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 Post subject: List the MLB stadiums you've been to
PostPosted: Thu Jun 21, 2007 2:16 pm 
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What stadiums have you been to and which are your favorites?

I've been to:

County Stadium: Grew up going to games there in Milwaukee. Best tailgating ever and you couldn't beat the bleachers for an afternoon game. Bernie Brewers old chalet and beer mug was the best. The place was pretty dumpy but still one of those old, fun ballparks.

Miller Park - Probably my favorite just because I'm a brewers fan but for being a retractable roof stadium it doesn't have that indoors feel when it's closed. Great tailgating and you can't beat the sausage race.

Chase Field or "The BOB" - I live in PHX now but I just don't like this park. It does have that airplane hangar feel. There's no ambience and you almost feel like you're not at a baseball game. I was a the Red Sox series a few weeks ago and it was packed but you still feel removed from the game. I think they made it way too big.

Rangers Ballpark - Nice park and it's hard to believe that it's 13 years old. I love the right field porch and the grassy lawn in center field. You're really exposed to the rain in the upper deck concourse but that's my only complaint.


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SkyDome/Rogers Centre - Toronto
Olympic Stadium - Montreal

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Yankee Stadium
Shea Stadium
Fenway Park
Camdem Yards (lives up to the hype)
Turner Field (very underrated park IMO)
New Comiskey (steepest upper deck ever)

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Boston - Fenway - overrated and I live in Boston
New York - Yankee
New York - Shea
Toronto - Rogers
Baltimore - Camden
Montreal - Olympic
San Francisco - ATt&T - my favorite
San Diego - Petco - did a tour - would have loved to see a game
Chicago - Comisky

I really enjoyed San Fran, San Diego and Baltimore.

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Philadelphia - Citizens Bank - July 14th
Tampa Bay - Tropicana - July 27 & 28th


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Not a lot.

metrodome
county stadium
miller park
wrigley field
comiskey park (i'm barely old enough to remember this)
u.s. cellular field

Might be going to kaufman and new busch later this summer.

I have a couple friends who have been to every stadium except arizona, seattle, and the californias.

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Busch
Wrigley
San Fran's ballpark, which has to be one of the coolest parks out there.


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Astrodome
Minute Maid

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ummm

three rivers stadium
and annaheims whereever they played in 94

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Shea Stadium
Yankee Stadium
Citizens Bank Ballpark (or whatever they call the stadium in philly)

What's the name of the new stadium in Detroit? I"ll be there 7/6 for the Redsox game. I'm thinking of maybe trying to see a game in Pittsburg during that trip.


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Tiger Stadium
Comerica Park
Wrigley Field
Comisky
U.S. Cellular
Miller Park
County Stadium
Jacob's Field
River Front
The new Cincy Park
Yankee Stadium
Shea
RFK
Camden
Sky Dome
Petco
Jack Murphy (or whatever they call it now)
Dodger Stadium
Coor's Field
PNC
Seattle's stadium (can't remember the name)


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bizarro-low_light79 wrote:
SkyDome/Rogers Centre - Toronto
Olympic Stadium - Montreal


I would have loved to go to Olympic Stadium and I don't know why. I guess it just looked cool from the outside.


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Shea
Yankee Stad.
Fenway
Wrigley
Comiskey (old)
Jack Murphy Stadium (San Diego)
Pittsburgh- Three Rivers and PNC
Camden Yards (opening night)

My favorite because of the team is Shea. (Huge Mets fan) My favorite stadium for the actual stadium is Wrigley in the afternoon. Great place, great fans.


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glorifiedG in AZ wrote:
bizarro-low_light79 wrote:
SkyDome/Rogers Centre - Toronto
Olympic Stadium - Montreal


I would have loved to go to Olympic Stadium and I don't know why. I guess it just looked cool from the outside.

there was like 5000 people there, needless to say our seats were great :lol:

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Yankee Stadium

Shea Stadium - i love this place. too much hatred for ol' Shea

Camden Yards: like RT said, its worth the hype.

Fenway

Skydome

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Tiger Stadium, Detroit:
Best place to actually watch a game. Sure, it was cramped, the concourses were crowded and the neighborhood sucks...but you were SO close to the action and the sound there was phenomenal.

Comerica Park, Detroit:
Great concourses, great view of the city, great levels and places to stand around. Terrible place to watch a game, it's spread out way too much, you're a mile away from the field.

Wrigley, Chicago:
Perfection. Been there 4 times and each time has been fantastic for different reasons. I love this place.

Fenway, Boston:
Goddamned dump. Great experience, but the park is a dump. I sat near Pesky's Pole and my seat was pointed towards the Monster. Terribly uncomfortable, and I couldn't get a beer because I was over 21 but under 25? WTF? Crowded, smelly, ugh. If I never get back to it, that's fine with me.

Coors, Denver:
Awesome all around. Not a bad thing to say about the place, but I don't remember any real highlights either. Very nice park.

Network Assoc, Oakland:
Not a bad stadium really. Generic as far as asthetics, but cheap, friendly, convenient, and good fans. Always a good time.

Candlestick, SF:
Fantastic food, oh my lord. They did a good job with atmosphere outside of the park too. I always had good seats but I could see how if you were in the OF it might be really awful. I always enjoyed going there.

Miller, Milwaukee:
Ugh. I mean, it feels like you're in a warehouse that has a ballfield in it. The sausage race is fun. And the polka. Otherwise, yuck.

Safeco, Seattle:
Modern perfection. Food, views, relatively intimate, always comfortable. Best park I've been to overall, but it just can't touch the fun of Wrigley.


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Sky Dome - Toronto
Tiger Stadium - Detroit
Comerica Park - Detroit
Jacob's Field - Cleveland
Three Rivers - Pittsburgh
PNC Park - Pittsburgh
Fenway Park - Boston
Yankee Stadium - New York
Veterans Stadium - Philly
Camden Yards - Baltimore
Great American - Cincinatti
Busch Stadium (old) - St. Louis
Kauffman - Kansas City
Dodger Stadium - Los Angeles
Wrigley Field - Chicago

I'll be adding Miller Park (Milwaukee) in August.


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Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome

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I've only been to Riverfront/Cinergy Field and then the Great American Ballpark. :(

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get ready for my long list:







fenway park :|

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Fenway (It's overrated, but its home)
Yankee Stadium (wasn't all that impressed)
Camden Yards (Probably my favorite. Been four times and love it)
Miller Park (it was alright)
Oakland Coliseum (Not a great baseball facility, but i caught a foul ball)
AT&T/Pac Bell San Fran (Bee-you-tiful)
Comerica (Great people, big beers, had fun)
PNC (Awesome place to watch a game)

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