Best MLB Stadiums
Another ranking of the top stadiums in baseball based off Intangibles, Food, Fan Participation, Accessibility, and Affordability.
Miller Park is ranked 9th, with great food and affordability, and a bad grade for accessibility. Rest of the NL Central has good grades, Reds 14th, Cardinals 10th, Cubs 4th, Pirates 3rd... Astros in the upper teens. Need to start working on getting to all 30 stadiums, a great goal to have!
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Kyguy922
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Citi Field is ranked #8
Though not everyone might agree
Ryan Braun: He loves it.
by SRB on Apr 16, 2009 1:27 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
I'm not sure I'd agree on their rankings
I’ve never been to Fenway when a game’s been going on, but I have sat in the seats, and the sightlines are crap and some of the remaining seats are likely to splinter your rear.
And just because fans are there doesn’t mean they give a darn about the game.
(Coors Field thirteenth? Have they actually been there? The fans they do draw who stay the whole game know their baseball and with all the bars and restaurants in LoDo—and a fairly good bring-in policy—why eat park food?)
by morineko on Apr 16, 2009 1:44 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
When I was at Fenway, the fans really did care about the game
Everyone was really into the game (not that Brewer fans aren’t). And one thing I noticed about the fans is that they cheer for every player the same. When Julio Lugo’s name was announced, it got the same reaction as David Ortiz.
But I definitely agree with you about the sightlines and the chairs. I could hardly see anything at all. And the chairs did not spring up when you got up so you had to do it yourself- which gets really annoying when the people next to you keep getting up to get beer because there’e no one walking around selling it in the stands.
"my goodness"
by BrewHaHeather on Apr 16, 2009 4:55 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Disinterested yet present fans are not necessarily a Boston problem
Isn’t that the running joke about Wrigley? I have a set of friends in MA and RI who are constantly complaining about casuals and pinkhats at Fenway, and they’re probably exaggerating for effect and irritation because it’s so hard to get tickets.
(And whenever I go to the Metrodome I always get stuck next to the guy explaining baseball to his SO. It’s even worse when he turns to women in his vicinity and tells them why their All-Star Game votes are stupid. Just because Jeter’s OPS was slightly better than Michael Young’s…but he didn’t know what OPS is.)
by morineko on Apr 16, 2009 6:37 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Accessibility is misleading
part of the mainstream media’s obsession with mass transit, etc.
Yeah, there are a million ways to get to Citi Field and nearly as many ways to get to Fenway, but (a) some of them take forever (I live ~5 miles from Citi and public transit is not much faster than walking), and (b) that doesn’t mean any of them are all that good. For instance the people who come in from the suburbs for Red Sox games either park-and-ride (again, taking forever) or pay obscene amounts for parking.
I know there are complaints about crowd control, especially leaving the Miller Park lots with big crowds, but this sort of thing way underrates the benefits of a stadium on a big footprint with lots and lots of parking.
Also, cheese.
by Jeff Sackmann on Apr 16, 2009 2:13 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Just wait until they build that high-speed rail line between Milwaukee and Minneapolis!
jeff: but i shudder to think of the bullpen analogy to sending the runner
by battlekow on Apr 16, 2009 2:17 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
When the HSR between Madison and Milwaukee is done I will make it to three times the games I do now, easily.
I will also drink a LOT more.
by warwick5s on Apr 16, 2009 10:59 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
They already have a bus.
And the High Speed Rail will not be much faster.
by tcyoung on Apr 16, 2009 11:24 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Spoken like a guy who hasn't ridden the Greyhound much
jeff: but i shudder to think of the bullpen analogy to sending the runner
by battlekow on Apr 17, 2009 1:12 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
My girlfriend lives in Madison
So I take it quite a bit. I’m also a Transportation Engineer, so I know about high speed rail.
by tcyoung on Apr 17, 2009 10:00 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Besides...
In the year I lived in Milwaukee I didn’t have any problem taking a bus from the Eastside to downtown and then the special Rt. 90’s to the ballpark, and actually found it fairly convenient. Of course I’ve used public transportation all my life, so perhaps my tolerance level is just higher.
by Zeyes on Apr 16, 2009 2:46 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
there's a good point in there, too
in NYC and a few other places, people are accustomed to using public transit, and expect it.
In most big league cities, it doesn’t matter how convenient transit is, people aren’t going to use it. Or, in Milwaukee, there are the bar shuttles, but those aren’t taken into consideration in rankings like these.
Also, cheese.
by Jeff Sackmann on Apr 16, 2009 3:10 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Most people don't know that it's way quicker to take Canal or Bluemound instead of the freeway
by tcyoung on Apr 16, 2009 4:17 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Shhhhhhh
Really Though, Bluemound is waaaaay better.
by theBrouhaha on Apr 17, 2009 8:11 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Tailgating
How the hell do you tailgate if you take a damn train? What is the fun of going to a game if you can’t tailgate because it was too difficult transport a grill, cooler and chairs on the train/bus? I might as well watch the game from home and get all of the best angles with a rewind/pause button if I can’t tailgate.
by Saberilliterate on Apr 16, 2009 3:47 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
At the risk of stating the obvious...
I hear there are people who find live baseball a convincing enough reason all on its own.
by Zeyes on Apr 16, 2009 5:01 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Wrigley was 4th
So the fan experience of the stadium crumbling around you and troughs for toilets is so unique and an awesome that it is ranked 4th. The list has lost all credibility.
by Saberilliterate on Apr 16, 2009 3:54 PM CDT reply actions 1 recs
first thing i thought
also accessibility as an A? did anyone at forbes ever see the snafu of navigating around wrigleyville?
by sowingwildoats on Apr 20, 2009 12:18 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Just curious...
How many stadiums have people been to? I know I haven’t been to alot, only with my putrid 4, but does anyone have a goal to visit each stadium?
The designated hitter rule is like letting someone else take Wilt Chamberlain's free throws.
by Kyguy922 on Apr 17, 2009 10:19 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs
me me me
For years when I was a kid, my dad and I took summer trips to see as many parks as possible. Roughly 1990-95. I’ve kept at it, so given the 20-year timespan, I’ve been to a lot of old and new parks.
I just did the tally for the first time in a while, and it looks like I’ve been to 40. Will be 42 in a week since I’m going to Citi tomorrow and New Yankee on Wednesday. Never been to games in Tampa/St. Pete or Phoenix, and haven’t been to the current stadium in Detroit, Atlanta, St. Louis, Pittsburgh, and San Fran. Might be knocking out Detroit and Pitt this summer though.
Also, cheese.
by Jeff Sackmann on Apr 17, 2009 3:14 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
PNC is great, one of my favorite stadiums for sure and Pirate fans are pretty awesome. I think I’ve been to like 8 different stadiums. I thought that Fenway was kind of cool but not great stadium. Camden Yards is really awesome though.
by Trent Durrington on Apr 18, 2009 10:03 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs

























