daa84 Posted February 26, 2009 Share Posted February 26, 2009 A thread is PHT got me thinking about which MLB stadiums you've been to, and what did you think of them? I've been to....(in order of which I liked most) PNC - Saw two games. absolutely amazing experience. Did the stadium tour, sat in club section along 1st base line (best seats - get the view and the special food in the concourse). its not just the bridge and the Pitt skyline though, the statue's to Clemente, Stargell, Wagner are awesome, the Negro League museum, and just the entire stadium....aesthetically pleasing. Everything was thought out extremely well in this stadium. Good food too Fenway - Been to 4 games. Definitely has the mystique about it. The Monster, the passion of the fans, the sweet caroline, its all pretty neat. The concourse is miniature and tough to get around, and you cant walk all the way around due to the monster...but the area around the stadium is just as cool..Lansdowne, Yawkey way, Cask N Flagn Comerica - Pleasantly surprised by it. Thought it was definitely a cool place to see a game. Great feel to it. Felt small even though it was huge. Great Concourse, good food. Cool museum area with statues to Tigers greats. If you can tolerate being in the city of Detroit for 3 hours, the Comerica is the place to do it. Great American - Had high hopes and was disappointed. thought most of the stadium looked like the Cell pre-renovations. OF scoreboard and RF area is kind of cool, but it would have been cooler if it was 100 feet closer to the river. Food was ok..Skyline chili is gross though. Progressive - meh. Not much to say about. Plus I was hammered. Looks better from outside than inside. Was empty when I was there...food stunk. For whatever reason didn't have that "it" quality i thought it would have when I used to see Jacobs on TV. Not sure where Id rank US Cellular since I'm biased. Things I love about the Cell though - great concourse, great food, fan deck, patio/bullpen sports bar. Went to yankee stadium to try to scalp tickets, but scalpers wanted 100 for bleacher seats (where you can't drink) so we watched from a bar across the street, but from the exterior it was definitely awesome. Wish I would have gone now that its closed. Never been to Wrigley, probably never will. This summer I plan on getting to new Busch, Turner, Miller park, maybe Metrodome, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daa84 Posted February 26, 2009 Author Share Posted February 26, 2009 oh and these sites are pretty cool... http://sports.espn.go.com/travel/news/story?id=2909745 i've been in 2 of those 10 seats.. http://www.baseballpilgrimages.com/ theres obviously plenty of cool sites on the topic Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoxFan562004 Posted February 26, 2009 Share Posted February 26, 2009 (edited) Old Bush Stadium Jacobs Field The new Cincy park Dodger's stadium and of course Old Comiskey, the Cell, and the Urinal Edited February 26, 2009 by SoxFan562004 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BaseballNick Posted February 26, 2009 Share Posted February 26, 2009 (edited) The Cell Wrigley Field Fenway Park Yankee Stadium PNC Park Great American Ballpark Jacobs/Progressive Field Camden Yards Miller Park Citizen's Bank Rosenblatt Stadium in Omaha My favorites have to be Camden, Fenway, and PNC. The College World Series is a blast too. I definitely want to head back for another. Edited February 26, 2009 by BaseballNick Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LittleHurt05 Posted February 26, 2009 Share Posted February 26, 2009 U.S. Comiskular Field Wrigley Great American Ball Park (Cincinnati) Miller Field Yankee Stadium (old one of course) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThunderBolt Posted February 26, 2009 Share Posted February 26, 2009 (edited) The New Nationals stadium is beautiful, it's just in a really poor neighborhood. Otherwise, i've been to The Cell, Shea, Old Yankee Stadium, Wrigley, and Dolphin's Stadium. Edited February 26, 2009 by Thunderbolt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigruss Posted February 26, 2009 Share Posted February 26, 2009 The Cell Comerica Olympic Stadium Wrigley Comerica was okay, pretty good viewing angles, like daa said, feels small even though it is huge. Food is not very good (atleast what I had) and the side attractions are way too ridiculous (they have a carousel and a merry-go-round). Fans there are incredibly stupid (sorry, it really has affected my view on the stadium). Olympic Stadium was empty (of course). They had about 5,000 people at the game, but tickets were dirt cheap. We got VIP seats behind the third base dugout for $20 each. Food wasnt good, place wasnt very clean (and the seats were multicolored, a look that screams cheapass/dirty to me). Was kinda cool to be there. (We only went there because I was with a friend's family in New York for vacation and the Red Sox and Yankees were sold out and we really wanted to go to a ballgame, plus they were playing the Rockies so we had some guys who we could try to autographs from like Walker, Castillo, and of course Vlad was on the Expos.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bjm676 Posted February 26, 2009 Share Posted February 26, 2009 Both Comiskeys Wrigley Fenway Kingdome Dodger Stadium Miller Park Angels Stadium Oakland Coliseum AT&T Park (awesome park) Candlestick Kauffman Skydome (back when it was called that) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leonard Zelig Posted February 26, 2009 Share Posted February 26, 2009 (edited) Still Around New Comiskey/US Cellular Wrigley Turner Fenway Tropicana Kaufman New Busch Bank One Goners Comiskey Park County Stadium Old Busch Edited February 26, 2009 by Leonard Zelig Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
knightni Posted February 26, 2009 Share Posted February 26, 2009 Old Comiskey US Cellular Wrigley Jacobs/Progressive I do want to see Detroit, Cincinnati and Milwaukee this summer, though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whitesoxfan101 Posted February 26, 2009 Share Posted February 26, 2009 (edited) The Cell Wrigley Old and new stadiums in Milwaukee Old and new stadiums in Cincinnati Old and new stadiums in St. Louis Metrodome Jacobs Field Kaufman Stadium Minute Maid Park Ballpark in Arlington Tropicana Field Dolphins Stadium Turner Field RFK Stadium Citizens Bank Park PNC Park Old Yankee Stadium Rogers Centre Fenway Park Bank One Ballpark Comerica Park Edited February 26, 2009 by whitesoxfan101 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WilliamTell Posted February 26, 2009 Share Posted February 26, 2009 (edited) The Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome is the only big league stadium I've been to. If Hubert H. Humphrey was alive today he'd even think the dome named after him is a dump. Edited February 26, 2009 by WilliamTell Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bschmaranz Posted February 26, 2009 Share Posted February 26, 2009 (edited) Old Comiskey, The Cell and Wrigley of course. Funny thing about Wrigley, the last time I was at a Cubs game it was the first year of interleague play and they were playing the Royals. We heckled the s*** out of Jermaine Dye, hehe. Caught a Sox game in Detroit a few years back, absolutely loved Comerica. I was expecting a s***hole but it's a really really nice park. Detroit is goofy, the hole place is a damn toilet except for the block where Comerica Park and Ford Field are. And while a lot of people b**** about Tigers fans being jerks, they were very cool. Of course, it was at the height of their horrendous years so they really didn't care about the team anyways. Been to Miller a few times too. It's pretty nice, although you kind of get that mall feeling while you're walking through. I got tickets to the Sox game in June so that should be a blast. Never seen the Sox there. Saw them play the Twins at the height of the "Twins are folding/moving" situation. The place was absolutely PACKED with Twins fans. They did nothing but boo and chant bad stuff on Selig. Found it pretty ironic that the Twins fans were heckling Selig while lining his daughter's/his pockets by going there. My parents told me I went with them to a Sox game at County Stadium but I was like 4 or 5 years old so I can't really say anything about it. The wife and I are gonna go on a bit of an east coast road trip this summer and I'm gonna try and best to talk her into letting us hit up Citizens Bank and maybe Fenway if we go that far. Edited February 26, 2009 by bschmaranz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChWRoCk2 Posted February 26, 2009 Share Posted February 26, 2009 Wrigley Field US Cellular Field Yankee Stadium Coors Field SkyDome Candlestick Park SafeCo Brewers Stadium Camden Yards Fenway Park Tampa Bay Angel Stadium Dodger Stadium Yankee Spring Training Facility Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kalapse Posted February 26, 2009 Share Posted February 26, 2009 Old Comiskey US Cellular Field Cinergy Field - s*** hole, drunk guy tumbled down the steps in the upper deck and nearly fell over the railing to his death Jacobs Field - sat in the upperdeck which is just as steep as the Cell's used to be. Very good looking stadium. Coors Field - final score was like 18 to 10, Darryl Kile's final start as with the Rockies, gave up 7 runs over 3 IP Comerica Park - big, beautiful ballpark, $20 parking 30 feet from the front entrance back then which is a good thing in Detroit Kaufman Stadium - beautiful ballpark, about 27 people there to see them play the Tigers. Miller Park - Definitely a favorite, been to maybe 20 games up there including a few walkoffs and a game that ended with Geoff Jenkins getting thrown out at 3rd on a ball hit into the left field corner. HHH Metrodome - ick PNC Park - best ballpark I've been to, I can't imagine another stadium being more beautiful Old Busch Stadium - 130 degrees, if it weren't for the lemonade I would have melted. Got to see Eric Gagne in his prime steroid years, stood over him while he warmed up. Skydome - CRAMPED, the seats are like a foot wide. Tim Wakefield didn't throw a ball over 65 MPH that day, game culminated with an Eric Hinske walkoff Tuscon Electric Park - some of the most fun I've ever had watching baseball Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigSqwert Posted February 26, 2009 Share Posted February 26, 2009 Both Comiskeys Wrigley Fenway Miller Park Oakland Coliseum AT&T Park Kauffman Jacob's Field HHH Metrodome Minutemaid Park Comerica Ballpark in Arlington Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigruss Posted February 26, 2009 Share Posted February 26, 2009 QUOTE (bschmaranz @ Feb 26, 2009 -> 04:08 PM) Caught a Sox game in Detroit a few years back, absolutely loved Comerica. I was expecting a s***hole but it's a really really nice park. Detroit is goofy, the hole place is a damn toilet except for the block where Comerica Park and Ford Field are. And while a lot of people b**** about Tigers fans being jerks, they were very cool. Of course, it was at the height of their horrendous years so they really didn't care about the team anyways. Trust me, Ive gone when they were actually good and attendance shot up. The fans there are just complete dumbasses. Every single popup the whole stadium rose thinking it was a homerun. Then when the ball came down in the infield they were greatly disappointed. QUOTE (Kalapse @ Feb 26, 2009 -> 04:48 PM) Comerica Park - big, beautiful ballpark, $20 parking 30 feet from the front entrance back then which is a good thing in Detroit For bolded parts: That is definitely true. My girlfriend's grandparents live in a "upscale" condo complex right on the river, and is really close to Ford Field, Comerica, etc, and the blocks surrounding those places are like a nice city, but go one more block and you know youre in Detroit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zenryan Posted February 26, 2009 Share Posted February 26, 2009 Old Comiskey---Probably the best trip I've been on. I actually got to plan the family vacation before the baseball season started because I saw the schedule and noticed that the Sox was playing a series on my birthday against the A's who my uncle played. Got to stay in the same hotel as the A's and my uncle got the family tickets for 2 games. While I'm a Sox fan, I had to go side with family on that one. Sorry haha. Jacobs Field---Probably my favorite place I've been to. Saw the Twins lose to the Tribe so I was happy. Liked the design and how it was in the middle of down town. Great American----Went to see the Giants play there the first year it was open. I liked the river setting. It was very clean but nothing great. Turner Field----nice place. Sat in the very last row in the upper deck behind home plate which was actually awesome because the wind made it feel like it was 70 degrees when it was July. Tropicana---I love that place. Indoors in Florida during the summer is perfect. Plus its usually empty so I can stretch out. Dolphin Stadium---Sat in the family section the first time and it was fun. Went again in 2001 and the place sucked. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bschmaranz Posted February 27, 2009 Share Posted February 27, 2009 QUOTE (bigruss22 @ Feb 26, 2009 -> 03:57 PM) For bolded parts: That is definitely true. My girlfriend's grandparents live in a "upscale" condo complex right on the river, and is really close to Ford Field, Comerica, etc, and the blocks surrounding those places are like a nice city, but go one more block and you know youre in Detroit. What's the deal with the sewer caps and the steam? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kjshoe04 Posted February 27, 2009 Share Posted February 27, 2009 (edited) I've been to US Cellular Wrigley Metrodome Jacobs Field Comerica- probably my favorite Rogers Centre (skydome) Kauffman Old Busch Fenway Camden Yards- This could also be my favorite. Miller Park Going to Cincy this summer! Really excited for that one. Edited February 27, 2009 by kjshoe04 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maggliopipe Posted February 27, 2009 Share Posted February 27, 2009 Old Comiskey New Comiskey County Stadium Miller Park Kauffman Jacobs Yankee Shea Fenway Camden Yards Natonals Park Skydome only seen the outside: Petco Old Busch going to this year: PNC Citizen's Bank Man I really need to get to some West Coast parks... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paint it Black Posted February 27, 2009 Share Posted February 27, 2009 I got to go to one of the final games at Tiger Stadium. I was an early teenager so I didn't get to appreciate it...even though I thought I was at the time. I have also been to: The Cell countless times Wrigley 5 or 6 times Miller Park twice. Love that stadium. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justBLAZE Posted February 27, 2009 Share Posted February 27, 2009 The Cell Wrigley Field Miller Park That's it so far. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoxFan1 Posted February 27, 2009 Share Posted February 27, 2009 U.S. Cellular Field - Been there plenty of times. Best moment at a game was probably witnessing Thome's 2000th hit. Wrigley Field - Not much I like about the stadium at all to be honest. Great American Ballpark in it's inaugural season. Saw the Reds take on the Mets and we were in the right-center field bleachers. Very nice ballpark, very open concourse, and super clean. I like how it's right on the river. Offers some great views of the city. I'll be going to Miller Park and Comerica Park this summer though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sonik22 Posted February 27, 2009 Share Posted February 27, 2009 The Cell Wrigley - twice last year. Once against the Orioles in normal seats. Another time against the reds in the bleachers. I should have caught a Brandon Phillips HR ball, but went off my hand. Oh, and the best part is these were the Cubs 2 worst home losses of the season. Win win baby Miller Park- about 6 times over the past 4 years. I witnessed A-Rod's 400th home run, and not gonna lie that was pretty cool. Hank Aaron Stadium in Mobile, Alabama for a BayBears game. I'm hoping to see a game in new Busch stadium since ill be down here in C'dale the next 4 years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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