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Put the teams aside, and look at the MLB Stadiums in the playoffs this year...

You have the two oldest; Wrigley Field in Chicago, built in 1914, opened in 1915 and Fenway Park in Boston, built in 1911 and opened in 1912...

You have Chavez Revine (or Dodgers Stadium) which is the third oldest park in the MLB, opening in 1962...

Then you have the newer (a relative term) parks...

Progressive Field, home of the Cleveland Indians, opened in 1994
Chase Field, home of the Arizona Diamondbacks, opened in 1998
Minute Maid Park, home of the Houston Astros, opened in 2000
Nationals Park, home of the Washington Nats, opened in 2008
Yankee Stadium, home of the New York Yankees, opened in 2009

I’ve been to three of them (Fenway Park, Wrigley Field, and Nationals Park)...and while Nats Park is a very nice place, the two oldest are definitely my favorites...

What are your thoughts on these Stadiums?

How many of them have you been in?

Been to Doh-yers Stadium, Wrigley Gum Stadium, Chase Field.

I've been to Wrigley, Fenway, and Progressive. I've been to the two previous editions of Yankee Stadium, but not this current one.

The Nats' stadium looks somewhat bland to me from TV. I see nothing special about it. And never had a desire to go and watch pitchers bat because of it.

I've been to Progressive. Almost went to Nationals Park once.

Col Hogan wrote:Put the teams aside, and look at the MLB Stadiums in the playoffs this year...

You have the two oldest; Wrigley Field in Chicago, built in 1914, opened in 1915 and Fenway Park in Boston, built in 1911 and opened in 1912...

You have Chavez Revine (or Dodgers Stadium) which is the third oldest park in the MLB, opening in 1962...

Then you have the newer (a relative term) parks...

Progressive Field, home of the Cleveland Indians, opened in 1994
Chase Field, home of the Arizona Diamondbacks, opened in 1998
Minute Maid Park, home of the Houston Astros, opened in 2000
Nationals Park, home of the Washington Nats, opened in 2008
Yankee Stadium, home of the New York Yankees, opened in 2009

I’ve been to three of them (Fenway Park, Wrigley Field, and Nationals Park)...and while Nats Park is a very nice place, the two oldest are definitely my favorites...

What are your thoughts on these Stadiums?

How many of them have you been in?

I've been to 5 of them.
Nat's Park is fine. Nothing special about it. Has some good food/beer options and nice sight lines for the most part. Doesn't have the good feel of the retro parks though like Camden Yards, San Fran or Pittsburgh (my favorite stadium).

bandl wrote:

Col Hogan wrote:Put the teams aside, and look at the MLB Stadiums in the playoffs this year...

You have the two oldest; Wrigley Field in Chicago, built in 1914, opened in 1915 and Fenway Park in Boston, built in 1911 and opened in 1912...

You have Chavez Revine (or Dodgers Stadium) which is the third oldest park in the MLB, opening in 1962...

Then you have the newer (a relative term) parks...

Progressive Field, home of the Cleveland Indians, opened in 1994
Chase Field, home of the Arizona Diamondbacks, opened in 1998
Minute Maid Park, home of the Houston Astros, opened in 2000
Nationals Park, home of the Washington Nats, opened in 2008
Yankee Stadium, home of the New York Yankees, opened in 2009

I’ve been to three of them (Fenway Park, Wrigley Field, and Nationals Park)...and while Nats Park is a very nice place, the two oldest are definitely my favorites...

What are your thoughts on these Stadiums?

How many of them have you been in?

I've been to 5 of them.
Nat's Park is fine. Nothing special about it. Has some good food/beer options and nice sight lines for the most part. Doesn't have the good feel of the retro parks though like Camden Yards, San Fran or Pittsburgh (my favorite stadium).

You like Pittsburgh better than San Fran? Man....I better get there then...because I've never been in ANY stadium that had the views San Fran's has...

AZGrizFan wrote:

bandl wrote: I've been to 5 of them.
Nat's Park is fine. Nothing special about it. Has some good food/beer options and nice sight lines for the most part. Doesn't have the good feel of the retro parks though like Camden Yards, San Fran or Pittsburgh (my favorite stadium).

You like Pittsburgh better than San Fran? Man....I better get there then...because I've never been in ANY stadium that had the views San Fran's has...

The overall experience, yeah, I liked Pittsburgh better. But maybe just for sentimental reasons. Or maybe it was the weather (always cold and cloudy every SF game I've been to). My wife (girlfriend at the time) used to live in Pittsburgh so we went to quite a few games, so maybe that's why it's my favorite. SF is great also. I wouldn't argue against anyone that said they preferred SF to Pittsburgh or vice versa.

bandl wrote:

AZGrizFan wrote:
You like Pittsburgh better than San Fran? Man....I better get there then...because I've never been in ANY stadium that had the views San Fran's has...

The overall experience, yeah, I liked Pittsburgh better. But maybe just for sentimental reasons. Or maybe it was the weather (always cold and cloudy every SF game I've been to). My wife (girlfriend at the time) used to live in Pittsburgh so we went to quite a few games, so maybe that's why it's my favorite. SF is great also. I wouldn't argue against anyone that said they preferred SF to Pittsburgh or vice versa.

Top row, last seat, far RF corner. Looking right down the wall that forms McCovey Cove, looking out at the Golden Gate Bridge and Alcatraz, and able to look over the top of the stadium and see the entire SF skyline....truly an amazing seat.

Progressive is an odd stadium. They seemed to go out of their way to avoid symmetry.
Note the luxury suites in yellow. More down the third base line than the first base line.


The first base line has this odd second level where suites would be that doesn't exist anywhere else in the stadium.


The three levels of suites/press box makes for a huge glass wall above the lower level seats. If you are sitting on the third base line, you can't hear the crowd above you on upper level. But if you are sitting along the first base line, you can because of that second level of seating.

I liked Progressive. But as others have mentioned, it doesn't impress like Camden Yards or PNC. I've never seen a game in SF. I also really like Comerica Park, but I have a homer bias there.

AZGrizFan wrote:

bandl wrote: The overall experience, yeah, I liked Pittsburgh better. But maybe just for sentimental reasons. Or maybe it was the weather (always cold and cloudy every SF game I've been to). My wife (girlfriend at the time) used to live in Pittsburgh so we went to quite a few games, so maybe that's why it's my favorite. SF is great also. I wouldn't argue against anyone that said they preferred SF to Pittsburgh or vice versa.

Top row, last seat, far RF corner. Looking right down the wall that forms McCovey Cove, looking out at the Golden Gate Bridge and Alcatraz, and able to look over the top of the stadium and see the entire SF skyline....truly an amazing seat.

IMO, SF has the best stadium. Love the views and it feels like a ballpark built for fans, not corporate suits.

Gil Dobie wrote:

AZGrizFan wrote:
Top row, last seat, far RF corner. Looking right down the wall that forms McCovey Cove, looking out at the Golden Gate Bridge and Alcatraz, and able to look over the top of the stadium and see the entire SF skyline....truly an amazing seat.

IMO, SF has the best stadium. Love the views and it feels like a ballpark built for fans, not corporate suits.

Have you been to Fenway or Wrigley?

Col Hogan wrote:

Gil Dobie wrote:
IMO, SF has the best stadium. Love the views and it feels like a ballpark built for fans, not corporate suits.

Have you been to Fenway or Wrigley?

Let me rephrase my answer. Of all the new stadiums, SF has the best.

Gil Dobie wrote:

Col Hogan wrote:
Have you been to Fenway or Wrigley?

Let me rephrase my answer. Of all the new stadiums, SF has the best.

I've been to Wrigley, Fenway, Progressive (when it was Jacob's Field), and Nationals Park out of the group. Nationals Park is just fine - nothing bad about it, nothing great about it. Almost like the Nationals themselves. I did like the metro getting there - very convenient. Progressive felt a little cramped in. I sat way up top, and it seemed like the stadium is squeezed into the space it's in. And I absolutely loved both Wrigley and Fenway - clearly the best of the bunch. Not a bad seat in the house for either one.

I have been to Chase, Nationals Park and Progressive Field of the playoff teams.

Enjoyed all three - good sightlines, etc. I like the atmosphere outside of Nationals Park, with the Half Street Fairgrounds (not sure if still there) and being able to take the subway.

GannonFan wrote:I've been to Wrigley, Fenway, Progressive (when it was Jacob's Field), and Nationals Park out of the group. Nationals Park is just fine - nothing bad about it, nothing great about it. Almost like the Nationals themselves. I did like the metro getting there - very convenient. Progressive felt a little cramped in. I sat way up top, and it seemed like the stadium is squeezed into the space it's in. And I absolutely loved both Wrigley and Fenway - clearly the best of the bunch. Not a bad seat in the house for either one.

There are a few seats in both old parks directly behind steel beams...but otherwise, I agree...

Col Hogan wrote:

GannonFan wrote:I've been to Wrigley, Fenway, Progressive (when it was Jacob's Field), and Nationals Park out of the group. Nationals Park is just fine - nothing bad about it, nothing great about it. Almost like the Nationals themselves. I did like the metro getting there - very convenient. Progressive felt a little cramped in. I sat way up top, and it seemed like the stadium is squeezed into the space it's in. And I absolutely loved both Wrigley and Fenway - clearly the best of the bunch. Not a bad seat in the house for either one.

There are a few seats in both old parks directly behind steel beams...but otherwise, I agree...

Yes, don't sit there obviously. But they're pretty clear they're obstructed when you buy them.

dbackjon wrote:I have been to Chase, Nationals Park and Progressive Field of the playoff teams.

Enjoyed all three - good sightlines, etc. I like the atmosphere outside of Nationals Park, with the Half Street Fairgrounds (not sure if still there) and being able to take the subway.

Hey, you can take the light rail to Chase now!

I’ve been to Wrigley, Fenway, Nats, and Dodger Stadium.

They all suck.

Edit: forgot Yankee Stadium. Other than the New Yorkers, it’s pretty nice!

93henfan wrote:I’ve been to Wrigley, Fenway, Nats, and Dodger Stadium.

They all suck.

Edit: forgot Yankee Stadium. Other than the New Yorkers, it’s pretty nice!

AZGrizFan wrote:

dbackjon wrote:I have been to Chase, Nationals Park and Progressive Field of the playoff teams.

Enjoyed all three - good sightlines, etc. I like the atmosphere outside of Nationals Park, with the Half Street Fairgrounds (not sure if still there) and being able to take the subway.

Hey, you can take the light rail to Chase now!

Yup - did that Friday Night, doing it again tonight. Meet up with Alex and other friends at Park Central, hop on light rail, avoid the parking fees and long lines to get out.

dbackjon wrote:

AZGrizFan wrote:
Hey, you can take the light rail to Chase now!

Yup - did that Friday Night, doing it again tonight. Meet up with Alex and other friends at Park Central, hop on light rail, avoid the parking fees and long lines to get out.

Always felt the atmosphere outside Chase was kind of "manufactured"...

AZGrizFan wrote:

dbackjon wrote:

Yup - did that Friday Night, doing it again tonight. Meet up with Alex and other friends at Park Central, hop on light rail, avoid the parking fees and long lines to get out.

Always felt the atmosphere outside Chase was kind of "manufactured"...

Well, with parking garages on all sides, hard to get that atmosphere. At least along Jefferson, where there are a few bars on the ground floor of the parking garage, it was very lively Friday night. But yes, it is fairly sterile outside.

But Jerry insisted his patrons couldn't walk for more than a block after parking, so we get parking garages all around

dbackjon wrote:

AZGrizFan wrote:
Always felt the atmosphere outside Chase was kind of "manufactured"...

Well, with parking garages on all sides, hard to get that atmosphere. At least along Jefferson, where there are a few bars on the ground floor of the parking garage, it was very lively Friday night. But yes, it is fairly sterile outside.

But Jerry insisted his patrons couldn't walk for more than a block after parking, so we get parking garages all around

Cooperstown... And there was a bar on Jefferson that was good, right by the stadium, but it closed...is something else in there now?