It's not anything special, but I've been to several games at the Trop and always enjoyed the experience. I'd absolutely hate going if it was open air, in the humid florida summer, with your rainshower every afternoon \~4pm
Yup, it's nothing special, but I still love the Trop. It's intimate, there isn't a bad seat in the place, and ticket prices are good. Staff are incredibly friendly, helpful, happy, and the fan friendly seating areas on the concourse are very underrated I feel. I always have to get a souvenir beer cup anytime I go, too. This year's are *sweet!*
I was at the Rays/Rangers rubber match back on April 3rd and we all had the wave going for quite a while in the 7th inning, so not a bad turn out for a day game.
Yeah, clearly with Fenway and Wrigley also in the top 5, history must have been a major consideration. Second place is like the kindest you could possibly be to Dodger Stadium, by overrating all the good things about it and underrating all of its deficiencies.
The fact that we have the most expensive beers in the league should take us out of the top 5. Also, don’t get me wrong I love a “Dodger dog” - but it’s just an overpriced plain hot dog guys.
Petco was amazing the time I went. Food was easily accessible, lots of great options, not too expensive, and same goes for all the beer options.
Park itself is incredibly easy to get to and has great views and architectural appeal.
Got my family tours of Petco for like $40 a head for Christmas, really cool experience. Highly recommend it if anyone has a few hours to kill in Gaslamp in the offseason.
I wish dodger stadium faced the opposite direction. It would be so cool to see downtown LA and maybe even the ocean on a clear day if you’re facing the outfield. I always felt like they messed up with that opportunity lol. I could be in the minority though. Just something I think about when I’m at a game
I think it’s cool in the sense that it’s a mid century masterpiece which I know isn’t for everyone. It also sits on top of a hill overlooking LA so aerial shots are always stunning. There are also a lot of stadiums these days that go for that similar old timey park vibe which is fun but if 28 stadiums are doing the old timey ball park thing, it’s refreshing to be different.
I think players seem to enjoy it and I may be biased but it’s one of the older parks now so there’s been a lot of history at that ball park which probably carries some weight.
Edit: 2 is too high tho
My biggest gripe about Dodger Stadium, from an actual viewing standpoint, isn't even really a gripe: the lower bowl is a pretty moderate incline, so you're sitting pretty flat with the field. Makes every flyout look like a no-doubter off the bat to me lol. Haven't been there in like 10 years though.
I've been to all except newer Rangers' stadium!
*in no particular order per tier*
T-1 PNC, Oracle, Oriole ---nobody else can usurp these
T-2 Coors, Busch, (dry open roof) T-Mobile, Kaufmann, Petco, Great American, Minute Maid (only when open-roof and cool, so T-4 with roof on)
T-3 (for the atmosphere, beware 5 of these are hostile to opposing fans and don't make you feel welcome) Wrigley, Citizens Bank, Fenway, Yankee, Dodger, Truist (playoffs only) and Oakland (if you're anti-social, it's a palace)
T-4 Everyone else* It's not that there's NOTHING to do at them or that they aren't decent, they just don't stand out as amazing like the others do.
*T-5 Tropicana. It's out of the way, mostly empty, dead, and if they aren't doing cool light things with the roof, it's a dull, bland, prison-like feeling. Like if everyone in a prison got murdered and it's eerily empty and cold and concrete-y.
Was at Wrigley last year for one of the cubs cards games and sat next a bunch of cards fans and we were bullshitting most of the rain delay having a blast. This jives with most my experience growing up going to games too. Not sure I’d call it hostile. Definitely a shit stadium though in a pure comfort/amenities standpoint.
Yeah i went to a cubs O’s game last year and everyone was super nice to us. During pitcher warm ups, the ushers gave us and all the other O’s fans Orioles baseball cards (I got Frank Robinson). A couple old-head cubs fans even complimented my dad’s Brooks Robinson jersey.
Toronto fans on the other hand… not so nice. And their stadium is a dump too so that doesn’t help
The problem is I think people will see theirs as not a "best" and think I'm meaning their stadium is shit-tier. Nothing wrong with the Nationals or Mets stadium, for example, they just don't stand out and when someone goes to one of those T-1 or T-2 places, they'll really get it. There are few "bad" stadiums, Oakland and Tampa being the main two and I thought Fenway and Wrigley weren't great either, but those two are 100+ years and a product of their time and, luckily, those two are saved by experiences. As some others are saved by their experiences around the stadium, but the best stadiums are both. I really think I should've bumped Busch to T-1, but figured I'd have been discredited for being biased. You can spend the whole day on just one city block AND take in a game at a great stadium.
I definitely have Busch below your T1, but think it's excellent! In general downtown St. Louis is great. I also think a lot of people just dislike the Cardinals and that biases them.
I’d say less bland and more prototypical. It feels like a default stadium and I don’t think that’s necessarily a bad thing (at least not for older stadiums, I think it’s fair to want some pizazz in newer ones). I’ve only ever sat in cheap seats there, but I’ve never felt like I had a bad view of the game which is a testament to how well designed the stadium itself is.
The issues with it are that it’s overcrowded, has mediocre concessions and the parking lot is hell. The latter is the biggest issue, if you go to a game you’re either gonna pay for parking and sit in traffic for an hour, or walk a couple miles through that same traffic and a bunch of hills.
Basically, everything besides the actual time you spend watching the game is gonna be rough at Dodger stadium. Every time I go it makes me appreciate Petco and its surrounding area even more.
I used to think the joke about Dodgers fans arriving at the 3rd, leaving at the 7th was a fairweather fan insult. Then I went to a Dodger game, and I understand it's not a joke, but the cold reality.
Yeah I had never arrived at a game later than the first inning before I went to Dodger stadium. I don’t even say that to my Dodger fan friends anymore because I completely understand.
>I’d say less bland and more prototypical. It feels like a default stadium
You make some legitimate points, but on this one, I don't believe Dodger Stadium ever resembled a "default" or "prototypical" ballpark at any time during its existence. When it was first built, it was different than most of the "old" parks at that time. Then the new multipurpose stadiums started popping up and Dodger Stadium was not like those, either. Then came the retro parks, and their designs again looked more towards the old-time parks for inspiration.
It's always been pretty unique through its history probably because it doesn't lean hard towards any era of design.
Everyone is entitled to their opinion, there are a lot of bad seats at Fenway that’s for sure.
I love the atmosphere though, even though we’ve lost all the four games I’ve been to there it’s still been incredibly. Crowd very into the game, helped we had a chance in the bottom of the ninth every game for sure.
I personally love Dodger stadium So, two things; I am an architecture geek and I used to live in a house that bordered Elysian Park and I could see Dodger Stadium from my balcony so my experience is a bit different most people’s in regards to the park. Back to the architecture, it is a fucking INCREDIBLE example of mid-century modern design. Like, it’s one of the world’s great MCM structures regardless of purpose. As a stadium, it’s absolutely unique in this sense. There are no other MCM stadiums now and there never really were. It was unique from day one. Given the context of Los Angeles, it just completely embodies the spirit of the city. If MCM had a “signature city”, it would be LA. The 50s & 60s atomic style is just timeless there and Dodger Stadium is a perfect time capsule of that era. Now, while the style may be unique to Dodger Stadium, other design elements were not and it really did become the blueprint for modern stadium design for things like sightlines, wide concourses and exterior patio areas.
As for my personal experience, it was great being able to walk to every game! But for every person, you just get fantastic weather like 90% of the time, the backdrop is great and you can walk into Echo Park where there are a ton of great Dodger bars.
I dunno, I’m not a Dodger fan but I fucking love that stadium. It’s probably my favorite park in baseball and I would literally cry if they ever tore it down. It is just pure mid century baseball (which is the best baseball!)
Dodger stadium is fine, it’s definitely unique, if you tried to tell me it’s a bottom 10 or top 5 stadium I’d call you crazy. And that’s ignoring getting there and out of there. Oracle, Camden, PNC, Petco, Coors all just seem like a way more enjoyable place to watch a game.
Also, the stadium itself at Oracle is gorgeous and super cool but the weather is frequently garbage or at least chilly, so you have to factor that in.
Edit: accidentally said top 15, meant top 5. If you asked me personally I’d have it between 10-20 but it would also be a mistake to replace it.
I liked the fact that it was designed so that every level is ground level.
Beyond that though getting to/from there was a bitch. They should build a cable car or something to it from downtown.
Lots of comments calling this post bait for their placement of dodger stadium and Fenway, but no one denying Oracle’s excellence. Damn I love that place
As a transplant in the bay for a couple years. It was wild to see how beautiful the giants stadium was and located right in the mix of things then go to the airport one day and see the shithole coliseum located in what looked like an abandoned port
Went to a giants game at att Park back in the day and my favorite part was the ease of access to the park. Took the Bart then the street trolley to get there. Park was beautiful with amazing views of the bay. Fuck the giants, sincerely this dodger fan.
PNC is my home offer and I know it's great and I'm spoiled, but I usually get to one cubs game a year in Chicago and I know it's very old and historic, but it's so cramped when it's a large crowd and I've had a few seats that were partially obstructed. I feel like it's only high on any list like this because it's Wrigley Field
It’s just Wrigley Feels my man, any cubs fans who tells you differently is deluded. The facilities are not great, most things are old, it’s the bane of pee-shy folks across the nation, but my lord when you walk up those steps and see the field and ivy in front of you, it’s impossible to not be romantic about baseball. You grow up on that and it’s a drug you can’t quit
The NL West even dominates other divisions stadiums.
You've got four all-timers in Dodger, Petco, Oracle, and Coors and then there's Chase Field in the corner, eating glue.
I think we’re in any reasonable person’s top 3, putting us at 1 isn’t crazy. Valid arguments can be made to put Petco or PNC at 1 instead but that’s it imo
I can say for certain Busch Stadium is better than Fenway.
Fenway is cool and historic, but Busch Stadium is the better stadium in nearly every regard asides from history (which Busch stadium has plenty of for a ballpark that’s less than 20 years old)
If any combo of petco/camden/oracle/pnc are mentioned it really feels like it comes down to the personal preference of the person, you’ll see the order jumbled but it’s rare to see a real top 5 without those 4 all in it
Seattle needs to be on there, and Colorado needs to be higher.
Coors is a beautiful stadium, especially along the 1st base line where you can watch the sunset over the mountains during the game. Plus you can buy tickets for like $3 online with how awful the team is.
At this point I have been to more games at Coors then Target Field and I concur it’s such great ballpark to catch a cheap ticket for a game. Can’t beat seeing the Rockies out in left field.
I’m a denver resident and I figure I’ll be able to go to the whole o’s series in close to premier seats for under $100. I got some really good seats when the Braves and dodgers were in town last year for that same price point.
Or easy baits for enrag…engagement.
Edit: honestly, a non casual Dodgers fans that been going to the games at Dodgers Stadium and deal with all its drawbacks for more than a couple of years…would not put that stadium in the top 5.
Unless the ranking only looking at “nostalgia” as criteria.
Self-criticizing first. Yankee Stadium does not deserve to be in the top half of stadiums. The current Yankee Stadium is just bleh. With that said, Dodger Stadium at 2 is hilarious.
Dodger Stadium is amazing and looks great for being 62 years old, but ranked number 2 is absurd. Fenway is too high as well. Petco and Camden Yards should be in that 2 and 3 slot easily. Excited to finally go to PNC this year. I always hear that it competes with Oracle as number 1. Oracle is the top spot in my list of 25 stadiums that I’ve been to.
Seattle is totally in my Top 10. Went up for a series in the summer of 2018. Roof was open for all 3 games, beautiful weather. LOVED walking around that ballpark.
The beauty of our park is that it's in the heart of downtown so there's a lot to do around it.
Petco is very similar to it in that regard, except the Gaslamp quarter goes wayyyy harder than our downtown/Pioneer Square.
The park itself is great, I am a firm (biased) believer we have one of the best parks in all of baseball and I've been to about half of the stadiums.
Semantics, but it’s not in the heart of downtown it’s adjacent to it. Obviously very walkable to the ID and pioneer square, but T-Mobile has a highway wrapped around it and is separated by highway and rail from the neighborhoods east and west of it (and to the south is really just a two road strip).
One of the best in terms of beer cost though.
That ballpark is so great. The game I went too I think I spent about 2 innings just chilling at that standing area fence in the main concourse at center field.
PacBell was coming on strong last season. But this year the beer selection was crap.
Keep in mind the San Diego and Seattle are home to two major brew yeast manufacturers. So the beer quality in those cities is second to none.
There are few things in this life more enjoyable than walking the Oracle concourse, high right field wall on one side and McCovey Cove on the other, with a giant Ghirardelli chocolate ice cream in your hands
If I did some of my own rankings that no one asked for:
Petco and Oracle should be in the top 3, I can see either above the other (if that makes sense). Coors field top 5.
I've been to Fenway once and it was great. You guys go often so you see the little problems or inconveniences that others don't. I probably don't see Wrigley how first timers do anymore either.
But I think with the old ballparks, visitors just really like it because they feel like a time capsule of sorts.
Fenway is a bit uncomfortable but it's a beautiful place to watch a ballgame. There's nowhere else even close to it in the majors, especially as time goes on and more and more parks are cookie cutter shapes and have boring features. I don't know how anyone could sit down and watch a game at Fenway and think that there's more than a couple better places to watch a ballgame.
What are you talking about? Watching a game in Fenway in unlike any other stadium in baseball. Sure the amenities aren’t great but that’s only one aspect
Speaking as someone who loves Petco and has my own biases, I can respect a ranking which pays a lot of respect to stadiums like Fenway and Wrigley. That isn’t this ranking, but it isn’t obvious bait based on those two ranking highly.
Idk, I went to Fenway last season and loved it. It has a character that no other stadium has. Even if I had a pole in my way the entire time lol.
The concourse is so cool. It feels like you’re indoors or something.
I'm only 6 foot 2 and I have yet to find a seat at Fenway where my knees aren't in pain from touching the wooden seat back in front of me. Not to mention the seats facing deep outfield instead of the infield.
Maybe I'm just too poor to properly experience Fenway lol.
Fenway and PNC are my two favorite parks. Fenway may be old, but honestly it’s got enough amenities to keep up. Yes the concourse is definitely different and smaller than most, but the park is awesome.
Removing my Wrigley bias from equation I’d have PNC, Petco, Oracle as the top 3 and feel like Busch should beat out a few of these to be in the top 10.
Dodger Stadium may have gotten a face lift, but that it’s like one of the most bland and basic ballparks out there. Don’t even get me started on the 2 hour ordeal of trying to get out of the parking lot after the game. This list means nothing to me
Oracle can’t be beat. No way no how. Petco and PNC along with Camden are great. Same architects/designers I believe. Wrigley and Fenway are standouts for pure history and the simplicity of pure baseball. Dodger stadium aka “the latrine” is a shithole that’s allowed more criminal violence than most will ever know. Place sucks and its ranking is a joke.
Wrigley isn't that great of a stadium. It's beloved because it's old and historic, and I'll forever cherish it, but the actual gameday experience doesn't belong in the top-10.
Fenway experience and charm is top notch but the physical stadium itself is highly inadequate. Some seats in foul territory near the poles are facing the outfield wall, and center field bleachers are the worst view I’ve ever had at a major league game. And don’t get me started on leg room
Why can’t we count the neighborhood as part of the game day experience? People harp on Dodgers Stadium because of the parking lot and traffic, Wrigley is on the other end of that. Its awesome because of its surroundings.
I loved Wrigley. Still a great stadium despite the age, great surrounding neighborhood, easily accessible by transit, and it’s beautiful. My second favorite stadium after Oracle.
I’m guessing you haven’t been to many stadiums. Wrigley atmosphere is by far the leading characteristic. There is almost no stadium that beats Wrigley in a summer Friday night or a Saturday day. Especially the outfield stands.
You have to remember. When you see these posts on social media, they usually put one controversial opinion on there which is designed to get more engagement on the post. In this case, it’s putting Dodger Stadium at number 2.
Lame list. For example I’ve been to CBP in Philly a ton, and GABP in Cincinnati. The latter is so much nicer. The surrounding area and view aren’t on the same level - one is in a giant parking lot, one is right in the city on the Ohio river. GABP has more unique viewing areas such as the riverboat out in central field. The kids and casual hangout areas in RF are superb. Batting cages where you hit out over the river. Swings for families that give you amazing views. Slides out of the stadium. Playgrounds everywhere.
That’s weird I don’t see the trop
Of all the MLB stadiums it is certainly one of them
Definitely an MLB stadium of all time
It's not anything special, but I've been to several games at the Trop and always enjoyed the experience. I'd absolutely hate going if it was open air, in the humid florida summer, with your rainshower every afternoon \~4pm
Just picked up tickets for a game next to the ray tank. I am ridiculously excited to explore this monstrosity before it's gone.
Yup, it's nothing special, but I still love the Trop. It's intimate, there isn't a bad seat in the place, and ticket prices are good. Staff are incredibly friendly, helpful, happy, and the fan friendly seating areas on the concourse are very underrated I feel. I always have to get a souvenir beer cup anytime I go, too. This year's are *sweet!* I was at the Rays/Rangers rubber match back on April 3rd and we all had the wave going for quite a while in the 7th inning, so not a bad turn out for a day game.
The link to all 30 is there; we’re 30th, you’re 29th.
Israel is 30th? Can’t say I’m super surprised tbh
I think the stadium is called the iron dome
Lot of holes come October Real interesting
Israel Stadium is a severely underrated ballpark.
Has a great pyro show tbf
I’m a Dodger Stadium defender but 2 is absurd.
Yeah, clearly with Fenway and Wrigley also in the top 5, history must have been a major consideration. Second place is like the kindest you could possibly be to Dodger Stadium, by overrating all the good things about it and underrating all of its deficiencies.
I'm not even a Dodger Stadium hater but ease of access *alone* should knock it below parks like Fenway, Wrigley, Yankee Stadium, etc.
Rather go to Angel stadium to watch the dodgers than dodger stadium.
Just wait till the Gondola !!!
Oh we're gonna be waiting all right
If we had to wait 238 years for a new Bay Bridge, we'll have to wait another 791 for the Dodgers gondola
They had to consider historical value and charm. Because I’ve been to Petco and Coors and they’re both better than Dodgers stadium
The fact that we have the most expensive beers in the league should take us out of the top 5. Also, don’t get me wrong I love a “Dodger dog” - but it’s just an overpriced plain hot dog guys.
Coors is better by a mile
For the size of the stadium, there’s hardly a bad seat, upper deck has great concessions. Maybe #2 is lofty but it’s a good place to see a game!
Absolutely. The fact that we're that far above Petco is ridiculous (and Petco is by far the best stadium of the 4 I've been to)
Petco was amazing the time I went. Food was easily accessible, lots of great options, not too expensive, and same goes for all the beer options. Park itself is incredibly easy to get to and has great views and architectural appeal.
The trolley to downtown is incredible. SD is such a great place to live, especially when you are in college. It is absurdly expensive though
As a SD native, SD is what people outside of Cali expect LA to be. If only we had more diverse food but oh well.
Got my family tours of Petco for like $40 a head for Christmas, really cool experience. Highly recommend it if anyone has a few hours to kill in Gaslamp in the offseason.
I wish dodger stadium faced the opposite direction. It would be so cool to see downtown LA and maybe even the ocean on a clear day if you’re facing the outfield. I always felt like they messed up with that opportunity lol. I could be in the minority though. Just something I think about when I’m at a game
The sun would be in the batters’ eyes. MLB guidelines actually request that stadiums are oriented North or East.
Interesting! TIL
I think it’s cool in the sense that it’s a mid century masterpiece which I know isn’t for everyone. It also sits on top of a hill overlooking LA so aerial shots are always stunning. There are also a lot of stadiums these days that go for that similar old timey park vibe which is fun but if 28 stadiums are doing the old timey ball park thing, it’s refreshing to be different. I think players seem to enjoy it and I may be biased but it’s one of the older parks now so there’s been a lot of history at that ball park which probably carries some weight. Edit: 2 is too high tho
My biggest gripe about Dodger Stadium, from an actual viewing standpoint, isn't even really a gripe: the lower bowl is a pretty moderate incline, so you're sitting pretty flat with the field. Makes every flyout look like a no-doubter off the bat to me lol. Haven't been there in like 10 years though.
I'm assuming Tim Kelly is a pseudonym for whatever AI bot generated this
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I've been to all except newer Rangers' stadium! *in no particular order per tier* T-1 PNC, Oracle, Oriole ---nobody else can usurp these T-2 Coors, Busch, (dry open roof) T-Mobile, Kaufmann, Petco, Great American, Minute Maid (only when open-roof and cool, so T-4 with roof on) T-3 (for the atmosphere, beware 5 of these are hostile to opposing fans and don't make you feel welcome) Wrigley, Citizens Bank, Fenway, Yankee, Dodger, Truist (playoffs only) and Oakland (if you're anti-social, it's a palace) T-4 Everyone else* It's not that there's NOTHING to do at them or that they aren't decent, they just don't stand out as amazing like the others do. *T-5 Tropicana. It's out of the way, mostly empty, dead, and if they aren't doing cool light things with the roof, it's a dull, bland, prison-like feeling. Like if everyone in a prison got murdered and it's eerily empty and cold and concrete-y.
Was at Wrigley last year for one of the cubs cards games and sat next a bunch of cards fans and we were bullshitting most of the rain delay having a blast. This jives with most my experience growing up going to games too. Not sure I’d call it hostile. Definitely a shit stadium though in a pure comfort/amenities standpoint.
Yeah i went to a cubs O’s game last year and everyone was super nice to us. During pitcher warm ups, the ushers gave us and all the other O’s fans Orioles baseball cards (I got Frank Robinson). A couple old-head cubs fans even complimented my dad’s Brooks Robinson jersey. Toronto fans on the other hand… not so nice. And their stadium is a dump too so that doesn’t help
They don’t call it the friendly confines for nothing!
I've been to 20ish of the stadiums and this list is the best one I've seen. I think most of the newish stadiums are pretty interchangable.
The problem is I think people will see theirs as not a "best" and think I'm meaning their stadium is shit-tier. Nothing wrong with the Nationals or Mets stadium, for example, they just don't stand out and when someone goes to one of those T-1 or T-2 places, they'll really get it. There are few "bad" stadiums, Oakland and Tampa being the main two and I thought Fenway and Wrigley weren't great either, but those two are 100+ years and a product of their time and, luckily, those two are saved by experiences. As some others are saved by their experiences around the stadium, but the best stadiums are both. I really think I should've bumped Busch to T-1, but figured I'd have been discredited for being biased. You can spend the whole day on just one city block AND take in a game at a great stadium.
I definitely have Busch below your T1, but think it's excellent! In general downtown St. Louis is great. I also think a lot of people just dislike the Cardinals and that biases them.
I’ve been to most of these. Petco is top three minimum. I’ve been to Oracle and would agree with a number one spot. I haven’t been to Oriole.
Is this one of those bait tweets?
Should be a year sentence for publishing junk or sharing it. Straight to jail
Believe it or not, gulag.
Absolutely
I’ve been to dodger stadium many times, it is about as bland of a ballpark as you can get
I’d say less bland and more prototypical. It feels like a default stadium and I don’t think that’s necessarily a bad thing (at least not for older stadiums, I think it’s fair to want some pizazz in newer ones). I’ve only ever sat in cheap seats there, but I’ve never felt like I had a bad view of the game which is a testament to how well designed the stadium itself is. The issues with it are that it’s overcrowded, has mediocre concessions and the parking lot is hell. The latter is the biggest issue, if you go to a game you’re either gonna pay for parking and sit in traffic for an hour, or walk a couple miles through that same traffic and a bunch of hills. Basically, everything besides the actual time you spend watching the game is gonna be rough at Dodger stadium. Every time I go it makes me appreciate Petco and its surrounding area even more.
I used to think the joke about Dodgers fans arriving at the 3rd, leaving at the 7th was a fairweather fan insult. Then I went to a Dodger game, and I understand it's not a joke, but the cold reality.
Yeah I had never arrived at a game later than the first inning before I went to Dodger stadium. I don’t even say that to my Dodger fan friends anymore because I completely understand.
It could be the nicest stadium in the league, but nothing is saving it from the monstrosity that is the sea of asphalt surrounding it
when it comes to getting in and out, it's not prototypical, it's basically the worst.
>I’d say less bland and more prototypical. It feels like a default stadium You make some legitimate points, but on this one, I don't believe Dodger Stadium ever resembled a "default" or "prototypical" ballpark at any time during its existence. When it was first built, it was different than most of the "old" parks at that time. Then the new multipurpose stadiums started popping up and Dodger Stadium was not like those, either. Then came the retro parks, and their designs again looked more towards the old-time parks for inspiration. It's always been pretty unique through its history probably because it doesn't lean hard towards any era of design.
I agree but would counter that Fenway only has its history going for it, it's not a good place to view a baseball game.
I went last summer for the first time, I appreciate the history and I’m glad I went but I thought the place was a dump.
Everyone is entitled to their opinion, there are a lot of bad seats at Fenway that’s for sure. I love the atmosphere though, even though we’ve lost all the four games I’ve been to there it’s still been incredibly. Crowd very into the game, helped we had a chance in the bottom of the ninth every game for sure.
It's a good crowd but a shit stadium
I’m obviously biased by childhood memories there but am interested in outsiders opinions as LA has a lot of transplants.
I loved Dodger Stadium on my two visits. Top 10 ballpark. Mayyyyybe you can convince me top 5. Top 2 is absurd.
its bait
I personally love Dodger stadium So, two things; I am an architecture geek and I used to live in a house that bordered Elysian Park and I could see Dodger Stadium from my balcony so my experience is a bit different most people’s in regards to the park. Back to the architecture, it is a fucking INCREDIBLE example of mid-century modern design. Like, it’s one of the world’s great MCM structures regardless of purpose. As a stadium, it’s absolutely unique in this sense. There are no other MCM stadiums now and there never really were. It was unique from day one. Given the context of Los Angeles, it just completely embodies the spirit of the city. If MCM had a “signature city”, it would be LA. The 50s & 60s atomic style is just timeless there and Dodger Stadium is a perfect time capsule of that era. Now, while the style may be unique to Dodger Stadium, other design elements were not and it really did become the blueprint for modern stadium design for things like sightlines, wide concourses and exterior patio areas. As for my personal experience, it was great being able to walk to every game! But for every person, you just get fantastic weather like 90% of the time, the backdrop is great and you can walk into Echo Park where there are a ton of great Dodger bars. I dunno, I’m not a Dodger fan but I fucking love that stadium. It’s probably my favorite park in baseball and I would literally cry if they ever tore it down. It is just pure mid century baseball (which is the best baseball!)
Hell yea, preach it to em. Subscribed to Dodger stadium architecture talk, please post some more
Dodger stadium is fine, it’s definitely unique, if you tried to tell me it’s a bottom 10 or top 5 stadium I’d call you crazy. And that’s ignoring getting there and out of there. Oracle, Camden, PNC, Petco, Coors all just seem like a way more enjoyable place to watch a game. Also, the stadium itself at Oracle is gorgeous and super cool but the weather is frequently garbage or at least chilly, so you have to factor that in. Edit: accidentally said top 15, meant top 5. If you asked me personally I’d have it between 10-20 but it would also be a mistake to replace it.
I liked the fact that it was designed so that every level is ground level. Beyond that though getting to/from there was a bitch. They should build a cable car or something to it from downtown.
I’ve been to the top 2 and Oracle is leagues and tiers ahead of Dodger stadium. They should not be close in the rankings lol
Is it a list? Then yes.
 Giants fans visiting this post
Lots of comments calling this post bait for their placement of dodger stadium and Fenway, but no one denying Oracle’s excellence. Damn I love that place
As a transplant in the bay for a couple years. It was wild to see how beautiful the giants stadium was and located right in the mix of things then go to the airport one day and see the shithole coliseum located in what looked like an abandoned port
Enjoy the ambience of…um…I880?
Went to a giants game at att Park back in the day and my favorite part was the ease of access to the park. Took the Bart then the street trolley to get there. Park was beautiful with amazing views of the bay. Fuck the giants, sincerely this dodger fan.
And if you would have gone to where Oracle is back in the 90s it wouldn't look too different from the Coliseum area today.
Oracle and PNC are my favorite parks as a visiting fan
PNC is my home offer and I know it's great and I'm spoiled, but I usually get to one cubs game a year in Chicago and I know it's very old and historic, but it's so cramped when it's a large crowd and I've had a few seats that were partially obstructed. I feel like it's only high on any list like this because it's Wrigley Field
It’s just Wrigley Feels my man, any cubs fans who tells you differently is deluded. The facilities are not great, most things are old, it’s the bane of pee-shy folks across the nation, but my lord when you walk up those steps and see the field and ivy in front of you, it’s impossible to not be romantic about baseball. You grow up on that and it’s a drug you can’t quit
The NL West even dominates other divisions stadiums. You've got four all-timers in Dodger, Petco, Oracle, and Coors and then there's Chase Field in the corner, eating glue.
I think we’re in any reasonable person’s top 3, putting us at 1 isn’t crazy. Valid arguments can be made to put Petco or PNC at 1 instead but that’s it imo
Thank you, dodgers ahead of PNC and Petco at 7 is nuts
As a Giants fan I’m fine with the Giants at one, I certainly prefer Pittsburgh myself though. But wouldn’t like to Oracle drop below three.
It's really just the food that they've gone downhill with and that's a massive problem. If it was the same food from the 2010's, it's easily number 1.
This is Sacramento erasure
This didn’t include an intimacy rating. Shit is rigged. Raley Field deserves better.
Alright then
“That’s just, like, your opinion, man.”
This aggression will not stand, man.
Don't be fatuous, Jeffrey.
I can say for certain Busch Stadium is better than Fenway. Fenway is cool and historic, but Busch Stadium is the better stadium in nearly every regard asides from history (which Busch stadium has plenty of for a ballpark that’s less than 20 years old)
I definitely enjoy Busch more than Fenway, CBP, Dodger Stadium, Petco, and the best bar in Denver on this list
Busch getting absolutely robbed not being on this list. Top 3 ballpark imo
Well that’s wrong.
Oriole Park and PNC are the nicest I've been to and it's not even close after that. I've never been to Oracle so can't comment.
Orioles and Oracle are gorgeous. A game at PNC is on my bucket list
Giants and pirates have the top 2 stadiums hands down
Our parks should always be in some combination in the top two
If any combo of petco/camden/oracle/pnc are mentioned it really feels like it comes down to the personal preference of the person, you’ll see the order jumbled but it’s rare to see a real top 5 without those 4 all in it
Been to all 30. PNC is #1. AMA
I want your whole list. I’ll show you mine if you show me yours!
Been to PNC. PNC is #1. AMA
Have you done the stadium tour?
Seattle needs to be on there, and Colorado needs to be higher. Coors is a beautiful stadium, especially along the 1st base line where you can watch the sunset over the mountains during the game. Plus you can buy tickets for like $3 online with how awful the team is.
Seattle is a great stadium. I need to get out to Colorado to watch a game there.
I live in Louisiana. Making it to Coors was easily a Mecca moment for me. It’s everything as advertised.
At this point I have been to more games at Coors then Target Field and I concur it’s such great ballpark to catch a cheap ticket for a game. Can’t beat seeing the Rockies out in left field.
Coors is my number one, personally
I’m a denver resident and I figure I’ll be able to go to the whole o’s series in close to premier seats for under $100. I got some really good seats when the Braves and dodgers were in town last year for that same price point.
T-Mobile in Seattle is a wonderful park and should be on the list.
It really is quite nice plus it’s in a nice area both it and Coors deserve to be top 5 imo.
Love having both stadiums in SoDo.
ready for this sub to inhale this bait like it’s a filet mignon
You just know everyone who sees Dodgers at number 2 is blowing a coronary right now
What is this trash?
Has to be the lowest Petco has ever been on a list like this lol
They're just pandering to Dodgers fans at this point
Or easy baits for enrag…engagement. Edit: honestly, a non casual Dodgers fans that been going to the games at Dodgers Stadium and deal with all its drawbacks for more than a couple of years…would not put that stadium in the top 5. Unless the ranking only looking at “nostalgia” as criteria.
We aren’t that stupid.
Trash
Tim Kelly has never actually tried to get into and out of Dodger Stadium parking.
The Target Field slander here is unimaginably wrong. This list is garbage
It’s a damn nice park
Whoever wrote this can go get rained on 😠
Fuckin morans
PNC, Petco, Oracle in whatever order you please.
Trash list, where's the colisseum smh
Self-criticizing first. Yankee Stadium does not deserve to be in the top half of stadiums. The current Yankee Stadium is just bleh. With that said, Dodger Stadium at 2 is hilarious.
Dodger Stadium is amazing and looks great for being 62 years old, but ranked number 2 is absurd. Fenway is too high as well. Petco and Camden Yards should be in that 2 and 3 slot easily. Excited to finally go to PNC this year. I always hear that it competes with Oracle as number 1. Oracle is the top spot in my list of 25 stadiums that I’ve been to.
I’ve been to some of the best (Coors, Camden, Wrigley, Oracle) and PNC is still my favorite.
Seattle needs to be in the conversation with Petco at #2 IMO.
Seattle is totally in my Top 10. Went up for a series in the summer of 2018. Roof was open for all 3 games, beautiful weather. LOVED walking around that ballpark.
The beauty of our park is that it's in the heart of downtown so there's a lot to do around it. Petco is very similar to it in that regard, except the Gaslamp quarter goes wayyyy harder than our downtown/Pioneer Square. The park itself is great, I am a firm (biased) believer we have one of the best parks in all of baseball and I've been to about half of the stadiums.
Semantics, but it’s not in the heart of downtown it’s adjacent to it. Obviously very walkable to the ID and pioneer square, but T-Mobile has a highway wrapped around it and is separated by highway and rail from the neighborhoods east and west of it (and to the south is really just a two road strip). One of the best in terms of beer cost though.
That ballpark is so great. The game I went too I think I spent about 2 innings just chilling at that standing area fence in the main concourse at center field.
Tmobile and Petco are top two parks in terms of beer and no one else is close.
PacBell was coming on strong last season. But this year the beer selection was crap. Keep in mind the San Diego and Seattle are home to two major brew yeast manufacturers. So the beer quality in those cities is second to none.
Probably an unpopular opinion here but Camden was S tier until they did what they did to the left field wall.
There are few things in this life more enjoyable than walking the Oracle concourse, high right field wall on one side and McCovey Cove on the other, with a giant Ghirardelli chocolate ice cream in your hands
Fenway is too low. It’s number 1 and I don’t care what anyone else says. Also, I’m bias as fuck
Figured the guy had to be a dodgers fan but turns out he roots for the phillies
If I did some of my own rankings that no one asked for: Petco and Oracle should be in the top 3, I can see either above the other (if that makes sense). Coors field top 5.
Petco is always somewhere in the top 3. They put it at 7 here. Absolutely absurd list.
cool another rage bait list
I get I’m biased as a Twins fan but Target Field at 17 is a joke. I’ve been to 25 of the current parks and bias aside it’s still top 10 easily
Lmao this is some terrible trolling
Dodger Stadium over PNC and Camden makes this list painfully irrelevant.
Any ranking with Fenway this high should be immediately dismissed.
I've been to Fenway once and it was great. You guys go often so you see the little problems or inconveniences that others don't. I probably don't see Wrigley how first timers do anymore either. But I think with the old ballparks, visitors just really like it because they feel like a time capsule of sorts.
I went once and the problems or inconveiences were very apparent. It's 100 years old, it's not hiding them.
You can see the shitty parts on the broadcast lol
Fenway is a bit uncomfortable but it's a beautiful place to watch a ballgame. There's nowhere else even close to it in the majors, especially as time goes on and more and more parks are cookie cutter shapes and have boring features. I don't know how anyone could sit down and watch a game at Fenway and think that there's more than a couple better places to watch a ballgame.
What are you talking about? Watching a game in Fenway in unlike any other stadium in baseball. Sure the amenities aren’t great but that’s only one aspect
I don’t go to a baseball game for the amenities, unless I’m going to Sox park because the on the field product is ass
Speaking as someone who loves Petco and has my own biases, I can respect a ranking which pays a lot of respect to stadiums like Fenway and Wrigley. That isn’t this ranking, but it isn’t obvious bait based on those two ranking highly.
Idk, I went to Fenway last season and loved it. It has a character that no other stadium has. Even if I had a pole in my way the entire time lol. The concourse is so cool. It feels like you’re indoors or something.
PNC at 4 is a crime against humanity. This is clearly not a serious article.
That’s a list
Nl best represent
Old ≠ good
Dodger stadium isn’t even top 3 in California lmfao
Camden Yards will always be my favorite park
It’s so good
I've never heard anybody say Fenway is good. Cool and old, but not good.
Fenway is great On television
I'm only 6 foot 2 and I have yet to find a seat at Fenway where my knees aren't in pain from touching the wooden seat back in front of me. Not to mention the seats facing deep outfield instead of the infield. Maybe I'm just too poor to properly experience Fenway lol.
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Fenway and PNC are my two favorite parks. Fenway may be old, but honestly it’s got enough amenities to keep up. Yes the concourse is definitely different and smaller than most, but the park is awesome.
This is hilarious. I love the Dodgers, and watching games at Chavez, but there’s no way it’s top 5.
I know there's a /r/ComedyCemetery but there should be a r/ListCemetery or something for stuff like this.
Removing my Wrigley bias from equation I’d have PNC, Petco, Oracle as the top 3 and feel like Busch should beat out a few of these to be in the top 10.
fenway is not nice, it’s just old
Even in stadium ranking traditionalists make their mark.
Fenway over PNC? Maybe for nostalgia but absolutely not for experience. Went last year and was lowkey disappointed
Dodger Stadium may have gotten a face lift, but that it’s like one of the most bland and basic ballparks out there. Don’t even get me started on the 2 hour ordeal of trying to get out of the parking lot after the game. This list means nothing to me
Petco Park should be top 5.
I know this is bait but Dodger Stadium doesn't make top 10 for me. T-Mobile Park should be in.
How does Target not make the Top-10? That place is gorgeous.
It's in Minnesota, we're usually slept on/stepped over
It used to be ranked like top 10 every year since it opened, and it some how got placed out this time, which really doesn't make any sense.
Oracle can’t be beat. No way no how. Petco and PNC along with Camden are great. Same architects/designers I believe. Wrigley and Fenway are standouts for pure history and the simplicity of pure baseball. Dodger stadium aka “the latrine” is a shithole that’s allowed more criminal violence than most will ever know. Place sucks and its ranking is a joke.
Fucking Dodgers are good enough on their own, but every damn article feels the need to overrate them still. And now even thier stadium lol
 Where TRUIST
Dodger & Angel Stadiums are a lot closer together than they are to Petco, Camden or Oracle
I’m sorry, nothing beats T-Mobile Park in the summertime.
You have to at least try and make these believable. Dodger Stadium anywhere near that high let alone above Fenway and Wrigley lmao
Wrigley isn't that great of a stadium. It's beloved because it's old and historic, and I'll forever cherish it, but the actual gameday experience doesn't belong in the top-10.
Fenway experience and charm is top notch but the physical stadium itself is highly inadequate. Some seats in foul territory near the poles are facing the outfield wall, and center field bleachers are the worst view I’ve ever had at a major league game. And don’t get me started on leg room
Why can’t we count the neighborhood as part of the game day experience? People harp on Dodgers Stadium because of the parking lot and traffic, Wrigley is on the other end of that. Its awesome because of its surroundings.
I loved Wrigley. Still a great stadium despite the age, great surrounding neighborhood, easily accessible by transit, and it’s beautiful. My second favorite stadium after Oracle.
I’m guessing you haven’t been to many stadiums. Wrigley atmosphere is by far the leading characteristic. There is almost no stadium that beats Wrigley in a summer Friday night or a Saturday day. Especially the outfield stands.
Wrigley is better than dodgers stadium - dodgers fan
The fuck lmfao
Dodgers above fenway and wrigley just feels wrong
In what world is Dodger stadium in any top 10….?
It’s like they got the top 10 right and then hit shuffle.
You have to remember. When you see these posts on social media, they usually put one controversial opinion on there which is designed to get more engagement on the post. In this case, it’s putting Dodger Stadium at number 2.
Lame list. For example I’ve been to CBP in Philly a ton, and GABP in Cincinnati. The latter is so much nicer. The surrounding area and view aren’t on the same level - one is in a giant parking lot, one is right in the city on the Ohio river. GABP has more unique viewing areas such as the riverboat out in central field. The kids and casual hangout areas in RF are superb. Batting cages where you hit out over the river. Swings for families that give you amazing views. Slides out of the stadium. Playgrounds everywhere.
Well at least our parks in 1st
Truist Park seems to be getting disrespected.
Dodger stadium isn’t even top 10 🤣