Venues You've Been To

[epper]

Taking off from the "places you'd like to go", I'd love to see all the sporting areas/stadiums/fields/tracks you've been to. Let's see who's the most well traveled!

MLB:

Rogers Centre- My home field. Many say it's already an outdated, cold, warehouse, but to me it's one of the most unique parks in baseball. Still love it.

Cleveland Municipal Stadium- A total dump when I saw the Jays play the Indians in 1992. Glad they tore it down and built...

Jacobs Field- Very, very nice park.

Busch Stadium II- A '70s cookie cutter park, but the fans and the atmosphere were great. I'd love to go back to see the new park.

Oakland Coliseum- Now talk about a cold ballpark....I was there in the mid 90's when Mount Davis was being built. Not a nice park to look at or watch a baseball game.

NFL:

Ralph Wilson Stadium- Very generic, but it's the tailgating that makes this place. Before the game its beer and bbq's as far as the eye can see. Wouldn't mind if the Bills built a new stadium closer to downtown or the waterfront, but with Buffalo's current economic state, I highly doubt it will happen. Just don't move them to Toronto!

NHL:

HSBC Arena- A very nice arena when I was there in the late '90s.

NBA:

Air Canada Centre- Great arena, easy to get to by transit (subway, train, streetcars all lead into the arena). Not a bad seat in the house.

The Palace of Auburn Hills- Just as nice as the ACC even though it's 10 years older. Fans were incredible rowdy at the Raps/Pistons playoff game I attended. Would love to go back.

Auto Racing:

Daytona Int'l Speedway- Witnessed Dale Earnhardt's death live in person. Don't wish to ever go back.

Indianapolis Motor Speedway- HUGE track. With all the infield grandstands and pagodas, it's hard to see the entire thing. But it's Indy. The grandaddy of them all. Great place.

Bristol Motor Speedway- Possibly the most fun 4 hours you'll ever have at a race. 160,000+ packed into an oversized football stadium with a racetrack in the middle. If you don't like NASCAR, I gurantee you will have a new respect for it after a night at Bristol.

Michigan Int'l Speedway- On the flip side of Bristol, Michigan is probably the most boring track on the circuit.

Lowe's Motor Speedway- Great track, great fans, LONG race (600 miles!)

Burke Lakefront Airport, Cleveland- A very unique roadcoarse in that you can see the entire track from your seat because it's so flat. Great place to watch an IndyCar race.

[JQK]

Meadowlands Arena - New Jersey Devils games

Prudential Center - Devils Draft Party 2008

Giants Stadium - Giants and Jets games

Yankee Stadium - Yankees games

Shea Stadium - Mets games

Wachovia Arena at Casey Plaza - Penguins games and several concerts

Rutgers Stadium - Rutgers vs Navy 1995

[NJTank]

Meadowlands Arena - New Jersey Devils games

Prudential Center - Devils Draft Party 2008

Giants Stadium - Giants and Jets games

Yankee Stadium - Yankees games

Shea Stadium - Mets games

Wachovia Arena at Casey Plaza - Penguins games and several concerts

Rutgers Stadium - Rutgers vs Navy 1995

You were at the draft party this year? So was I

[gingerbreadmann]

MLB

Fenway Park: numerous times. My home park. It's such a great place and atmosphere, but I have never experienced a game anywhere else so I can't compare

Oriole Park: Went there on a trip in August, we arrived too late for the Sox game but I did walk around the next day. Beautiful, beautiful stadium. Purely based on design, Fenway seems like a dump compared to it.

Nationals Park: Again, haven't seen a game but have walked around it 2 days later on the same trip. It also looks really nice but I don't like the are that it's in, tucked away at the edge of DC. Doesn't feel like a baseball 'village." Then again I live right near Fenway.

NBA

FleetCenter: I think 2003 or 4, the Celtics lost by 40 to the Pacers in the playoffs. It was alright, pretty cool to see an NBA game and the seats were comfy but it wasn't special and I'd like to go back again.

NHL

FleetCenter: This was in I think 1998 or so, I was pretty young and I can't remember much but I got to skate on the ice before the game, Johnny Bucyk and another legend were there signing autographs (obviously I was too young for that to be significant for me), and the Bruins won. It's the same place as the NBA FleetCenter, I can't remember much but I wish I was a bit older to appreciate it more.

MLS

Gillette Stadium: 3 degrees out, raining cats and dogs, and hailing peas. Typical weather. I was able to get past it and my chewy pretzel turning to ice because it was pretty cool to see a live soccer game, and they won. I can only imagine seeing a Pats game.

NCAAB

Conte Forum: Probably about 25 times for mostly women's games but any time I get to see BC basketball it's great. It's small though, and I wish there was more character. Fun times though.

Walter Brown Arena: BU Basketball sucks, and they lost, but back in 2002 it was fun cause my team played on the court at halftime. Tiny, lifeless place, but I found a nice T-Shirt in the stands that's still too big for me.

NCAAF

Alumni Stadium: Right next to Conte Forum and almost literally right down the street, I have only been here twice or 3 times but I love BC football. One time they destroyed Navy, another they beat UConn and the other, of course I had front-row seats, was the heart-crushing AWFUL loss to Syracuse in 2004 where they would have gone to the Fiesta Bowl if they had won. I still have a grudge toward f'ing Diamond Ferri. Metal benches aren't great and we need more crowd involvement but hey, it's BC football and I really, really need to go back.

NCAAH

Conte Forum: I hit up my first College Hockey game this past January. Getting throttled by UMass-Lowell is never fun but having not seen live hockey in 10 years it brought back some of the love I lost for hockey in that span. There's nothing like it. It was amazing, and of course they went on to win the championship. Not the greatest stadium, but it was awesome.

Honorable Mention

Agganis Arena: I saw the FIRST Robotics competition there in 2006, and I was really impressed by the robots and the arena. I must go to a BU-BC game there sometime and I hope BC follows this lead.

Nickerson Field: Saw the Breakers there once. They tied. Nothing special. Tiny.

Conte Forum: How about the Ringling Bros. Circus, anyone? I had never seen the circus before and it was pretty cool, even from the far upper deck.

I have also seen the Carrier Dome from literally right outside, it wasn't open, and the Louisiana Superdome from the road.

[Roger Clemente]

Centre 200 - Many many times for Cape Breton Oilers and Cape Breton Screaming Eagles games

Upcoming:

- Scotiabank Place - Ducks vs. Senators, October 24th, 2008.

- Bell Centre - Ducks vs. Canadiens, October 25th, 2008.

[rainmaker17]

NFL

Texas Stadium

Georgia Dome

Meadowlands

Reliant Stadium

Raymond James Stadium

Alamodome (Saints game after Katrina)

Orange Bowl (Super Bowl XIII)

MLB

Ballpark In Arlington

Minute Maid Park (and once when it was still Enron)

Citizens Bank Park

Yankee Stadium

NHL

American Airlines Center

Arrowhead Pond

Madison Square Garden

Tampa Bay Arena

Reunion Arena

NBA

Atlanta Omni

Reunion Arena

NCAAF

Darrell K. Royal Memorial Stadium (Austin)

Cotton Bowl

NCAAB

Frank Erwin Center (Austin)

[Dilbert]

MLB

Fenway Park- took a tour though a local college team was playing durring the tour

Rogers Centre- It may look like an outdated warehouse but its better than the outdated warehouse in Montreal

Olympic Stadium- again another tour.

Kauffman Stadium- very nice park. Great Atmosphere

Safeco Field- again another tour

Turner Field- by far one of the friendliest parks Ive been to

Great American Ball Park- Hometown park, very nice

Riverfront Stadium- again a former hometown park, it may have been a craphole but it was a craphole I learned to love

PNC Park- very nice park for a city that I really hate

Coors Field- Another tour, did not try the rocky mountain oysters

NBA-

Conseco Fieldhouse- went to the Wooden Classic (Cincinnati vs Ohio State)

Bradley Center- again didnt go to an NBA game, saw a hockey game (Admirals vs Cincinnati Mighty Ducks)

NHL

United Center- very big place

Nationwide Arena- very nice arena

Sommet Center- again another nice arena

Pepsi Center- took a tour

Bell Centre- took a tour

NFL

Riverfront Stadium- saw my only Bengals game against the Packers

Paul Brown Stadium- havent seen the Bengals there, but saw Cincinnati vs Ohio State

Georgia Dome- took a tour

Pontiac Silverdome- saw two motor city bowls

College

Nippert Stadium- Cincinnati

Ohio Stadium- Ohio State

Other

Indianapolis Motor Speedway- been to 3 Indy 500's

[jkrdevil]

MLB:

Yankee Stadium

Shea Stadium

Wrigley Field

Fenway Park

PNC Park

Veterans Stadim

Nationals Park

Camden Yards

US Cellular Field

Miller Park

Busch Stadium (the previous one)

Tropicana Field

Football (NFL and College):

Giants Stadium

Ralph Wilson Stadium

Raymond James Stadium

Veterans Stadium again (Army-Navy Game)

Byrd Stadium (Maryland).

Citrus Bowl

NHL:

Continental Airlines Arena (now known as Izod Center)

HSBC Arena

St. Pete Times Forum

Verizon Center

The Spectrum (all though that was for an old RHI Roller hockey game).

I actually have not been able to go back up to NJ and go toa game at the Prudential Center but I'm going to try to this year.

Basketball:

USF Sun Dome

Comcast Center (Maryland).

English Stadiums (I went to a bunch as part of my Study Abroad in London this summer):

Lord's Cricket Grounds

Wimbledon

White Hart Lane Stadium (Tottenham)

Fulham Stadium

Stamford Bridge

Twickenham (Rugby)

Other:

Augusta National (2002 Masters)

That's off the top of my head.

[Breakwood]

MLB

Rogers Centre - I work there

Jacobs Field - Went 4 or 5 years ago when Toronto played Cleveland

Yankees Stadium - This past labour day for Jays-Yankees

NHL

Bell Centre - Once for Habs-Capitals, and once for Habs-Panthers both about 8 years ago

NBA

Air Canada Centre - Usually go to one Raptors game a year

NFL

Ralph Wilson Stadium - Bills-Dolphins a couple years ago

Rogers Centre - Worked the Bills-Steelers preseason game

MLS

BMO Field - Season tickets, I've only missed 3 games so far

Gillete Stadium - My first ever Toronto FC match, game 2 of last season before Toronto had even played in Toronto

Giants Stadium - When Toronto played in New York last august

Crew Stadium - Season opener this year with 3000 other Toronto fans

Saputo Stadium - Not MLS, but went for the Canadian Championship match between Toronto and Montreal

I've been to a bunch of OHL and AHL arenas also.

[oddball]

Baseball - Dodger Stadium, Angel Stadium

Football - Anaheim Stadium (NFL), Jack Murphy Stadium (Holiday Bowl_

Hockey - Great Western Forum, Arrowhead Pond

Racing - Ontario Motorspeedway (last NASCAR race), Riverside International Raceway, Pomona Fairplex, and California (Auto Club) Speedway.

[FiddySicks]

NFL

Candlestick Park

Oakland Coliseum

Aloha Stadium (Pro Bowl)

Qualcomm Stadium

Raymond James Stadium (Just walked around it though)

Edward Jones Dome (Same as Ray Jay)

Super Dome (Same as the last two)

MLB

Oakland Coliseum

Pacific Bell/SBC/AT&T Park

Angels Stadium

Petco Park

Dodger Stadium

Minute Maid Park

Busch Stadium (The last one)

Tropicana Field

Yankee Stadium

NHL

HP Pavilion

Arrowhead Pond

Tampa Bay Arena (AFL Game)

NBA

The Oracle (Concert)

Arco Arena (Dump)

NCAAF

Mackey Stadium (Rugby)

NCAAB

Lawlor Events Center (UNR vs UNLV)

MLS

Home Depot Center

[Shumway]

MLB:

- Veterans Stadium

- Citizens Bank Park

- Three Rivers Stadium

- PNC Park(I didn't see a game there...I walked around in it though)

- Memorial Park (Baltimore)

- Oriole Park at Camden Yards

NCAA Football:

- Three Rivers Stadium

- Heinz Field

- Beaver Stadium (Penn State)

NHL/AHL:

- The Spectrum

- Corestates/First Union/Wachovia Center

- Giant Center (Hershey, PA)

NCAA Basketball

- Peterson Events Center (Pitt)

[Don]

NHL

USAir Arena

Verizon Center

Pepsi Center (Denver)

Bank Atlantic Center

MLB

Camden Yards

RFK Stadium

Nationals Park

Coors Field

Citizens Bank Park

NFL

Invesco Field at Mile High (work christmas party)

[arr1023]

i went to shea stadium a couple of years back...

and ill be the first to admit i went to an actual WNBA game at the mohegan sun since the connecticut sun play in that arena that is a 15 minute drive from home

[tp49]

MLB

Shea Stadium

Yankee Stadium

Veterans Stadium

Oriole Park

Olympic Stadium

Fenway Park

Tropicana Field (by far the worst stadium I've ever been to)

Candlestick Park

Pac Bell Park

Oakland Coliseum

Dodger Stadium

Anaheim Stadium

Petco Park

Safeco Field

Chase Field

Wrigley Field

New Comiskey Park

Miller Park

NHL

Nassau Coliseum

Madison Square Garden

Brendan Byrne Arena

Boston Garden

Capital Center

San Jose Arena

Hartford Civic Center

Centre Bell (Tour only)

NBA

Arco Arena

Oakland Arena

Madison Square Garden

Brendan Byrne Arena

NFL

Giants Stadium

Candlestick Park

Louisiana Superdome

Oakland Coliseum

Quest Field (tour only)

NCAAF

Legoin Field

Bryant-Denny Stadium

Neyland Stadium

Rose Bowl

MiLB

Raley Field

Hoover Metropolitan

Long Island

NASCAR

Talladega

[Seadragon76]

NFL:

Kingdome (Seattle) - Went to a preseason game against the 49ers when I was a kid. It's loud, cavernous and horrible. By the time halftime came around, my father and I left cause it was a beatdown.

MLB:

Tiger Stadium (Detroit) - Saw the Tigers play Kansas City. It's a nice old place and I'm sad to hear it'll be torn down.

Rogers Centre (Toronto) - Toured it

NCAA Hockey:

Omaha Civic Auditorium (Omaha) - Saw a UNO Mavericks game two years ago at the Auditorium with my younger brother. A lot of fun to watch as well.

[PeytonManningRocks]

Here's all of them, including a few that I just went on tours in:

MLB

Dodger

Angel

McAfee

AT&T

Petco

Chase

Busch I

Miller

US Cellular

Wrigley

Great American

Progressive

Fenway

Yankee (old one)

Camden Yards

Tropicana

Turner

NBA

Staples (Clippers game)

TD Banknorth (stadium tour)

Conseco (stadium tour)

NHL

Staples (Kings game)

NFL

Raymond James

RCA Dome (tour)

Georgia Dome (tour)

M&T Bank (tour)

[dfwabel]

There was a thread about ticket stubs about two years ago, so you can see some of where I have been before. Today, it is easier to say where I have not been too (sorry):

NFL: Every current stadium, except:

Paul Brown

Lambeau Field

Heinz Field

Gillette Stadium

Bank of America Stadium

Invesco Field

Ford Field

University of Phoenix Stadium

"New" Soldier Field

MLB:

Petco Park

Coors Field

Great American Ballpark

Former/current Yankee

Former/current Mets

NHL/NBA:

Pepsi Center

ARCO Arena

Jobing.com Arena

MSG

SBC Center

GM Place

Nationwide Arena

[LMU]

NBA/NHL:

Great Western Forum

LA Memorial Sports Arena

Staples Center

Honda Center/Arrowhead Pond

MLB:

Dodger Stadium

Anaheim Stadium/Edison Field/Angel Stadium

Oriole Park at Camden Yards

NCAA-F:

LA Memorial Coliseum

Rose Bowl

NCFA-B:

Gersten Pavilion

Pauley Pavilion

LA Memorial Sports Arena

Galen Center

Jenny Craig Pavilion

Firestone Fieldhouse

Leavey Center

Chiles Center

McCarthy Athletic Center

MLS:

Home Depot Center

Olympic Venues:

Panathinaiko Stadium, Athens (site of 1896 Olympics, 2004 archery/marathon events)

Ancient Venues:

Roman Coliseum

[JayJaxon]

MLB:

Atlanta Fulton County Stadium: I went to my first ever baseball game here when i was a kid.

Turner Field: The home of my Atlanta Braves. Still one of my favorites.

Minute Maid Park: Watched the Astros beat up on the Pirates in 2006.

Petco Park: Watched the Padres beat my Braves in the middle game of a 3 game set in 2007

Dodger Stadium: Loved going here. Can't wait to go back.

Angels Stadium: Great ballpark, great crowd.

Qualcomm Stadium: I like Petco a lot better.

Busch Stadium: The new one. Very nice park

Coors Field: Went during the last two games of the NLCS. I loved it there.

NCAA:

Doak Campbell Stadium: Watched the FSU vs. Florida game.

Ben Hill Griffin Stadium: Same game, just in the Swamp.