08-29-2006, 05:49 PM
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Lifetime Suspension
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: Calgary, AB
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Pac Bell Park in SF
Safeco
King Dome
The only 3 "stadiums" i've been too.
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08-29-2006, 06:06 PM
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#3
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Lifetime Suspension
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1 Mellbourne Cricket Ground
2 Saddledome
3 Parc de Princes - Paris
Wish I'd been to more - I love sports stadiums, especially older grounds and stadiums with history, I've not been a big fan of the couple newer football and baseball stadiums in the States I've visited, so so nice but a little sterile and souless. Always wanted to do a fall tour of Europe and visit a dozen or so classic soccer stadiums, fenway would be amazing to visit. Too bad all our historic stadiums in the NHL got demolished in the name of profit as I always wanted to see a game in the old forum and at old chicago stadium as well.
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08-29-2006, 06:12 PM
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Retired
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Pacific Ocean
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1. Yankee Stadium
2. Dodger Stadium
3. McMahon Stadium
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08-29-2006, 06:38 PM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: Kalispell, Montana
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Invesco Field @ Mile High
Washington-Grizzly Stadium, Missoula, MT
Koch Arena, Wichita, KS
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08-29-2006, 06:53 PM
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Lifetime Suspension
Join Date: Apr 2006
Location: Vancouver
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Taylor Field
Saddledome
Yankee Stadium
SkyDome
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08-29-2006, 07:32 PM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: Singapore
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Well like most people I haven't been to enough to be able to fairly judge. The best stadiums in my opinion are ones where you feel a part of the city you're in, which is most easily reinforced by having a view of something cool outside the stadium. So the three best I've been to are:
1. Newlands Stadium, Cape Town (how beautiful is that?)
2. Skydome, Toronto (with the roof open)
3. US Cellular Park (Comiskey Park, as it then was), Chicago
The other ones I've been to are: McMahon Stadium, Calgary; Gottlieb Daimler Stadium, Stuttgart; Telstra Stadium, Sydney. I've been outside of plenty more stadiums, but that doesn't count. Also not counting college/amateur stadia.
While not a stadium but an arena, I also love Madison Square Garden in New York. It has a sort of un-New York, dingy, retro feel to it that contrasts with the super-bright modern arenas (such as the ACC and Corel Centre/whatever-its-called-now).
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Last edited by icarus; 08-30-2006 at 05:05 AM.
Reason: To add pic of Newlands
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08-29-2006, 08:17 PM
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Crash and Bang Winger
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: Florida, USA
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NHL Arena- Saddledome
MLB Park- PNC Park or Dodger Stadium
NFL Stadium- Raymond James Stadium
NCAA Football Stadium- Doak Campbell Stadium (Florida State Seminoles)
NBA- Orlando Arena
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08-29-2006, 09:02 PM
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Threadkiller
Join Date: Oct 2003
Location: 51.0544° N, 114.0669° W
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fenway park
yankee stadium
old tiger stadium
oriole park at camden yards
winnipeg arena
maple leaf gardens
thats all ive been to besides the saddledome, and they are truly something to see
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08-29-2006, 09:20 PM
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First Line Centre
Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: London, Ontario
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Hmmmm, intersting thread....
Comerica Park (Tigers home digs)
University of Michigan (116,000 football fans? Hell ya)
Air Canada Centre is quite nice
Joe Louis
....but the Dome is the best for hockey! (wonder why?)
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08-29-2006, 09:40 PM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Oct 2003
Location: Vancouver
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I haven't been to that many..
-Saddledome for obvious reasons
-Highbury - former home of Arsenal, English Premeirship Soccer. A beautiful pitch and and close atmosphere between the players and the fans. This will change in their newer, bigger state of the art facility.
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08-29-2006, 09:41 PM
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First Line Centre
Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: London, Ontario
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Oh I forgot. I've seen a World League football game in Frankfurt. Now THAT was fun. Crazy Germans!!
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08-30-2006, 12:18 AM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Calgary, AB
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I'd rank the buildings I've seen events in like this:
Staples Center, Los Angeles
Safeco Field, Seattle
Chase Field (then Bank One Ballpark), Phoenix
Air Canada Centre, Toronto
Arrowhead Pond, Anaheim
Saddledome, Calgary
TD Waterhouse Center, Orlando
McMahon Stadium, Calgary
Skydome, Toronto
Rexall Place (then Edmonton Colesium), Edmonton
Tropicana Field, Tampa
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08-30-2006, 12:20 AM
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My face is a bum!
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^You liked ACC? I found that building to be completely bland and lifeless.
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08-30-2006, 12:32 AM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Calgary, AB
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Quote:
Originally Posted by hulkrogan
^You liked ACC? I found that building to be completely bland and lifeless.
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Except for the stupid railings in front of the seats, I thought it was a nice building. I went to a Rock game, so the atmosphere was probably quite a bit different than a Leafs game.
Skydome was bland and boring. Rexall was a hole and even it was better than the disaster that is Tropicana Field. I can't imagine what it would have been like to watch a hockey game there.
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08-30-2006, 05:31 AM
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Scoring Winger
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Saddledome
Bell Centre
HSBC (which is really nice, surprisingly)
Soccer: Stamford Bridge (Cheelsea FC in London)
Football: Seahawks Stadium.
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08-30-2006, 06:12 AM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: May 2002
Location: Virginia
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Fenway Park is my favorite.
Skydome is the worst. That stadium sure didn't stand the test of time. I preferred the Big O to it, even. Probably a big reason people stopped going to Jays games. No one wants to spend a nice summer afternoon/evening there.
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08-30-2006, 06:26 AM
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Lifetime Suspension
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: CP House of Ill Repute
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Quote:
Originally Posted by hulkrogan
^You liked ACC? I found that building to be completely bland and lifeless.
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I thought it was a nice building..... for basketball. The sightlines for hockey are probably the worst of the new buildings I've been in. Maybe the Staples Centre is as bad but Staples Centre is a far more impressive building.
I thought the Arrowhead Pond, or whatever they're calling it now, was a far better building for hockey then either the ACC or Staples Centre.
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08-30-2006, 07:09 AM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: Singapore
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Quote:
Originally Posted by nfotiu
Skydome is the worst. That stadium sure didn't stand the test of time. I preferred the Big O to it, even. Probably a big reason people stopped going to Jays games. No one wants to spend a nice summer afternoon/evening there.
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I would gladly spend a nice summer afternoon/evening at the Skydome, with the roof open, staring up at the CN Tower and a warm breeze filtering through. There are few better things to do in Toronto than that.
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