Stadiums thread

[Chet Lemon]

Couldn’t immediately find one of these, so my ADHD kicked in and I started one!

Got to KC this week, my 13th active MLB ballparks:

Chicago N.L.
Chicago A.L.
Milwaukee
St. Louis
D.C.
Colorado
San Diego
Pittsburgh
Cincinnati
Boston
Detroit
Cleveland
Kansas City

Defunct:

Oakland
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Chicago A.L.
Chicago N.L. pre-lights!
Cincinnati

Curious to see others’ lists, in any sport.

 

[DanOregon]

Football and Baseball
Oakland Coliseum
Seattle Kingdome
Football Only
Pre-Reno Soldier Field
LA Coliseum (for a USC/Cal game)
Sun Devil Stadium (for a Bengals/Cardinals game)
Baseball Only
Candlestick
Where the Giants play now (I can't keep up with the changing sponsors)
Wrigley
White Sox stadium (see above)
Old Yankee Stadium
Pre-seats on the Monster Fenway Park
Where the Mariners play today

The Bucket List: Lambeau, Ann Arbor, the Horseshoe, ND and a night game at LSU. Dodger Stadium, Petco and PNC Park.

 

[Woody Long's Twin Brother]

I've been everywhere in MLB save for San Diego, LA, Anaheim, Minnesota, and Houston.

In the NHL, I've been to NYR, NYI (old, new, and Barclay's), NJD (old/new), Montreal, Ottawa, Toronto, Buffalo, Columbus, Philly, Washington, Carolina, Tampa Bay, Florida, Chicago, Boston, and St. Louis.

In SEC football, I've been to Ole Miss, Mississippi State, Auburn, Alabama, Georgia, LSU, Tennessee, Florida, and South Carolina, all before the league expanded.

I've also been to (best guestimate) 60 minor league parks, mostly on the east coast, as well as the Tokyo Dome and Osaka Dome in Japan.

 

[maumann2]

Man, my list of defunct stadiums clearly exceeds current ones by far. (And you can tell I would much rather spend money at a minor league ballpark than feed billionaire owners.)

Tiger Stadium
Astrodome
Anaheim Stadium with Big A scoreboard
Oakland Coliseum before Mount Davis
Candlestick Park
Jack Murphy Stadium
Turner Field
Riverfront Stadium

Still active:
Camden Yards original configuration
New Comiskey
Comerica original configuration
Kauffman Stadium original configuration
St. Petersburg Dome before the roof blew off
Pac Bell Park

I've also driven past Crosley Field before it was demolished and taken ground balls at Bank One Ballpark

I've been to Florida State League games in Miami, Fort Lauderdale, Pompano Beach, West Palm Beach, Vero Beach, Cocoa, Melbourne, Daytona Beach, Lakeland, Winter Haven, Baseball City, Dunedin, Clearwater, St. Pete, Tampa and Bradenton.

Random strange other sports

Saw the AFL Houston Oilers against the Boston Patriots at Rice Stadium
Saw the AFL Miami Dolphins at the Orange Bowl against the New York Jets and then AFC Baltimore Colts
Saw the Fort Lauderdale Strikers at Lockhart Stadium against the Cosmos
Saw the Tampa Bay Rowdies at Florida Field in Gainesville
Saw the Oakland Invaders inaugural home opener
NHL Los Angeles Kings at the Forum
NHL Oakland Seals at the Coliseum Arena
NHL Vancouver Canucks at the Pacific Coliseum
NHL preseason games at the Cow Palace

Have been to over 100 motorsports venues and every American Legion Post baseball field in Eastern North Carolina (like that's something of which to be proud).

 

[SixToe]

Oh, wow. Cool thread. Hmmmm…

Atlanta-Fulton County
The Omni
Benz Stadium
Turner Field
Dodger Stadium
Astrodome
Sun Devil
Cleveland (current nfl)
RFK
Tampa Bay Lightning original arena
Preds arena in Nashville
Vegas Knights arena
Houston Rockets arena (1991ish)
Riverfront in Cincy (Reds, Bengals early 90s)
Current Reds stadium
Superdome
Orlando Magic arena (early 90s)
Nashville Nissan Field
Phoenix Veterans Memorial Coliseum (IHL Roadrunners hockey)
Spring training '94 - Mariners, Cubs, Angels, A's, Brewers facilities (Mariners was new at the time)
Soldier Field
Pittsburgh Civic Arena
BJCC Arena
Charlotte Civic Arena
War Memorial, Little Rock


- USFL Bham Stallions at Legion Field
- Bama-Ole Sis in Jackson (1990?)
- Every SEC home site except Missouri, Texas, Oklahoma, Kentucky and Florida.
- Gator, Sun, Sugar, Orlando & Tampa, Music City, Peach (at A-FC) bowls
- Unsure how many other college stadiums (stadia?); probably pushing two dozen

 

[micropolitan guy]

My most extensive one is college football. Only listing places I've seen games, am not including those visited on the side:

Husky Stadium
Martin Stadium (WSU)
Kibbie Dome (Idaho)
Old Stanford Stadium
Memorial Stadium (Cal)
LA Coliseum
Rose Bowl
Sun Devil Stadium
Bank One Ballpark (Insight Bowl).
Arizona Stadium
Sun Bowl
Aggie Memorial Stadium (NMSU)
University Stadium (UNM)
War Memorial Stadium (Wyo)
Autzen Stadium
Parker/Reser Stadium
Maxwell Field (Linfield)
McCulloch Stadium (Willamette)
PGE Park/Civic Stadium (Portland State)
Stagg Stadium (UOP)
old Floyd Casey Stadium
Rynearson Stadium (EMU)
Kelly/Shorts Stadium (CMU)
Michie Stadium
Robins Stadium
Scott Stadium
City Stadium (Richmond)
Waldo Stadium (WMU)
Fouts Field (UNT)
Yunevich Stadium (Alfred)
Bulldog Stadium (Fresno)
Albertson's Stadium (Boise State)
Rice-Ecckles Stadium (Utah)
Romney/Maverick Stadium (USU)
Aloha Stadium
Sam Boyd Stadium (old UNLV)
Mackay Stadium (Nevada)
Old Dacotah Field (NDSU)
Whitney Stadium (Dickinson State)
BJC Community Bowl (Bismarck)
Herb Parker Stadium (Minot State)
Cary Stadium (W&M)
Doyt L. Perry Stadium (Bowling Green)

Stagg Stadium at UOP had an outdoor press box. Luckily it was a nice night.

My list keeps growing as I remember more places.

Hope to watch CMU-EMU at Ford Field this year and add that to my list.

I've been fortunate.

 

[Batman]

Considering how many former beat writers we have on this site, the list I could offer up feels woefully inadequate.

 

[BitterYoungMatador2]

Funny this comes up now since I went to Miller Park last weekend (American Family doesn’t pay me to use their name so I’ll call it what I want).

Baseball

Three Rivers Stadium
Oakland Coliseum (1988 pre Mt. Davis)
Cleveland municipal
Jacobs Field
Busch Stadium (cookie cutter)
Citizens Bank Park
Yankee Stadium 2.0
PNC Park
Bank One Ballpark
Camden Yards
Nationals Stadium (SJ outing 24)
Miller Park

Football
Three Rivers
Pitt stadium
Mountaineer field
Beaver Stadium
Notre Dame stadium
Memorial Stadium Clemson
Sun devil Stadium
Soldier Field (pre renovation)
Hoosier Dome (for BOA nationals)
Navy stadium
Lincoln Financial Field
Mercedes Benz Stadium
Rutgers Stadium
Bank of America stadium
Lane Stadium
Scott Stadium

Arenas
Pittsburgh Civic Arena
Richfield Coliseum
Gund arena
Veterans Memorial Coliseum Portland
Wells Fargo Center
Capital One Arena
WVU coliseum

 

[Batman]

Funny this comes up now since I went to Miller Park last weekend (American Family doesn’t pay me to use their name so I’ll call it what I want).

Love that you refuse to call it by its current corporate name, so you're defiantly sticking with its previous corporate name

 

[Driftwood]

I’ve likely been in stadiums I don’t recall.
Most of them you’ve never heard of, but they range from cathedrals to outhouses.
Spent 30 years covering DII football. I’ve been from Elizabeth City, NC to St Joe, Mo., from Jacksonville to Fargo, and from coal country to the Mississippi Delta.

 

[I Should Coco]

Let’s start with some former ones:
Comiskey Park
Busch Stadium
County Stadium
Tiger Stadium
The Metrodome (Gophers football)

New/Current MLB:
Rate Field
Wrigley Field
Miller Park
Comerica Park
Coors Field
BOB (Diamondbacks)
Safeco Field
Angels Stadium

Realistic bucket list:
Oracle Park
Dodgers Stadium
Target Field

 

[ChrisLong]

This could take some time and head-banging:
NL -- In the early '80s, all of them. Phoenix, both in SF. L.A. Coliseum. Not including minor league or spring training stadiums.
AL -- Anaheim (plus Wrigley in L.A.), NYY, Cleveland, Oakland.
NFL -- L.A. Coliseum and Anaheim, Oakland, Kezar.
College football -- All of the old Pac-10, Rose Bowl, L.A. Coliseum, Qualcomm San Diego, Jerry World, Tennessee, Michigan, Nebraska, BYU, El Paso, Aloha (RIP), Cotton.
NHL -- Pretty confusing with old and new. Buffalo, Montreal, Pittsburgh, Philadelphia, Boston, Washington, Detroit (Olympia and Joe Louis), NYR, NYI, NJD, Toronto, Colorado, Minnesota, Vegas, Anaheim, L.A. (Forum and Crypto), St. Louis (Kiel), San Jose, Chicago, Vancouver, SF (Cow Palace), Hartford (and Springfield), Atlanta, Quebec City.
NBA -- L.A. (Forum, Sports Arena, Crypto, Anaheim Convention Center), Utah.

Assorted others, mostly from college basketball -- UCLA, USC (Sports Arena), Syracuse, Oklahoma City, Wichita, Arizona State, Arizona, Atlanta (Omni), Houston, Utah (Huntsman).

 

[Driftwood]

Considering where I am from, the most unlikely places I’ve seen sports is a minor league hockey game in Bellingham, Wash. and a soccer match in Arnhem, Netherlands.

 

[Jake from State Farm]

Tiger Stadium
Comerica Park
Skydome
Fenway Park
Yankee Stadium
Wrigley Field
Guaranteed Rate Field or whatever they call it now
Comiskey Park
Petco Park
Tropicana Field
Silverdome
Ford Field
Soldier Field
Rich Stadium
Lambeau Field
Meadowlands
Tampa Stadium
Orange Bowl
Gator Bowl or whatever they call it now
Fulton County Stadium
Superdome
Tiger Stadium (LSU)
Jordan Hare Stadium
Doak Campbell Stadium
Michigan Stadium
Spartan Stadium
Notre Dame Stadium
Ohio Stadium
Ben Hill Griffin Stadium
Olympia
Joe Louis Arena
Cobo Arena
Palace
Little Caesars Arena
O’Connell Center
Breslin Center
Crisler Center

 

[Bubbler]

MLB
Current: Milwaukee, Minnesota, both Chicagos, St. Louis, Kansas City, Colorado, Anaheim, Cincinnati, Cleveland, Pittsburgh, Baltimore, Detroit
Former: Olympic Stadium, Yankee Stadium, Three Rivers, Cleveland Stadium, Riverfront, Tiger Stadium, County Stadium, Metrodome, Busch Stadium, Arlington Stadium
NFL
Current: Indianapolis, Green Bay, Pittsburgh, Miami
Former: Metrodome, Silverdome, Cleveland Stadium, Hoosier Dome, Edward Jones Dome, County Stadium, Memorial Stadium, Champaign.
NBA
Current for NBA: Indiana, Cleveland, Chicago, Orlando
Current for CBB: Detroit, Atlanta, New York, Minnesota.
Former: Milwaukee Arena, Bradley Center, Market Square Arena, Brendan Byrne Arena, Reunion Arena
Former for CBB: KC Municipal Auditorium, Omaha Civic Auditorium, Indiana Coliseum, Freedom Hall
NHL
Current: Minnesota, St. Louis
Current for CBB: Buffalo, New York.
College football
Indiana, Purdue, Notre Dame, Illinois, Michigan State, Minnesota, UCLA, Penn State, Northwestern, Tennessee, Texas Tech, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisville, Cincinnati, Ball State, Eastern Michigan, Kent State, Northern Illinois, Liberty, numerous FCS stadia.
College basketball (moving vaguely east to west)
UConn, Siena (as NCAA Tournament site), Iona, Coastal Carolina, College of Charleston, Vanderbilt, Belmont, MTSU, Morehead State, Kentucky, Louisville (two sites), Western Kentucky, Murray State, Ohio State, Toledo, Miami of Ohio, Dayton, Wright State, Xavier, Cincinnati, Michigan, Michigan State, Western Michigan, Indiana, Purdue, Butler, Indiana State, Ball State, Valparaiso, Notre Dame, Fort Wayne, Evansville, IU Indianapolis, Illinois, Northwestern, Bradley, Illinois State, Southern Illinois, Loyola, Eastern Illinois, Northern Illinois, Wisconsin, Green Bay (two different sites), Iowa, Northern Iowa, Drake, Saint Louis, Missouri State, UMKC, Arkansas, Arkansas State, LSU, Tulane, Louisiana-Monroe, North Dakota State, Creighton, Nebraska, Kansas, Wichita State, Oral Roberts, TCU, North Texas, Wyoming, Utah State, San Jose State, UCLA, Hawaii, Alaska-Anchorage. Might be a few I missed.
Neutral sites not already mentioned: St. Thomas, DisneyWorld, Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines, Orleans Arena, Vegas, MGM Grand Arena, Vegas.

 

[BTExpress]

I have nothing of substance to offer. So I'll just say that I hope everyone who visited Neyland enjoyed it and was treated well.

 

[wicked]

Fenway
Yankee Stadium II (RIP)
New Yankee Stadium (albeit college football)
Skydome
Progressive Field
T-Mobile Park
Citi Field
The Vet (RIP, baseball)
Citizens Bank Park
RFK I (RIP, baseball)
Nationals Park
Turner Field (RIP)
PNC Park
Dodger Stadium

Old Garden
New Garden
The Mall (aka Hartford Civic Center) (Peter Karmanos, may he rot in hell)
Capital One Arena

Gillette Stadium
Foxboro Stadium (RIP)
Silverdome (RIP)

Beaver Stadium
Alumni Field (BC)

 

[Chet Lemon]

My football stadiums are a little all over the place because I covered Notre Dsme, being an independent, but went to a D3 college:

Notre Dame
Michigan
Purdue
Indiana
Franklin College (D3 alma mater)
Michigan State
Hanover (D3)
Wabash (D3)
Mount St. Joseph (D3)
Heinz (Steelers)
Soldier Field old
Soldier Field (new)
Indianapolis (old)
Indianapolis (new)
U, Washington
Superdome
Sun Devil Stadium
Aloha Stadium
Rose Bowl
L.A. Coliseum
Old Northwestern
Manchester (D3)
DePauw (D3)
Penn State
UNC
old Stanford
Georgia Tech
San Antonio Alamo Dome
Boston College
Baltimore
Air Force

 

[Michael_ Gee]

Long list here, mostly a function of being old. Some were for baseball and football, will only list once.
Baseball
Fenway
original Yankee Stadium
Yankee Stadium 2
Shea Stadium
Connie Mack Stadium
The Vet
Citizens Bank Park
Memorial Stadium
Camden Yards
Griffith Stadium
RFK Stadium
Three Rivers
Municipal Stadium Cleveland
Whatever Sponsor Cleveland Has Now Park
Wrigley
old Comiskey
New Comiskey
County Stadium
Metrodome
Astrodome
original Rangers place
Candlestick
Dodger Stadium
Kingdome
new Seattle place
NFL
Foxboro Stadium
Gillette
Rich Stadium (Buffalo)
both Indy domes
Orange Bowl
Hard Rock
Fulton County
Georgia Dome
Superdome
Cowboys stadium before Jerry's Place
Mile High, old and new
LA Coliseum
The Vet
The Linc
Meadowlands
Gator Bowl (old and new)
FedEx Field
Ravens place

You know what, I'm gonna stop there. It's getting embarrassing how many names of these places I've forgotten. No offense to the college stadia, NBA and NHL arenas I have visited.

 

[Driftwood]

I have nothing of substance to offer. So I'll just say that I hope everyone who visited Neyland enjoyed it and was treated well.

Don't forget the troughs. I. hope they enjoyed the troughs.