Which ball parks have you been to, and which is your favorite?

[axman]

In approximate chronological order:

Memorial 
Veterans
Olympic
Fenway
Camden Yards
Dodger Stadium
Three Rivers
Citizens Bank
RFK
PNC 
Coors Field
AT&T Park
Nationals Park
Yankee Stadium 2
Miller Park
Shea Stadium
Wrigley Field
Progressive (aka Jacobs Field)
US Cellular (aka new Comisky)
Comerica

(Tried to get to the Rogers Center last summer, but that fell through.)

Favorites, by far, are PNC and AT&T.  I like Nats park, but wouldn't put it in my top 10.  Fenway and Wrigley are over-rated.

[mitlen]

In approximate chronological order:

Memorial 
Veterans
Olympic
Fenway
Camden Yards
Dodger Stadium
Three Rivers
Citizens Bank
RFK
PNC 
Coors Field
AT&T Park
Nationals Park
Yankee Stadium 2
Miller Park
Shea Stadium
Wrigley Field
Progressive (aka Jacobs Field)
US Cellular (aka new Comisky)
Comerica

(Tried to get to the Rogers Center last summer, but that fell through.)

Favorites, by far, are PNC and AT&T.  I like Nats park, but wouldn't put it in my top 10.  Fenway and Wrigley are over-rated.

Great lineup axman  ...

[PowerBoater69]

RFK
Nats Park
Memorial Stadium
OPACY
Metrodome
Fenway
Wrigley
Coors
Rangers Ballpark
CBP
AT&T
Milwaukee County

Space Coast
Cracker Jack
Joker Marchant
Roger Dean
Osceola County

[comish4lif]

Here's my list. roughly in chronological order:

Shea Stadium
Yankee Stadium (old)
Veteran’s Stadium
Fulton County Stadium
Memorial Stadium
Cleveland Municipal Stadium
Comiskey Park (old)
Three Rivers Stadium
Wrigley Field
Camden Yards
Fenway Park
Olympic Stadium
Riverfront Stadium
Skydome
Tiger Stadium
Joe Robbie Stadium
Jack Murphy Stadium
Turner Field
RFK Stadium
The Ballpark at Arlington
Miller Park
Nationals Park
Citizen's Bank Park
PNC Park
Jacobs Field
Great American Ballpark
U.S. Cellular Field

[comish4lif]

And another 56 minor league stadia:

Harry Grove Stadium, Frederick, MD
Prince William County Stadium, Woodbridge, VA
Lackawanna County Stadium, Scranton, PA
BeeHive Field, New Britain, CT
Cardinal Stadium   Louisville, KY
Pilot Field   Buffalo, NY
Capital City Stadium   Colombia, SC
Compadre Stadium   Chandler, AZ
Greenville Municipal   Greenville, SC
Ho Ho Kam Park   Mesa, AZ
Knights’ Castle   Charlotte, NC
L. P. Frans Stadium   Hickory, NC
Scottsdale Stadium   Scottsdale, AZ
Tempe Diablo   Tempe, AZ
The Diamond   Richmond, VA
Durham Athletic Park (old)   Durham, NC
Ernie Shore Field   Winston-Salem, NC
Five County Stadium   Zebulon, NC
Prince George’s County Stadium   Bowie, MD
Riverside Stadium   Harrisburg, PA
Salem Municipal   Salem, VA
Shipley Field (Bowie)   College Park, MD
Cohen Stadium   El Paso, TX
Durham Athletic Park (New)   Durham, NC
Heaton Stadium   Augusta, GA
Legends Stadium   Wilmington, DE
Space Coast Stadium   Melbourne, FL
Hagerstown Municipal   Hagerstown, MD
"The Joe"   Charleston, NC
Fieldcrest Cannon Stadium   Kannapolis, NC
Hi Corbett Field   Tucson, AZ
J.P. Riddle Stadium   Fayetteville, NC
West Martin Field   Laredo, TX
Albuquerque Sports   Albuquerque, NM
Lindquist Field   Ogden, UT
Tucson Electric Park   Tucson, AZ
Fort Lauderdale Stadium   Fort Lauderdale, FL
Grainger Stadium   Kinston, NC
LewisGale Field   Salem, VA
Commerce Bank Ballpark   Somerset, NJ
The Sandbox   Atlantic City, NJ
Arthur W. Perdue Stadium   Salisbury, MD
FirstEnergy Stadium   Reading, PA
Lancaster Municipal Stadium   Lancaster, CA
Ripken Stadium   Aberdeen, MD
Waterfront Park   Trenton, NJ
Lynchburg City Stadium   Lynchburg, VA
Burlington Athletic Stadium   Burlington, NC
Dan Daniel Memorial Park   Danville, VA
Clipper Magazine Stadium   Lancaster, PA
Medlar Field   State College, PA
Coca-Cola Park   Allentown, PA
Regency Furniture Stadium   Waldorf, MD
Huntington Park   Columbus, OH
Fifth Third Field/Toledo   Toledo, OH
Fifth Third Field/Dayton   Dayton, OH
Warner Park   Madison, WI
Pohlman Field   Beloit, WI
Sovereign Bank Stadium   York, PA

[cmdterps44]

RFK
Nationals Park
Camden Yards
PNC Park
...

yeah!

PNC Park was awesome though.

[blue911]

[houston-nat]

And another 56 minor league stadia:

I am so f'ing jealous.

If you had to pick a top 5 minor league stadia, what would you pick?

[comish4lif]

I am so f'ing jealous.

If you had to pick a top 5 minor league stadia, what would you pick?

The list of 80+ Major and Minor stadiums counts every location where I've seen a professional game. It's a list that is largely 25 years in the making. I started a fantasy (rotisserie) league in 1989, developed some friendships, and started taking (nearly) annual summer road trips to "collect" stadiums.

Now, a list of top 5 Minor League stadiums is going to have different criteria than a list of MLB stadiums. Minor League stadiums these days are largely homogenous. So, my list of top 5 is less based on the physical venue, but more on the site/location and the game day experience.

1. "The Joe", Charleston, NC (a nice venue in a good city at a great site)
2. Durham Athletic Park (old), Durham, NC (home of Bull Durham - "Hit Bull, Win Steak")
3. Cohen Stadium, El Paso, TX
4. Sovereign Bank Stadium, York, PA (a really good place to see a game, right up 83)
5. Fifth Third Field/Dayton, Dayton, OH

[NationalHeat]

Pro Player Stadium in Miami
Ft. Lauderdale Stadium
Tropicana Field
Legends Field in Tampa, FL
Space Coast Stadium
RFK
Nats Park
Turner Field
Camden
Old Yankee Stadium
New Yankee Stadium
Fenway


Turner is hands down my favorite.

[Lintyfresh85]

Old Yankees Stadium was a dump.

 

[NationalHeat]

The list of 80+ Major and Minor stadiums counts every location where I've seen a professional game. It's a list that is largely 25 years in the making. I started a fantasy (rotisserie) league in 1989, developed some friendships, and started taking (nearly) annual summer road trips to "collect" stadiums.

Now, a list of top 5 Minor League stadiums is going to have different criteria than a list of MLB stadiums. Minor League stadiums these days are largely homogenous. So, my list of top 5 is less based on the physical venue, but more on the site/location and the game day experience.

1. "The Joe", Charleston, NC (a nice venue in a good city at a great site)
2. Durham Athletic Park (old), Durham, NC (home of Bull Durham - "Hit Bull, Win Steak")
3. Cohen Stadium, El Paso, TX
4. Sovereign Bank Stadium, York, PA (a really good place to see a game, right up 83)
5. Fifth Third Field/Dayton, Dayton, OH

Fifth Third Field is awesome, and they have a great home crowd to boot.

[imref]

Turner is hands down my favorite.

Just curious, why?

[KnorrForYourMoney]

comish, what did you think of Perdue Stadium?  I actually live right near it now, but I've yet to go to a game there.

[Ali the Baseball Cat]

Where's that?  Lovely!

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[mitlen]

Where's that?  Lovely!

Cooperstown?

[comish4lif]

comish, what did you think of Perdue Stadium?  I actually live right near it now, but I've yet to go to a game there.

Perdue was nice, but I think it fell a little into the generic minor league stadium category. They do have a nice little display/museum of historical baseball on the DelMarVa Peninsula. But there wasn't much else to distinguish it in my mind. I do remember they had the "Watermelon Queen" on the back of a golf cart type vehicle and she fell backwards off it right in front of us. Luckily she landed right and popped back up more embarrassed than hurt.

[blue911]

Where's that?  Lovely!

What Mitlen said. It really is a beautiful park.

[Copecwby20]

Candle Stick
Petco
OPACY
Nationals Park

Not very many, but it's a start. Being a recent transplant to Atlanta, I'll be popping up at Turner Field from time to time.

[codedandunited]

MLB:

Chase Field
Angels Stadium
Petco Park
Turner Field
Fenway Park (stadium tour)

MiLB
Cashman Field (Las Vegas 51s)
PGE Park (Portland Beavers)
Memorial Stadium (Boise Hawks)

Out of all of them, I'd have to say I liked Chase Field the best even though I think it's extremely bland.  I love Petco Park though, it's an amazing place to watch some baseball and I'm curious to see how it will be with the walls being pulled in.

[mitlen]

What Mitlen said. It really is a beautiful park.

Did a road trip back in the '80s.    The Cooperstown area is beautiful.   Did the HOF and environs before heading the back way to New Brunswick.    I think I was there in August, just before the game between two MLB teams (can't remember who).   It was so nice, I read the Leatherstocking Tales when I got back.   

[tomterp]

Arlington Stadium
Rangers Ballpark in Arlington
PNC
DC Stadium/RFK
Veterans Stadium Philadelphia   
Middle generation Yankee Stadium
Memorial Stadium Baldymore
Camden Yards
Nats Park

PNC is the nicest of those, Nats Park, Camden and Rangers Ballpark in the next tier.

[mitlen]

I'm originally from Western PA and have never been inside PNC.    This may be the year.    Gotta be a night game so I can see the old Gulf BLDG lit up.   

[CALSGR8]

Oh yeah,  RFK, Nats Park,  old Yankee Stadium and Citizens Bank.

MiLB- Pfitz,  Harry Grove,  Prince Georges County,  Hagerstown,  Reading,  Lackawanna Stadium (Scranton, PA), and RIPKEN Stadium.

College :  Povich Field

Povich is a great place to watch a game.   A toss up between Hagerstown and RIPKEN Stadium for best minor league.

[NationalHeat]

Just curious, why?

Thought it was a great layout, and a perfect combination of a retro feel with new amenities.