stadiums

i'm sitting here watching the giants/rockies at beautiful pac-bell park, and it gets me thinking. what are you favorite stadiums? the one you'd like to see torn down? here are mine

Likes.... 1 Kauffman Stadium.....Kansas City
2 PNC Park.....Pittsburgh
3 Pac-Bell Park.....San Francisco

Tear it down.....pretty much any of the domes, but I'll go with Tropicana field in Tampa, just because the other domes at least have some historic moments

 

I like Camden, Wrigley , BOB...brings back good memories, Fenway...

Hate Veteran's, and basically any stadium that has/had artificial turf.

 

oh yeah, how could i forget veterans. that place is just hideous.

 

I have been to the following stadiums

• Wrigley - Great but I have always caught it before the ivy turned green
• Comisky (old) - Dump
• Comisky new - Nice but scoreboard reminded me of a pinball machine
• Turner Field - Piss poor lighting couldn't read the players jerseys from outfield
• Fulton County - Launching Pad
• Veterens - Crap cookie cutter
• Memorial (Baltimore) One of my all time favorites
• Camden Yards - Prototype classic new stadium
• Fenway - a dump with history
• Shea - Nice older field with airplanes that ply over continously
• Yankee Stadium - Great ball park in crap neighborhood
• Oakland Alemeda - Nice park
• King Dome - Why would anyone go to a dome when you only have 2 months of sunshine?
• Dodger Stadium - Has to be to be of my top 2 stadiums
• Jack Murphy (Padres) great park that lets service men in for free or cheap
• Texas Rangers - See new Comisky
• Cincinnati - (old) See Veterens
• Pittsburgh - Three Rivers, see Veterens
• Metrodome (Minnesota) loudest one I have been to
• Sky Dome- Ballpark inside a mall
• Cleveland (old one) Dump going this year to the Jake

 

Pretty much says it all.

 

Stadiums I like (*-denotes ones that I've been to personally):

SKYDOME*: Had 2nd row seats behind home plate the night Cito Gaston got fired as manager . . . . I thought it would be harder to get seats that close to the action!!!!!


YANKEE STADIUM*: Saw the ugly side of the Yankees in 2000 when they lost 11-0 to Cleveland . . Didn't get to check out Monument Park because I got to the gate right as it was closing . . .


PAC BELL PARK: Would love to check out a game there some day . . .


FENWAY PARK: This loveable dump needs to be replaced . . WOuld like to see a game there from the new seats atop the Green Monster . .

Stadiums I hate-

VETERAN STADIUM: Thank goodness this dump is going to be torn down this year!!!! Barely a football stadium and never was a great ballpark (simply too big with over 60,000 seats)

OLYMPIC STADIUM*: It was cool being in a former Olympic Venue (1976 Olympics) and it was fun banging the hard plastic seats during a Expos rally, but ever since they put the permanent roof on the 'big owe' (the removable tent that was installed on there in 1987 torn too much) its a dreary place to watch baseball (ala the late Kingdome)

 

1. Fenway
2. Wrigley
3. Pac Bell

Fuck Yankee Stadium!

 

Fenway may not be the newest greatest thing out there. But I've caught a game there, and its a feeling like no other. Goosebumps I tell ya. If only those seats could tell their stories.

I too, would like to catch a game from the monster seats. I didn't care for the idea at first, but its catching on, and seems that it would be an experience like no other at a baseball game.

 

Ditto on the Fenway. Caught a game there and the old Fulton County. Enjoyed them both. Fenway moreso.

Hate the way the Metrodome looks. Tad better now that there are actually some people in the seats.

 

Olympic Stadium in Montreal is a dump. Went in 7th grade on a field trip and thought it would collapse on us. Swimming pool under the big arm is kinda cool through. the bottom is false so the depth can be changed.