In baseball (I’ve been lucky enough to see all venues) you are going to see a ballpark and each is unique in its own way relative to the rest of the league.
My favorites are SF, Pitt and the Cubs. But Arizona (maybe because their club behind home is cool and the pool looks fun) and San Diego are pretty cool too. Baltimore gets credit because it was the first of this generation of terrific open stadiums that dramatically improved and revolutionized the fan experience (think about all the AstroTurf enclosed dumps in philly, Cincy, Pitt etc ahead of it)
Football on the other hand outside of Jerry World, which is a remarkable and special place - they all look and feel the same. I’ve seen New Orleans listed plenty above - the dome itself is a stale, claustrophobic, smelly dump. You go on a football weekend to see the destination city and tailgate and it’s much broader than the game itself.
So Dallas, Tampa and Miami I think top my list but outside of Dallas I’ve never been wowed by a fan atmosphere or venue.
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In baseball (I’ve been lucky enough to see all venues) you are going to see a ballpark and each is unique in its own way relative to the rest of the league.
My favorites are SF, Pitt and the Cubs. But Arizona (maybe because their club behind home is cool and the pool looks fun) and San Diego are pretty cool too. Baltimore gets credit because it was the first of this generation of terrific open stadiums that dramatically improved and revolutionized the fan experience (think about all the AstroTurf enclosed dumps in philly, Cincy, Pitt etc ahead of it)
Football on the other hand outside of Jerry World, which is a remarkable and special place - they all look and feel the same. I’ve seen New Orleans listed plenty above - the dome itself is a stale, claustrophobic, smelly dump. You go on a football weekend to see the destination city and tailgate and it’s much broader than the game itself.
So Dallas, Tampa and Miami I think top my list but outside of Dallas I’ve never been wowed by a fan atmosphere or venue.
Yeah, I'm just counting on Who Dat Nation making it a unique experience.
Someone else listed Angels Stadium, that place is kind of a dump too.
Anaheim is a complete dump. Old football stadium in the middle of a huge parking lot with the Ducks hockey rink off to right field. Atrocious.
That poster also said Miami which for a new stadium could not have been done worse. I lived in Miami for 4 years - aside from the fact that no one goes, it’s a dome with no Miami skyline, terrible food options, no entertainment other than a clevelander only adults can go to in left field, the entrances make you walk half a mile just to enter the stadium, it’s well outside the city and not easy to get to, bad traffic to get to the parking garages.... it’s easily bottom 10 in the league.
Arrowhead
AT&T (Cowboys)
Lambeau
MLB:
Dodger Stadium is the only one that comes to mind.
PNC Park/Pittsburgh
Dodger Stadium
NFL
I don't go to road games since I have never wanted to deal with the thought of a terrible loss in hostile territory but if I was going to go..
Lambeau Field
Soldier Field
Heinz Field
Dallas
Green Bay
Seattle
MLB:
Pittsburgh
San Francisco
San Diego
Heinz Field is nothing like Dallas's stadium in terms of amenities but the open end with the city view is really nice.
It's an engineering marvel.
There's not a bad seat in the place.
And it is unbelievably clean. I don't know how they keep it that clean.
Green Bay
Chicago
Atlanta
MLB
Pittsburgh
SF
Yankee Stadium(just because I haven't been to the new one yet)
Seattle
NO
MLB
Wrigley
San Fran
St. Louis
I stopped traveling to football games a long time ago so I can only speak to a few that still exist. Most of the ones I've been in are awful.
Dallas, Atlanta and MN seem to be the best of what's relatively new.
MLB:
Wrigley
Busch
Oracle
Honorable mention: lived in LA two baseball seasons but haven't made a Dodger game yet
NFL:
Arrowhead
Superdome
Lambeau
My favorites are SF, Pitt and the Cubs. But Arizona (maybe because their club behind home is cool and the pool looks fun) and San Diego are pretty cool too. Baltimore gets credit because it was the first of this generation of terrific open stadiums that dramatically improved and revolutionized the fan experience (think about all the AstroTurf enclosed dumps in philly, Cincy, Pitt etc ahead of it)
Football on the other hand outside of Jerry World, which is a remarkable and special place - they all look and feel the same. I’ve seen New Orleans listed plenty above - the dome itself is a stale, claustrophobic, smelly dump. You go on a football weekend to see the destination city and tailgate and it’s much broader than the game itself.
So Dallas, Tampa and Miami I think top my list but outside of Dallas I’ve never been wowed by a fan atmosphere or venue.
My favorites are SF, Pitt and the Cubs. But Arizona (maybe because their club behind home is cool and the pool looks fun) and San Diego are pretty cool too. Baltimore gets credit because it was the first of this generation of terrific open stadiums that dramatically improved and revolutionized the fan experience (think about all the AstroTurf enclosed dumps in philly, Cincy, Pitt etc ahead of it)
Football on the other hand outside of Jerry World, which is a remarkable and special place - they all look and feel the same. I’ve seen New Orleans listed plenty above - the dome itself is a stale, claustrophobic, smelly dump. You go on a football weekend to see the destination city and tailgate and it’s much broader than the game itself.
So Dallas, Tampa and Miami I think top my list but outside of Dallas I’ve never been wowed by a fan atmosphere or venue.
Yeah, I'm just counting on Who Dat Nation making it a unique experience.
Someone else listed Angels Stadium, that place is kind of a dump too.
That poster also said Miami which for a new stadium could not have been done worse. I lived in Miami for 4 years - aside from the fact that no one goes, it’s a dome with no Miami skyline, terrible food options, no entertainment other than a clevelander only adults can go to in left field, the entrances make you walk half a mile just to enter the stadium, it’s well outside the city and not easy to get to, bad traffic to get to the parking garages.... it’s easily bottom 10 in the league.
Odd
Dallas
Green Bay
Atlanta
MLB:
Wrigley
San Francisco
Arizona
Been to Camden Yards a lot. Been to Fenway but would love to sit in the Green Monster seats. Have not seen the new Yankee Stadium, yet.