. Memorial Stadium Cleveland

8. Astrodome

9. Memorial Stadium Baltimore

10. Royals Stadium

(tie) 11. 3 Rivers, Veterans, Riverfront

I feel like I'm forgetting some, but I guess not.

 
Not many, and 3 of them aren't around anymore.

1. Jacobs Field

3. Riverfront Stadium

2. Skydome

4. Tiger Stadium

5. Cleveland Municipal Stadium

Football:

Cleveland Browns Stadium

Paul Brown Stadium

Cleveland Municipal Stadium

And a couple minor league parks which I can't remember the name of in

Akron, Ohio

Norfolk, Virginia

 
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OLD-ish Parks

1. Oakland-Alameda Coliseum - Obviously a :blush: pick. Objectively, it's a pile of crap since the new seats were put in which really killed the old vibe. Thanks Al!

2. Wrigley - Easily my favorite old-school park that's left, and I'm pretty sure they consume more beer than any of the other parks I've been to. I might begin developing a theory that correlates playing in old baseball parks and fans that can turn on their team's players extremely quickly.

3. Dodger Stadium - Simple, nice design and probably better "baseball weather" consistently than anywhere else. Good food too.

4. Busch I - Awesome fans, nice architecture, and right downtown. Food was good too, IIRC.

5. Fenway - The fans here are complete dip####s, but Fenway's such a unique and quirky field that it's worth paying the high ticket price and dealing with the mouth-breathers. Once.

6. Kauffman Stadium - Might be the closest you can get to the AAA vibe in the majors. I didn't actually see the game since it got rained out, but I was really looking forward to it since there were about 4K people there and I would've gotten great seats.

7. Yankee Stadium - A cramped, expensive, overrated ####hole in a bad neighborhood. If you don't buy into the "ghosts" of the Babe (like his ghost would still be at the ballpark and not at the ghost-whorehouse), this won't really appeal to you.

8. Shea Stadium - Burn this place to the ground.

9. Candlestick Park - Woof.

10. The Kingdome - Dome. Doesn't really count.

NEW PARKS

1. Citizen's Bank Park

2. Coors

3. AT&T

4. PNC

5. US Cellular

6. Jacobs Field

7. Great American Ballpark

Honestly, most of these are so close together that it's really hard to differentiate. They're all great, really, but there's nothing unusual or weird or interesting about them. The Cit is my favorite and Coors is great, and AT&T and PNC have great views. Like I said, none of these are really bad. :lmao:

 
US Cellular- Renovations have been solid

Coors- Very nice park

Miller Park- I thought that this was a cool park. Food is very good

Wrigley- Tradition and neighborhood make it a great park. Small with horrible parking

Old Comiskey- Charming dump with excellent food.

Old Milwaukee- Not bad but it was old and it was freezing cold

 
1. Yankee Stadium

2. Fenway Park

No other stadium compares to these except probably Wrigley but I've never been. Camden Yards was nice, Shea sucks, Toronto's is pretty nice, the old Vet was fugly and the new one is pretty nice.

 
1 - tiger stadium

2 - PNC park

3 - comerica park

4- jacobs field

football

1- lambeau

2- ford field

3- solider field

4- The Murph

5- candlestick

6- rich stadium - buffalo

7- cleveland browns - new

8- oakland collesium

9- adelphia - tennesee

10- paul brown stadium

11 - riverfront

then three of the absolute worst:

13- pontiac silverdome

14- louisiana superdome

15- RCA/hoosier dome

all three are pits.

 
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1. Citizen's Bank

2. Camden Yards

3. Veterns Stadium

4. Yankee Stadium (sad when the Vet is more appealing then the dump Yankee Stadium is/was)

Never got inside Fenway so can't comment on it.

 
4. Yankee Stadium (sad when the Vet is more appealing then the dump Yankee Stadium is/was)
So true.All it has is a very rich tradition. Outside of that the place is a dump.Traffic nightmareOld and far from fan friendlyThe crack vial obstacle course outside the stadium.With that said . . . Shea stadium is a bigger dump.
 
Depends on criteria I guess.

Tiger Stadium was my favorite and it was real cozy which I miss but it just couldn't hold up to the modern day standards and the yuppy fans who have to park their cars a half a mile away and walk.

Major League:

-Tiger Stadium-It often defined the city and it sat on the western edge of downtown where it was easy to get to. It still stands today because the city of Detroit has piss poor management but I always go down there when I'm home and walk around. Lots of good memories from that building going back to the late 70s when I saw my very first game. Was there in 84 and in 87 and saw probably 150 to 200 games there over my lifetime. Lots of the older Tiger fans have some great stories about the bars and parties they used to have around there back in the 40s and 50s. In junior high we used to skip school and go sit in the bleachers having rode our bikes well past any resonable established border set by our parents. This all ended when my buddies bike got stolen one day.

-Ballpark at Arlington-Just love the architecture and the feel of the place. Too effing hot though.

-Comerica Park-Very open, nice view, acoustic gem, and the OF statues and standing room only areas are priceless.

-Great American Ballpark-Nice view right on the Ohio River and easy to get to and from. They did a nice job with this stadium.

-Camden Yards-I have seen a few games at Camden and really liked it until I went to Comerica which to me is a much better stadium. Camden was the first of the new stadiums though so it gets a bump in my book.

-Jacobs Field-Don’t like the fact you can’t walk around the entire stadium. It’s very cozy but it also feels more like a minor league park without the outfield picnic tables.

-Old Comiskey (####hole)-Smelled like the ### of a goat. It looked like it was about to collapse at any minute and it’s in a really poor neighborhood.

-New Comiskey –This stadium is pure retro genius as the White Sox decided to build a 1960s style stadium in 2007 when everyone else wanted their 60s style stadium knocked down!. Congratulations on screwing it up again White Sox :banned:

-Cleveland Municipal-Saw a rat there near the bathrooms that was larger than Le Car. This stadium was just horrible for baseball although whenever we went, we got third baseline seats just above the dugout because only 5000 Indian fans would show. :)

Minor League:

Fifth Third Park in Toledo

Phillies Spring Training facility in Clearwater

Buffalo’s Triple A stadium

Torontos' spring training facility

Joker Marchant Stadium, Lakeland

Indians spring training facility

Want to go to:

Dodger Stadium, PacBell, Safeco, PNC, and Wrigley. I've been to Yankee Stadium but never saw a game there and I can do without ever seeing a game at Fenway. It's not like there wasn't a historic deadball era stadium a few miles away from me growing up and I can do without the fans there. Yankee Stadium was meh to me besides the OF museum and the nostalgia. For the most part it was a ####hole like Comiskey and in the same neighborhood.

 
Old Durham Athletic Park...before the Bull

Fenway

Wrigley

Yankee Stadium

Camden Yards

whatever the Braves stadium is

Shea

RFK

Out of Commission Stadiums:

County Stadium

Riverfront

Astrodome

Jack Murphy

Vet

 
Coors

Camden Yards

old Busch

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RFK

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Candlestick

Got tix to the new Busch on 7/8. Need to get up to Philly.

 
I definitely need to expand my inventory:

1. Dodger Stadium (clean, beautiful, great sightlines)

2. Petco (new of course, great view of downtown, lots of personality though a bit contrived, hated the non-stop blaring pregame music & ads)

3. Shea Stadium (your run-of-the-mill, indistinct multi-use facility, but not bad)

4. Bank One Ballpark (I'm definitely not used to indoor stadia, but this felt garganutan and made me aware of its huge size; definitely not cozy)

 
1. Jacobs Field

2. Yankee Stadium

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3. Cleveland Municipal Stadium - absolutely horrible for baseball

4. Old Comiskey - behind Cle Muni only because I don't remember much except for green and yellow seats (I think)

I need to expand on this also.

 
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Petco Park

Citizens Bank

Fenway

Yankee

Camden

Minute Maid

Rangers

Coors

Dodger

Chase

US Cellular

Edison

Rogers Centre

Astrodome

Tropicana

Baltimore Memorial

Dolphins Stadium

Olympic Stadium

 
1. Wrigley -- far away the best

2. Fenway -- I'm a Sox fan so I know where the lines are shorter or non-existent. I understand many people's sentiments that are negative.

3. Pittsburgh's new park -- very nice, too bad the team blows

4. Comerica -- great new park. Went there before the Tigers got good.

5. Camden Yards (Baltimore) -- classic park.

6. Yankee Stadium -- alot of history there. outside of the park is nasty.

7. Jacobs Field (Cleveland) -- nice park but the ushers were rude so that bothered me.

8. Citizens Bank Field (Philadelphia) -- nice park...rude fans. That's Philly's rep though.

White Sox (Cellular Field) -- not too bad.....better since the renovations.

9. Skydome (Toronto) -- always have liked this park....not sure why because I hate artifical turf. Its kind of like Disneyland.

10. Jack Murphy Stadium -- fans didn't really pay attention.

11. Cincinnati's new field -- I didn't like it. But not as bad as the Trop.

12. Shea Stadium -- its a dump.

13. Veteran's Stadium -- Thank goodness they dropped this in Philly.

14. Montreal's Olympic Stadium -- ugly dome, but people were nice. It was the Expos last season.

15. Tropicana Field -- not even good enough for minor league baseball

 
BAL

AZ

COL

LAA

PIT

CIN

TOR

BOS

KC

SFO

LAD

NYM

NYY

Yankee Stadium and Fenway would both be higher if we talked about "the experience", but having been to both a bunch of times, neither is really that much better to watch a game in, and the Bronx is not the best neighborhood for a $200 million product. Anaheim might be the best of the bunch with the pitching machine behind center field and all the bells and whistles, but they seem to distract from the game. I love the fact that Camden keeps track of where home runs were hit - seeing the Griffey shot on the wall is a pretty cool feature I haven't seen at other stadiums, as is the open area in right field. I loved the fact that you could go to the concession stands at the BOB and look through the back to see the game - there's no wall between the cash registers and the stadium so you can keep watching while you're in the beer line. Every stadium should be like that. Coors Field is gorgeous and a great place to watch a game. The view in Pittsburgh is incredible - it looks right out over the river and you can see the bridge from inside the ballpark. People on boats come by just to check out the game sometimes. Another place that would be better if they could field a good team once in a while. I really want to stay at that hotel in Toronto and watch a game from my room sometime. Cinci looked a lot better than I expected, but I had fancy box seats, so it's hard to say how great a ballpark it really was. KC was a decent place to see a game, but the product sucks. San Francisco is cool with the splashdown home runs, but I hate them for Bonds. LA was boxy and unimpressive to me, but I know a lot of people like it. The most memorable thing about Shea was the cost of the beer.

 
1. Yankee Stadium - The Tradition. First park I was ever to and I still love the old girl...that said, I can't wait for the new one. The Monuments, the Bleacher Creatures, and the energy there in October are 2nd to none.

2. Fenway Park - As long as you're not sitting along the line in right, it's a great place to see a game. Again, the tradition there is very tough to beat. Counting the pock marks on the monster between innings gives you something to do. Plus, mixing it up with your rivals adds to the experience.

3. Citizens Bank Park - Beautiful stadium. Being able to walk along the OF the entire game eating drinking and yelling at the bullpens makes you feel a part of the game.

4. Camden Yards - Was #3 until i caught a game in Philly last year. The way all stadiums should be.

5. Tiger Stadium - Sat 1,000 feet from home plate in CF, but still had a great time there. Was one of the best of the Old Timey stadiums.

Also rans:

Shea Stadium - Cannot wait to see CitiField. Shea should have been destroyed decades ago.

Veterans Stadium - Philly. Some of the best fights I've had were in and around that stadium for Giants/Eagles games. As a place to watch baseball, it made a great football stadium.

Tropicana Field - The antithesis to "If you build it, they will come" They built it. Now take it down and build a baseball park.

Olympic Stadium - Made RFK look like Camden Yards.

 
For those ripping on the Trop, come back and pay it a visit. New ownership has given it a HUGE facelift this year complete with a monster HD scoreboard in right, new banner scoreboards around the field, and everything in the concourses has received major renovations. I'm no longer embarrassed to bring friends to the Trop.

I'm going to Wrigley for the 1st time on 6/2 so it could quickly go to the top of my list :lmao:

 
Fenway

AT&T

PNC Park

Camden Yards

Wrigley

Safeco

Yankee Stadium

Turner Field

Chase Field

Ballpark in Arlington

Great American

Miller Park

Fulton County

McAfee Colliseum

New Comisky

The Vet

Three Rivers

Shea

 
Well I would have to think on the rankings, but the MLB stadiums I have attended...

CURRENT STADIUMS

Metrodome

Oriole Park at Camden Yards

Shea Stadium

Yankee Stadium

OLDER STADIUMS

Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium

Busch Stadium

Cleveland Stadium

Comiskey Park

Exhibition Stadium

Memorial Stadium

Milwaukee County Stadium

Riverfront Stadium

Three Rivers Stadium

Veterans Stadium

 
Camden Yards

PNC Park

Wrigley

The Jake

Fenway

Yankee Stadium

Citizens Bank

Skydome

Veterans Stadium

Memorial Stadium

Washington Nationals Park

Shea

 
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1. Coors Field

2. Wrigley

3. New Busch

4. Jacobs Field

5. GABP

6. Old Busch

7. New Comisky

8. Fulton County Stadium (Braves)

9. Riverfront

 
1. Wrigley (and I'm a Cards fan)

2. New Busch (the bleachers now have seat-backs :thumbdown: )

3. Tigers Stadium

4. Royals Stadium

5. Old Busch

 
The biggest problem with Citizens Bank in Philly is that they need to expand Ashburn Alley out a bit more. It's too narrow and you can bogged down out there during a game.

 
AT&T

Safeco

Fenway (only gets an edge over Oakland because of history)

Oakland

I'm going to a dodger game next weekend. I've heard a lot of good things about the stadium, but I'm sure it'll will rank somewhere at the bottom of the list. Too much blue and not enough black and orange for it to be a truely attractive ballpark in my tastes

 
AT&TSafecoFenway (only gets an edge over Oakland because of history)OaklandI'm going to a dodger game next weekend. I've heard a lot of good things about the stadium, but I'm sure it'll will rank somewhere at the bottom of the list. Too much blue and not enough black and orange for it to be a truely attractive ballpark in my tastes
Probably my own personal experience, but growing up as a kid in Virginia, Dodger Stadium meant west coast sports more than any other venue. The Gibson HR being the most memorable sports moment of my life, the "Think Blue" lettering, the sun setting and the trees beyond the fences all were so distant. I make an attempt to get to Dodger Stadium once a year to see a Pad/Doyer game. I absolutely HATE the Dodgers, but that stadium just brings back so many memories. I love being there.Parking and traffic are HELL. :hey:
 
1. Wrigley (for total experience, this has it hands down... it bleeds authenticity)

2. Fenway (as a Sox-fan, I'm biased, but there are times when you have to remind yourself that this hallowed ground)

GAP

3. Camden Yards (always enjoyable)

4. Edison Field (artificial, but effective)

BIG GAP

5. Oakland Coliseum

6. The Vet

 
But go to Tropicana Field and tell me that place isn't a dump.
About a jillion times better than it was, but obviously, still not up to par with most stadiums.
Yeah, to be fair, this was around 2002-ish when I went. I sat in The Beach. It's pretty sad when the fans heckle the Devil Rays left fielder (Jason Conti for that game) instead of the Mariners left fielder.
 
Seriously, anyone voting Yankee stadium high on their list is either blind or else has only been there once or twice. Its a craphole.

 
1. Wrigley Field awesome

2. Chavez Ravine you KNOW it

3. Yankee Stadium fact that it's a dump is not the point, and I hate 'em too...

4. SD (liked Sea slightly better but SD's location wins out, same goes for SF)

5. SF

6. Seattle hard to discern those last 3

7. STL (old)

8. Colorado

9. Toronto

10. Shea

11. Other Chicago

12. Anaheim

13. KC come to think of it, just drove by and looked in a few times...

 
1. Great American Ballpark

2. New Busch

3. Turner Field

4. Tropicana Field

5. Old Busch

6. Fulton Co.

7. Riverfront

 
Fenway - Just because of the history.

Wrigley - For the fun.

Safeco - Just went last week, really by far the nicest stadium I've been to. Great views, no really bad seats, lots of fun between innings. Twas a great experience.

BOB - They opened the retractable roof while we were there, which was cool.

Turner - Pretty vanilla, doesn't have a unique quality like most of the newer stadiums.

Rickwood Field - oldest ballpark in America, right here in lovely Birmingham!

Fulton Co - Only cookie cutter I went to.

Tropicana - This did not feel like baseball to me, turf was terrible, atmosphere (literal, not fan atmosphere) was dark. This was 99 the night before Tony Saunders broke his arm, maybe it has changed since then.

 
Seriously, anyone voting Yankee stadium high on their list is either blind or else has only been there once or twice. Its a craphole.
:thumbup: Young Paduan, do not be blinded by jealousy. While the area around it might intimidate you, inside is the perfect place to catch a game.
 

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