Visiting Major League ballparks

[btharner]

Memorial Stadium
Three Rivers
RFK

Enjoyed my trip to Pittsburgh the best if only because the late Vince Lascheid was the best organist in baseball IMO

 

[salsadancer7]

Unfortunately we'll never share that experience ever again. :river Anyway, as much as I like some of the newer stadiums they are sure starting to look and feel an awful lot alike. Camden Yards was unique, but having a dozen Camden-like Yards around the league is getting old fast. At least they are a HUGE improvement over the former stadiums (I wouldn't call them ballparks) in Cincinnati, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh and Minnesota just to name a few.

I think the new stadium for the Marlins will be VERY unique. One of the things I am very excited about is that it sitting in the site where the old Orange Bowl use to be, they are going to create a museum of all the Orange Bowl memories from sporting events to concerts.

 

[wyattg]

Oakland Coliseum (A's)
Candelstick (Old Giants)
Pacbell/SBC/AT&T Park (Giants"
PetCo (Padres)
Qualcomm (Old Padres)
Dodger Stadium
RFK (Old Nationals)

That makes 7 oops, marked as 6, can this get changed on the Poll?

 

[hankb11]

I have been to three


Fenway Park
Safeco Field
AT&T Park

 

[satjay]

Tiger Stadium
Old Busch Stadium
Comerica Park

 

[hwkn]

Wrigley/US Cellular/the old Comiskey/Miller Park/County Stadium

 

[Mr Tony]

Ice please change my vote to 4-6, just remembered Riverfront, I was probably 6 at the time so its very vague.

That makes 7 oops, marked as 6, can this get changed on the Poll?

fixed both of them

 

[mogera]

In the past year or so 6.
Yankee Stadium
Citi Field
Dodger Stadium
Petco Park
Angel Stadium
Camden Yards

 

[Jimmy 440]

I've seen them all except each and very one except Boston,Minneapolis and Cleveland.

 

[riffjim4069]

I got to see a number of stadiums since I was stationed in the service for 20+ years and moving about. Moreover, my great uncle took me on a few road trips throughout the midwest when I was a kid (Cleveland, Chicago, Milwaukee, Minnesota, Cinci, Pittsburgh, etc.) Additionally, me and a fellow baseball buddy went on an "intensity in ten cities" baseball tour when we were 17 (1980). We had planned to visit all 26 or whatever number of ballparks there were back then but gas, tickets, food and lodging added up quickly...moreso since we ditched our plan to sleep in a 1972 Mercury Marquis. Anyway, I am always surprised to learn that very few people have seen as many ballparks as I have...it just seems like a natural part of growing-up.

 

[Ira Lacher]

(Old-old) Yankee Stadium (pre-1976 reopening)
Old Yankee Stadium (1976 reopening)
Shea Stadium
Tiger Stadium
Three Rivers Stadium
Riverfront Stadium
Kauffman Stadium
Old Busch Stadium (pre-2008 new park)
Wrigley Field
Old Comiskey Park
New Comiskey/US Cellular Field
Milwaukee County Stadium
Metrodome
Joe Robbie Stadium (Marlins)

 

[atl14dat]

American League Parks

Fenway Park
Yankee Stadium(OLD)
SkyDome
Camden Yards
Comerica Park
Safeco Field


National League Parks
Turner Field
Citi Field
Wrigley Field
Miller Park
PNC Park
Coors Field
Dodger Stadium
PAC Bell Park


Couple of Old stadiums not in use or demolished now

County Park(Brewers
Fulton County Stadium(Braves)
Jarry Park(Expos)
Shea Stadium(Mets)
Candlestick Park(Giants)



Top 5 -One man's opinion
No particular order

PAC Bell
PNC Park
Wrigley Field
Fenway Park
Dodger Stadium/Safeco Park- TIE

 

[Claude Greiner]

Well I have been to 4...

Wrigley Field
Tiger Stadium
Comerica Park
Coors Field

Tiger Stadium by far was the best.

The only good thing about Comerica Park is that I got season Tickets in the Tiger Den with extra wide padded seats in a covered area, and it does make it enjoyable to watch a game. Other than that everything else about the place sucks.

 

[pro96]

Obliviously both local parks, Dodgers and Angels,

Did a family trip to Chicago, Milwaukee and across lake Michigan to Detroit and visited:
Wrigley Field (1982) Liked this one, was a great mid afternoon game
Old Brewer Stadium (1982) not really impressed with this place.
Old Detroit Stadium (1982) watta dump it was, not impressed.

Old Yankee Stadium (1996) vs the Atlanta Braves in the WS.. old and stinky stadium, and located in the Ghetto of NY .. yuk

Rangers Ballpark in Arlington (2007, 2008) kinda cool stadium but wayy too hot

That's it.

 

[Ramy]

1. Riverfront Stadium/Cinergy Field
2. Great American Ballpark
3. Wrigley Field
4. Astrodome
5. Minute Maid Park
6. New Busch Stadium

 

[Ramy]

Fenway Park (a thousand or so times)

Old Yankee Stadium (after the mid 70's remodel)............so happy I got to see it before they turned the lights out :up

Camden Yards

Old Comiskey Park

Wrigley Field

SkyDome


There are several more that I want to see, here is my top 5:

1. Pittsburgh- my favorite ballpark on TV

2. San Francisco- right behind Pittsburgh, IMO

3. New Yankee Stadium

4. Cleveland

5. Citi Field

BTW, great topic!!!

You need to see Great American Ballpark too.

 

[stmcld]

Astrodome
Wrigley Field
Cominsky Park
Old and New Busch Stadium
Riverfront Stadium and The Great American Ball Park
Fulton County Stadium and Turner Field
Tiger Stadium
Fenway Park

Favorite is probably Wrigley but I did love the old Tiger Stadium, just hated where it was located. Of the new stadiums, Great American Ballpark is beautiful, better than the new Busch in my opinion. Least favorite was Fulton County Stadium. It, RiverFront, Busch, and Three Rivers were basically the same. Cookie cutter stadiums they were called.

 

[hancox]

Actually, I need to go from 1-3 to 4-6 too - counted Shea and Citi as same

Fenway
"the old new" Yankee Stadium ("old Yankee stadium" died in the 70's)
Shea
Citi Field

Love going to Fenway, even though I'm a Mets fan.

 

[Ramy]

Favorite is probably Wrigley but I did love the old Tiger Stadium, just hated where it was located. Of the new stadiums, Great American Ballpark is beautiful, better than the new Busch in my opinion. Least favorite was Fulton County Stadium. It, RiverFront, Busch, and Three Rivers were basically the same. Cookie cutter stadiums they were called.

Don't forget Veteran's Stadium too. It was just like the other ones.

 

[Ramy]

Those of us that live near a stadium should get together and go to a game.