ltjets21 Posted May 31, 2014 Share Posted May 31, 2014 I still love the Old Shibe Park (Connie Mack Stadium) in Philly. In my mind, this is still the best looking ballpark in MLB history because of the architecture. Even with a NFL configuration, it still had great sightlines through the whole park.Posted this in the multi-purpose thread as well.Here was the view from the rooftops across the street before the Phila A's put up a large fence to block the view in 1937. That's a F load of people up there!Wow...I still can't believe the buildings are still standing even after Shibe Park was torn down.I am surprised nobody ever tried to recreate Shibe Park, one of the nicest stadiums ever. A large amount of teams kept trying to make a wannabe Ebbets Field, instead of going with something original. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhantomDreamer Posted May 31, 2014 Share Posted May 31, 2014 Thank you HOK/Populous. The new Braves' stadium looks very similar to Target Field. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
infrared41 Posted June 1, 2014 Share Posted June 1, 2014 Kinda related story, in May1998 I was driving to Windsor Canada and took a detour through Detroit because I really wanted to see Tiger Stadium. So I'm driving around, pretty much lost, then low and behold there it was. Also - it was midnight, and some no-goodnicks started approaching my car so I high tailed it out of there through multiple red lights and IIRC went straight to the tunnel to Canada. At least I think there was a tunnel.Tiger Stadium's neighborhood was no place to be in the daylight on game days, let alone at midnight with nothing going on. Good choice to get the hell out of there. You probably went through the Detroit-Windsor Tunnel. Anyway, Tiger Stadium was a great old park. On topic:Old Cleveland Stadium may have been a dump but I loved it. It really wasn't a bad place to see a baseball game. Seeing a Browns game there was a lot of fun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhantomDreamer Posted June 1, 2014 Share Posted June 1, 2014 The Navin Field Grounds Crew still maintains Tiger Stadium's field. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rockstar Matt Posted June 1, 2014 Share Posted June 1, 2014 For me, it's Texas Stadium. This is where real Cowboys football was played. Champions played here. Not the floundering 8-8's of the current Cowboys team. This was the one stadium I wished to see a Cowboys game, but alas, I was too young and too many miles away before Jerry moved the team to his palace. Cowboys - Lakers - LAFC - USMNT - LA Rams - LA Kings - NUFC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dfwabel Posted June 1, 2014 Share Posted June 1, 2014 For me, it's Texas Stadium. This is where real Cowboys football was played. Champions played here. Not the floundering 8-8's of the current Cowboys team. This was the one stadium I wished to see a Cowboys game, but alas, I was too young and too many miles away before Jerry moved the team to his palace. Sadly, the place was better and not as hot as sauna before the Crown Suites were build by Tex Schramm in 1985 which surround the upper bowl and took out about 1,500 traditional seats. In its last decade (even before the Arlington talk started), neither Jerry nor the city of Irving put much money into it. The asphalt concourse on the main level has little drainage, the restrooms were poor and the roof was weathered and never repainted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhantomDreamer Posted June 1, 2014 Share Posted June 1, 2014 Old Comiskey Park, one of the few ballparks where both Babe Ruth and Ken Griffey Jr. played. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BBTV Posted June 1, 2014 Share Posted June 1, 2014 For me, it's Texas Stadium. This is where real Cowboys football was played. Champions played here. Not the floundering 8-8's of the current Cowboys team. This was the one stadium I wished to see a Cowboys game, but alas, I was too young and too many miles away before Jerry moved the team to his palace. I don't know how it was in person, but it was horrible for TV. The lighting sucked because it was sort of a dome, so you had bizarre shadows over half the field where the cutout was, and the rest was lit with dull artificial light like in the Kingdome or Metrodome. The field looked bad just because it was turf, but for some reason it didn't look as close to natrual as the newer field turf fields look - it almost looked like the Vet's old "NexTurf" surface. I totally get nostalgia for places you grew up with (hence my username), but from an outsider's perspective,that place was pure trash. "The views expressed here are mine and do not reflect the official opinion of my employer or the organization through which the Internet was accessed." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hat Boy Posted June 1, 2014 Share Posted June 1, 2014 They didn't sell the seats in straight away center field? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raysfan12 Posted June 1, 2014 Share Posted June 1, 2014 They didn't sell the seats in straight away center field?It's like that at [insert corporate name] Stadium in Miami. Those seats are used for football. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coast2CoastAM2006 Posted June 1, 2014 Share Posted June 1, 2014 For me, it's Texas Stadium. This is where real Cowboys football was played. Champions played here. Not the floundering 8-8's of the current Cowboys team. This was the one stadium I wished to see a Cowboys game, but alas, I was too young and too many miles away before Jerry moved the team to his palace. I don't know how it was in person, but it was horrible for TV. The lighting sucked because it was sort of a dome, so you had bizarre shadows over half the field where the cutout was, and the rest was lit with dull artificial light like in the Kingdome or Metrodome. The field looked bad just because it was turf, but for some reason it didn't look as close to natrual as the newer field turf fields look - it almost looked like the Vet's old "NexTurf" surface. I totally get nostalgia for places you grew up with (hence my username), but from an outsider's perspective,that place was pure trash.I always remember it being in the opening credits of Dallas. Spoilers! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canadian_Idiot Posted June 2, 2014 Share Posted June 2, 2014 For me, it's Texas Stadium. This is where real Cowboys football was played. Champions played here. Not the floundering 8-8's of the current Cowboys team. This was the one stadium I wished to see a Cowboys game, but alas, I was too young and too many miles away before Jerry moved the team to his palace. Having attended many games there in my youth during the team's arguable "dynasty" days, I can assure you of this:You aren't missing much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rxmc89 Posted June 2, 2014 Share Posted June 2, 2014 They didn't sell the seats in straight away center field? It's like that at [insert corporate name] Stadium in Miami. Those seats are used for football.Those were the batter's eyes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raysfan12 Posted June 2, 2014 Share Posted June 2, 2014 They didn't sell the seats in straight away center field? It's like that at [insert corporate name] Stadium in Miami. Those seats are used for football.Those were the batter's eyes.Thanks, I forgot about what those are. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TBGKon Posted June 2, 2014 Share Posted June 2, 2014 Well and its not like the Indians needed those extra seats, without them I think the place sat 78,000 or so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Admiral Posted June 4, 2014 Share Posted June 4, 2014 what kind of ding-a-ling doesn't know what a batter's eye is ♫ oh yeah, board goes on, long after the thrill of postin' is gone ♫ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kramerica Industries Posted June 4, 2014 Share Posted June 4, 2014 About seven years ago or something, I had a really strong infatuation with some long-gone ballparks in baseball. In particular, Huntington Avenue Grounds (Boston Red Sox) and West Side Park (Chicago White Sox) are the two that I most recall.Huntington Avenue Grounds prior to the 1903 World Series. There was a woodshed in CF that was in play, but it was also, like, 630 feet away. If I'm recalling, there were crowd overflows and wooden rope was installed in the OF at some depth to serve as crowd control; any batted balls that went under those ropes were credited as ground-rule triples.--Some of the historic hockey facilities closed just before or barely after I had gotten into hockey, so unfortunately I have no idea was hockey atmosphere's were like at the Aud, Boston Garden, Maple Leaf Gardens, among others, and I never had a chance to watch the original 'Peggers, Whalers, or Nordiques, either.--I will say that September 21, 2008 is one of the most recent times to date that I have actually shed tears. I wish I had been able to go to Yankee Stadium before it closed. Shea Stadium closed a week later, although obviously I wouldn't have the same ties with the Mets home ballpark (but I do recall Ryan Church's bid for a game-tying HR in the 9th inning falling just short, ending the Mets playoff hopes and Shea Stadium's lifespan all at once; Carlos Beltran hit a home run in that game; Scott Olsen was the Marlins SP). I'll be interested to see which ballpark I like more once I make my eventual New York trip and check out Yankee Stadium and Citi Field. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhantomDreamer Posted June 4, 2014 Share Posted June 4, 2014 If you've been to one HOK/Populous ballpark, you've been to them all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wonderbread Posted June 4, 2014 Share Posted June 4, 2014 If you've been to one HOK/Populous ballpark, you've been to them all.you couldn't be more wrong, all the stadiums they have built have tons of differences and features that makes each stadium unique. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhantomDreamer Posted June 4, 2014 Share Posted June 4, 2014 If you've been to one HOK/Populous ballpark, you've been to them all.you couldn't be more wrong, all the stadiums they have built have tons of differences and features that makes each stadium unique.Nope. I'm right. They're pretty much the same. You bought the marketing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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