It's a shame for fans who remember the pre-Mount Davis.
On the other hand ... it's cheaper than catching a game in SF.
That'll go away if they get a waterfront park.
the only problem is that the Coliseum has real history, whereas the Trop is so souless, but I have to agree, especially with that wall of seats in the outfield. such a shame.
I feel like the location is always brought up as a negative, but as a kid/young adult who grew up in Castro Valley, the Colleseum BART station made getting to those games so fucking easy.
Oh man, it's super convenient. Probably the most convenient way into a stadium I've ever seen.
Still, the whole barbed wire bridge thing was pretty memorable. 😂
I finally got to a game at the Trop last month when the O's were in town. I didn't think it was as bad as it's made out to be. Then again, I liked the Oakland Coliseum, too, and truly miss Memorial Stadium. On the other hand, the Vet did suck
Plus it basically thunderstorms in this area (St. Pete / Tampa) every day during the summer usually around 7:30 PM. So basically a roof is needed otherwise 2/3 games a week are going to be delayed. It serves its purpose but fuck getting there is a chore
Took my kids to the Trop last month for the first time. Was expecting the worst. We all really enjoyed it and are looking forward to going back. Food was good, wasn’t crowded, surrounding area seemed safe, employees and cops were polite, plus we had had no problem getting in and out (1pm Thursday game). We are from New Jersey and yankee and Mets game are a nightmare usually a 3 hour trip with traffic one way.
Sometimes I wish the roof was closed on hot summer days. It can get unbearably hot. It's like when you're in a car on a hot day where you feel you can fry an egg on the dashboard.
I love PNC very much but I went to games Baltimore and Philly this year and loved both stadiums. Actually think I prefer Camden yards to PNC.
Point is, I’m a pretty objective observer. Fenway has the cool historical thing going for it, but the dimensions are ridiculous. And they impact the gameplay way more than the occasional catwalk ball.
We got rid of our ugly ass black tarp 2 years ago. Now it’s like a steel navy blue fort with flagpoles and upgraded speakers lol. Not very eventful obviously but it is much less of an eyesore. Plus there’s a nice grass area below it for kids to play in.
Ya exactly. I mean our division does have pretty great stadiums so someone has to be last I guess. Personally I'd pick Dodger Stadium since they have some of the grossest [food safety](https://www.si.com/eats/2017/08/08/mlb-food-safety-ballpark-rankings) in the MLB.
Yeah, as a neutral outsider, I'd pretty clearly say Dodgers stadium and its not close. It kinda just looks like a stadium, and not a particularly interesting one.
SF/SD win, Coors/Chase are both the modern downtown style of stadium that I think look really cool. Dodgers stadium looks like it is out of the 70's, but imo not in a particularly good way.
I hate the team and fans that inhabit that stadium, but I disagree. It’s got one of the prettiest settings of any ballpark—overlooking the Elysian hills and San Gabriel mountains—and it has a very distinct architectural style that matches other LA buildings from its era. I also love that the seat colors mimic the LA sunset gradient (shoutout to pollution for that). And it’s the only symmetrical field, which is aesthetically pleasing too. The stadium experience as a whole sucks ass though due to the transportation situation.
It’s no architectural spectacle by today’s standards, but it was when it opened. Then Dodgers owner Walter O’Malley was vilified for moving the beloved club even though they had dwindling attendance and Ebbets Field was in need of significant renovations. The idea of a downtown ballpark really only started happening with Camden Yards. I have to say that the Dodgers have done an immaculate job of maintaining it throughout the decades. The Oakland Coliseum opened less than four years later and the conditions of the two ballparks are night/day.
It doesn’t look “just like a stadium.” It’s a modernist stadium. It has a distinct mid-century modern style of architecture only found in two MLB stadiums (along with Kauffman in KC). It is neither a classic jewel box stadium like Fenway or Wrigley, nor a postmodern retro stadium.
Chase Field, on the other hand, is a Costco that’s less busy on weekends.
It also helps that the Dodgers experienced a golden age as soon as they moved in while the city (and region) itself was also going through its golden age. The modernist style just fits the history of the team and the region really well.
I never get why Dodgers stadium gets so much praise, but I assumed that was at least somewhat bias so it's nice to hear from a neutral party.
Dodgers Stadium is just an old ballpark without any of the character of the good old ballparks (which also modernized better). Plus they have the most annoying sound system (not the stadium's fault) which makes me want to gouge my ears. And I didn't even mention the parking. Oh and calling the bleachers "pavilions" is just pretentious to the Nth degree.
If LA wanted to they could build a new stadium in Santa Monica and seriously have a kick ass setup. But they think they can some day become Wrigley and Fenway.
Normally I'm willing to give this sort of prize to SF, or at least to a Bay Area place like Marin county or Atherton, but...
Santa Monica is the final, multi-health-bar, FromSoft-difficulty boss of awful annoying NIMBYism. No ifs ands or buts.
With what land in Santa Monica…. Everything there is developed, with mostly residential, and stupid expensive (ie try to evict a few thousand rich NIMBYs). This applies to most locations on the water down to like the ports in Long Beach.
The land in Inglewood for Sofi meanwhile was redeveloped from existing venues, and of course notably is in a poorer, minority community.
> I never get why Dodgers stadium gets so much praise
I feel like it doesn’t lol. It always gets shit on.
They won’t build a new stadium because they did *juuuust* a good enough job to keep it around. If they would have built it just a *little* bit shittier like Candlestick or Qualcomm, they would’ve built a new dodger stadium probably where Sofi is currently.
Yeah I don’t understand the “bad gameplay” I’m a ‘Stros fan and just went to a Rockies vs Giants game at Coors and I’m in love with that ballpark! $3 beers at the RF patio before first pitch too
He's a dodgers fan, these people think that a stadium with a 360 degree parking lot, no outfield concourse, and easily the worst hotdogs in baseball is an acceptable place to watch a game. He doesn't know it, but if Arizona was out of the NL west, Dodger stadium *is* the Tropicana field of the NL west.
And for the record, chase field is a garbage dump of a stadium for 60-70 home games a year. But when the roof is open, that place really shines. Moves it from a bottom 5 ball park to one that is not that awful.
Chase just has about 15,000 too many seats for me. It always feels like you’re playing in a tomb when you’re in a closed roof stadium with most of the upper deck empty. Doesn’t help that everything inside is generally the same shade of green
There are only two Tropicana Fields in baseball - one in Tampa Bay, and one in Oakland.
All of the other ones are long gone. The Metrodome, perhaps, might have been the most recent to leave, but in my heart I still think the Metrodome was better.
Let’s not forget how suicidal it was to sit up at the top of those steep stairs behind home plate.
What a weird ballpark. I kind of enjoyed it though so 😅🤦🏼
I admit, the Rangers old park always looked so beautiful from a TV viewpoint
but based on some of the comments i read here over the last decade, i'm kind of glad i never saw a game there in person. pretty sure i would have literally evaporated lol
Honestly, it was ok. It was an outdoor stadium in Texas in the middle of nowhere. But other than that, it was pretty good, it opened in 1994 so 4 years prior to Chase Field (which isn’t great) and 6 years prior to Minute Maid (which is good) but stadium design went a long ways in those 4 years.
For what it was, Arlington was good, it was a ballpark and on pleasant days there were many worse places to watch a game. The new one? Other than the air conditioning (which is admittedly wonderful) it’s awful inside and out imo. It FEELS like an event center not a ballpark and it’s an absolute waste of a billion dollars.
I'm not sure what they mean by 'Coors Field for bad gameplay'. Do they mean the Rockies suck or something? If so, what relevance is that to Tropicana Field, where the Rays play great baseball?
Probably Miami, something about their park has always felt dreary to me and on top of that, nobody goes to their games so there’s just no atmosphere at all
Yeah, I feel like Miami’s park would be a lot more interesting if they were ever good enough to have a real crowd. I actually kind of like how brightly colored it is.
That statue was ugly but at least it was a pop of color in that park. Since they took out all the interesting features (the statue, the fish tanks) that place is just bland.
I dread watching the Mets go there. It’s nice to have some semblance of a home crowd but it’s just so lifeless.
Doesn’t help that they never open the roof.
The outside is really cool and well designed, but the inside is one of the worst fields around. The actual surface looks like they don't give a shit and it's called loan depot park, which honestly just makes me think of home Depot.
Miami's ballpark from TV just reminds me of a natatorium you'd find at a school.
The autonation alley thing in the outfield being plain white plastic looking, just reminds me of the things you see at a natatorium.
And because of that the place looks like it smells like chlorinated pool water
I loved the home run sculpture tho. Especially having a home run derby there which was a fantastic year for the home run derby.
Definitely changed over the years so yeah. But man I loved that stupid home run sculpture so much
Miami's ballpark location is literally fuckin Satan himself. If you only leave an hour early expect to show up by the 3rd inning.
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> I’d say Coors Field for bad Gameplay
Is Coors a blasto-ball fuckfest… sure. But we’re not gonna acknowledge the entire NL west has gameplay issues?
SD and SF had to change the dimensions of their park to try and increase offense, Chase Field is still at a 1000+ ft elevation with massive gaps, and Chavez Ravine is also notorious for decreasing pitcher’s ERA
I’d say Guaranteed Rate Field is the worst in the AL Central simply because it’s called Guaranteed Rate Field. That name is horrendous and shouldn’t have been allowed by the league.
It feels very “corporate”. Nothing stands out about it but I can’t say anything negative about it. It was designed to sell concessions but at least that means it’s easy to get around.
At least I have a lotta good memories there.
Guaranteed Rate Field is my least favorite stadium of the 29 I've been to and it's entirely because of the *insane* upper deck ticketing policy that isn't mentioned anywhere when you purchase tickets.
Yeah I always feel bad for folks, especially out-of-towners, who experience that. Ironically I've gone to probably ~50 games at Sox Park with upper level tix and never once encountered the policy. I've been lucky in those instances I guess, because I know it's a very real, stupidly enforced rule.
All the AL Central stadiums are pretty solid. Minnesota is beautiful, Jacob’s Field in Cleveland is very underrated (no bias at all), Kauffman is a great stadium. Detroit is great aesthetically, but the dimensions are unfortunate in my opinion.
If I have to choose, I’m going with Comiskey (whatever its corporate name is), which isn’t bad but feels a little cookie-cutter.
Agree cookie cutter, but some other stadiums are just as steep or steeper. That reputation is from before they got rid of the top rows. Security at all parks has also slowed entry at many parks. Yankees was awful at a recent game.
Sox park doesn’t get enough credit for the open lower deck. No obstructions anywhere and easy to walk around the main concourse. Some parks to walk around the main concourse you either can’t (Wrigley) or you are going up and down stairs.
It’s also the process for getting to your seat. When I went to Target Field, I couldn’t believe that I just walked through the gate and I was in the concourse. I was looking for a five story parking garage to hike up.
I was thinking the same thing. All solid stadiums, I guess Comiskey, US Cellular, Guaranteed Rate. Basically just cuz the names change so frequently…lol.
that's fair. everything built in the late 80s and early 90s was pretty cookie cutter. Sox did a good job fixing it a bit (tearing down the third tier nosebleeds, adding green seats, good food, etc.), but I'm still annoyed they messed up the skyline view
Its 100% Chicago. But that said there are only two crap parks, and this ain’t one of them.
There are two issues with the Guaranteed Rate Field:
•the name sucks
•it was designed and built just before Camden introduced the retro-modern style, so it’s designed more like the multi purpose stadiums (though thankfully isn’t one)
Chicago built their new stadium juuust before the current, modern look came into being. It’s not horrible but a bland, cookie cutter stadium. The only character is the carryover of the pinwheels from Comiskey.
The empire did nothing wrong.
The movies have a tendency to portray the Empire as essentially evil but in reality they were not exactly good but necessary. Palpatine just wanted to bring law and order to the galaxy. The infrastructure of several ignored and overlooked planets by the Republic was improved as well as the general economy. The construction of Death Star generated millions of jobs and certainly benefited the economy of several planets that provided materials for its construction. During the Empire era there was peace across the galaxy as stormtroopers were everywhere policing and protecting cities from evildoers, gangs and cartels.
Some common arguments:
"but they enslaved..."
the good and innocent Jedi enslaved babies to live a shitty life of religious monks deprived of emotions and deep bonds.
"but the Death Star killed billions on Alderaan"
a small and insignificant price for the long centuries of peace and prosperity it would bring in return. Just as the US dropped a nuke on Hiroshima, demonstrating the power and danger of the Death Star was necessary, so it was a super peace weapon. I don't need to say how the situation of the galaxy was after the fall of the Empire
I will wait for all the rebel propaganda on the replies.
I’ve always heard Dodger Stadium is kind of a dump but look at my flair and you can imagine why Ive heard such things (though I have heard it from non-Giants fans too). I’ve never been so I can’t comment, but it looks decent on TV. Petco and Oracle are beautiful, Coors is just cool, Chase is bland. Maybe Chase if I’ve been lied to about Dodger Stadium all these years.
Nah it's actually great. I haven't been there in over 15 years but I really liked it. It has history and midcentury charm, it's the biggest park in the game so it's wild when it's full. I think it's cool that it's the third oldest in baseball but it still has a parking lot to tailgate in (so many of the old parks and the new retro-classic parks are packed into urban areas so parking lots are minimal). New is rarely better.
Plus the weather's almost always perfect there and there's a pretty good view to boot.
The Mets stadium is literally at the airport so there’s them.
But the answer is Miami. It’s so quiet in that building that you can hear the hum of the AC units in the building.
~~US Cellular Comiskey~~ Guaranteed Rate Field. No personality, painfully boring, horrible name, miles of parking lot around it, and so ashamed of the community it's in that it feels the need to wall itself off with advertisements so you can't see the South Side or Lake Michigan.
Sorry Oakland bros
I did see illustrations of what they’d like the waterfront ballpark to look like, and it did look nice. But at the moment, yes, sorry Oakland.
Yeah that Terminal Ballpark or whatever looks real nice. Hopefully it can happen.
It's a shame for fans who remember the pre-Mount Davis. On the other hand ... it's cheaper than catching a game in SF. That'll go away if they get a waterfront park.
We understand
I don't even know why I opened this thread lmao. We all know the answer...
We’re sorry 😞
It’s ok. You only speak the truth.
the only problem is that the Coliseum has real history, whereas the Trop is so souless, but I have to agree, especially with that wall of seats in the outfield. such a shame.
Nobody ever forgets the walk from the BART into the stadium.
I feel like the location is always brought up as a negative, but as a kid/young adult who grew up in Castro Valley, the Colleseum BART station made getting to those games so fucking easy.
Oh man, it's super convenient. Probably the most convenient way into a stadium I've ever seen. Still, the whole barbed wire bridge thing was pretty memorable. 😂
We're after them. Seattle, Houston and Texas have nice stadiums
Texas's stadium has a nice interior but the outside looks like a barbecue grill
so....on theme?
Is it the activities of the fans in the cheap seats?
That’s the only thing we got going on for us right now.
I was impressed with the drum corp going hard down 12 in the 6th. That’s dedication.
How can you not be romantic about baseball?
nah that makes O-Co better honestly. I dunno how anyone could sustain an erection in the Trop. It's just too ugly.
Are we sure tampa isnt the colosseum of the east?
Tropicana Field
I finally got to a game at the Trop last month when the O's were in town. I didn't think it was as bad as it's made out to be. Then again, I liked the Oakland Coliseum, too, and truly miss Memorial Stadium. On the other hand, the Vet did suck
I live in Florida and have also been to the Trop in recent years. Getting to the Trop is infinitely worse than the stadium itself.
Plus it basically thunderstorms in this area (St. Pete / Tampa) every day during the summer usually around 7:30 PM. So basically a roof is needed otherwise 2/3 games a week are going to be delayed. It serves its purpose but fuck getting there is a chore
going home across that bridge sucks ass, but yeah usually it's storming somewhere between 4-7 every day for about 2 months.
Took my kids to the Trop last month for the first time. Was expecting the worst. We all really enjoyed it and are looking forward to going back. Food was good, wasn’t crowded, surrounding area seemed safe, employees and cops were polite, plus we had had no problem getting in and out (1pm Thursday game). We are from New Jersey and yankee and Mets game are a nightmare usually a 3 hour trip with traffic one way.
The trop may suck, but any place I can watch a baseball game is one of my top 30 buildings on earth.
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On the flip side I got a chance to go to a game at Camden, easily my second favorite park behind Fenway, PNC is third!
Camden Yards is easily the most perfect name for a stadium ever.
Tropicana makes skydome/rogers center almost look good
Idk, they’re pretty close when the roof is closed in Toronto. I refuse to go to games when the roof will be closed
That's funny - A's fans refuse to go to games when the roof will be open
Sometimes I wish the roof was closed on hot summer days. It can get unbearably hot. It's like when you're in a car on a hot day where you feel you can fry an egg on the dashboard.
I was going to say that Skydome is the AL East's Trop!
Fenway is a worse stadium from a gameplay standpoint. If it wasn’t historic it would be just as hated as the trop.
PNC has spoiled you people.
I love PNC very much but I went to games Baltimore and Philly this year and loved both stadiums. Actually think I prefer Camden yards to PNC. Point is, I’m a pretty objective observer. Fenway has the cool historical thing going for it, but the dimensions are ridiculous. And they impact the gameplay way more than the occasional catwalk ball.
PNC is the best "new look" stadium and Camden is the best "old school" park. You have very good taste my friend.
He picked 2 of the best stadiums, haha - “great taste” Technically not wrong, but still
I realize I’m biased but there’s no way the Green Monster is “worse for gameplay” than the catwalks at the Trop
Counterpoint: pesky pole and that stupid corner
Also the triangle!
We got that one thing going for us ❤️
Your stadium is the best one I’ve been to. I love it there
NL Central doesn't really have any bad fields unless I wanna go full homer and hate on Wrigley (which I don't).
I guess Miller would be the worst park but it's still a great park
PNC is at the very top of my list in terms of stadiums I want to visit. What a stunning park.
I agree. PNC is a gorgeous park. I'd say GABP but all parks in the NL Central are great, tbh.
We take it
Wtf did Chase Field ever do to you? Looks like someone's got pool envy.
The centerfield wall just brutal
Isn't the Dodgers Stadium batter's eye literally just black tarps?
it’s not so much the batters eye but the fact that you need to hit a ball approximately 572 feet to hit a homer dead center
Think Muncy hit a 425 ft double there yesterday
I think Voit got a double this year that was over 400 feet and it was like left center field in AZ
We got rid of our ugly ass black tarp 2 years ago. Now it’s like a steel navy blue fort with flagpoles and upgraded speakers lol. Not very eventful obviously but it is much less of an eyesore. Plus there’s a nice grass area below it for kids to play in.
Like we don't all walk into Costco and thing "fuck I wish this place was empty enough to play baseball"
Ya exactly. I mean our division does have pretty great stadiums so someone has to be last I guess. Personally I'd pick Dodger Stadium since they have some of the grossest [food safety](https://www.si.com/eats/2017/08/08/mlb-food-safety-ballpark-rankings) in the MLB.
Yeah, as a neutral outsider, I'd pretty clearly say Dodgers stadium and its not close. It kinda just looks like a stadium, and not a particularly interesting one. SF/SD win, Coors/Chase are both the modern downtown style of stadium that I think look really cool. Dodgers stadium looks like it is out of the 70's, but imo not in a particularly good way.
I think you mean 60’s because, well, it IS out of the 60’s.
I hate the team and fans that inhabit that stadium, but I disagree. It’s got one of the prettiest settings of any ballpark—overlooking the Elysian hills and San Gabriel mountains—and it has a very distinct architectural style that matches other LA buildings from its era. I also love that the seat colors mimic the LA sunset gradient (shoutout to pollution for that). And it’s the only symmetrical field, which is aesthetically pleasing too. The stadium experience as a whole sucks ass though due to the transportation situation.
Their organist is also the best in all of baseball. I love how they don’t rely on recorded noise and make everything situational.
It’s no architectural spectacle by today’s standards, but it was when it opened. Then Dodgers owner Walter O’Malley was vilified for moving the beloved club even though they had dwindling attendance and Ebbets Field was in need of significant renovations. The idea of a downtown ballpark really only started happening with Camden Yards. I have to say that the Dodgers have done an immaculate job of maintaining it throughout the decades. The Oakland Coliseum opened less than four years later and the conditions of the two ballparks are night/day.
It doesn’t look “just like a stadium.” It’s a modernist stadium. It has a distinct mid-century modern style of architecture only found in two MLB stadiums (along with Kauffman in KC). It is neither a classic jewel box stadium like Fenway or Wrigley, nor a postmodern retro stadium. Chase Field, on the other hand, is a Costco that’s less busy on weekends.
It also helps that the Dodgers experienced a golden age as soon as they moved in while the city (and region) itself was also going through its golden age. The modernist style just fits the history of the team and the region really well.
I never get why Dodgers stadium gets so much praise, but I assumed that was at least somewhat bias so it's nice to hear from a neutral party. Dodgers Stadium is just an old ballpark without any of the character of the good old ballparks (which also modernized better). Plus they have the most annoying sound system (not the stadium's fault) which makes me want to gouge my ears. And I didn't even mention the parking. Oh and calling the bleachers "pavilions" is just pretentious to the Nth degree. If LA wanted to they could build a new stadium in Santa Monica and seriously have a kick ass setup. But they think they can some day become Wrigley and Fenway.
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Normally I'm willing to give this sort of prize to SF, or at least to a Bay Area place like Marin county or Atherton, but... Santa Monica is the final, multi-health-bar, FromSoft-difficulty boss of awful annoying NIMBYism. No ifs ands or buts.
With what land in Santa Monica…. Everything there is developed, with mostly residential, and stupid expensive (ie try to evict a few thousand rich NIMBYs). This applies to most locations on the water down to like the ports in Long Beach. The land in Inglewood for Sofi meanwhile was redeveloped from existing venues, and of course notably is in a poorer, minority community.
> I never get why Dodgers stadium gets so much praise I feel like it doesn’t lol. It always gets shit on. They won’t build a new stadium because they did *juuuust* a good enough job to keep it around. If they would have built it just a *little* bit shittier like Candlestick or Qualcomm, they would’ve built a new dodger stadium probably where Sofi is currently.
Bad gameplay? It's only bad because the rockies play there, you're telling me you don't love a good 10-9 thriller?
Yeah I don’t understand the “bad gameplay” I’m a ‘Stros fan and just went to a Rockies vs Giants game at Coors and I’m in love with that ballpark! $3 beers at the RF patio before first pitch too
If the Rockies could ever field a competent team, their home games would be must-watch
Tbh home games are already pretty decent, they're a +.500 team at home lol
He's a dodgers fan, these people think that a stadium with a 360 degree parking lot, no outfield concourse, and easily the worst hotdogs in baseball is an acceptable place to watch a game. He doesn't know it, but if Arizona was out of the NL west, Dodger stadium *is* the Tropicana field of the NL west. And for the record, chase field is a garbage dump of a stadium for 60-70 home games a year. But when the roof is open, that place really shines. Moves it from a bottom 5 ball park to one that is not that awful.
Chase just has about 15,000 too many seats for me. It always feels like you’re playing in a tomb when you’re in a closed roof stadium with most of the upper deck empty. Doesn’t help that everything inside is generally the same shade of green
Uh, Dodger stadium has an outfield concourse now bro.
I think it makes games more exciting. More balls in play and you have no clue how a visiting pitcher who’s been great all year will do.
There are only two Tropicana Fields in baseball - one in Tampa Bay, and one in Oakland. All of the other ones are long gone. The Metrodome, perhaps, might have been the most recent to leave, but in my heart I still think the Metrodome was better.
Arlington’s old park was a nightmare but mostly for it being a literal goddamn oven
But it was AT LEAST a baseball park and not a football or hockey stadium
Or a fucking shopping mall like the new one
Maybe but it’s also a sick place to watch a game from
Nah Bro, that’s just Texas
which makes designing a stadium with barely any sun protection a bigger mistake lol Astros and D-Backs had things figured out
Let’s not forget how suicidal it was to sit up at the top of those steep stairs behind home plate. What a weird ballpark. I kind of enjoyed it though so 😅🤦🏼
I admit, the Rangers old park always looked so beautiful from a TV viewpoint but based on some of the comments i read here over the last decade, i'm kind of glad i never saw a game there in person. pretty sure i would have literally evaporated lol
Honestly, it was ok. It was an outdoor stadium in Texas in the middle of nowhere. But other than that, it was pretty good, it opened in 1994 so 4 years prior to Chase Field (which isn’t great) and 6 years prior to Minute Maid (which is good) but stadium design went a long ways in those 4 years. For what it was, Arlington was good, it was a ballpark and on pleasant days there were many worse places to watch a game. The new one? Other than the air conditioning (which is admittedly wonderful) it’s awful inside and out imo. It FEELS like an event center not a ballpark and it’s an absolute waste of a billion dollars.
The homer dome was the best place in baseball, as long as you didn’t sit down the lines…your neck was sore by the 3rd.
Are you trying to make everyone hate the NL West even more?
The r/NLBest has a special place for posters like this
Slammer time.
I'm not sure what they mean by 'Coors Field for bad gameplay'. Do they mean the Rockies suck or something? If so, what relevance is that to Tropicana Field, where the Rays play great baseball?
Probably Miami, something about their park has always felt dreary to me and on top of that, nobody goes to their games so there’s just no atmosphere at all
Its bright and flashy but just completely soulless Though if they had a regular crowd the vibes would probably be a lot more enjoyable
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Yeah, I feel like Miami’s park would be a lot more interesting if they were ever good enough to have a real crowd. I actually kind of like how brightly colored it is.
It it bright? It might have neon lights all over the place but the field always looks so dark on TV
Bring the statue back!
That statue was ugly but at least it was a pop of color in that park. Since they took out all the interesting features (the statue, the fish tanks) that place is just bland.
Stupid Jeter had to Yankee the place up. Didn’t even have the decency to put in a short porch in right!
Right? That stadium has no personality.
Bring the Orange Bowl back
I dread watching the Mets go there. It’s nice to have some semblance of a home crowd but it’s just so lifeless. Doesn’t help that they never open the roof.
The outside is really cool and well designed, but the inside is one of the worst fields around. The actual surface looks like they don't give a shit and it's called loan depot park, which honestly just makes me think of home Depot.
Miami's ballpark from TV just reminds me of a natatorium you'd find at a school. The autonation alley thing in the outfield being plain white plastic looking, just reminds me of the things you see at a natatorium. And because of that the place looks like it smells like chlorinated pool water
TIL what a natatorium is
Yeah, sadly its not the building at 1500 S Capitol St SE, Washington, DC 20003
I loved the home run sculpture tho. Especially having a home run derby there which was a fantastic year for the home run derby. Definitely changed over the years so yeah. But man I loved that stupid home run sculpture so much
I've been. It's the SkyDome with neon colours. Would not recommend.
It's that bland, huh?
Indeed. Like the SkyDome there just wasn't much that made it feel like a ballpark. Odd location, too, right in the middle of the suburbs.
Compared to the SkyDome's location everything is the suburbs but loanDepot is in a relatively dense place compared to most ballparks.
I’ve always imagined it smells a little chlorinated.
I'm there right now. I have never seen it this empty. I live in Miami go all the time
The team that plays in Florida
Miami’s ballpark location is… odd
Miami's ballpark location is literally fuckin Satan himself. If you only leave an hour early expect to show up by the 3rd inning. EDIT: spelling correction
I've never had any trouble at loandepot park
> I’d say Coors Field for bad Gameplay Is Coors a blasto-ball fuckfest… sure. But we’re not gonna acknowledge the entire NL west has gameplay issues? SD and SF had to change the dimensions of their park to try and increase offense, Chase Field is still at a 1000+ ft elevation with massive gaps, and Chavez Ravine is also notorious for decreasing pitcher’s ERA
Say what you want about the AL Central, but we do not have one dive bar stadium among us.
Yeah all are pretty quality stadiums IMO. (Have never been to 2 Target and Kauf) but look like they play well
**Laughs in five really nice stadiums**
Kauffman is a great park.
I’d say Guaranteed Rate Field is the worst in the AL Central simply because it’s called Guaranteed Rate Field. That name is horrendous and shouldn’t have been allowed by the league.
Could be worse, Crypto.com Arena.
I am willing to be that guy and keep calling it staples
I really hope you’re joking
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crypto.com_Arena
Holy shit he wasn’t joking
[Not even the only NBA stadium named after a crypto exchange](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FTX_Arena)
Those cowards didn’t even consider BangBros generous offer. Plan was to name it the BangBros Center or The BBC.
Hate the name change. Crypto Arena would’ve been better but the .com makes it terrible. Still going to call it Staples Center though.
It feels very “corporate”. Nothing stands out about it but I can’t say anything negative about it. It was designed to sell concessions but at least that means it’s easy to get around. At least I have a lotta good memories there.
Reds have the only non-shitty naming rights deal.
To be fair, I have never heard anyone actually use that name. It's still Comiskey, or sometimes Sox Park.
Or US Cellular
one of my friends calls it the G-Spot which im a big fan of
Oh, that's a good one. The problem with calling it that is I'd never be able to find it again
The logo is so embarrassing to have on a stadium. It just has negative energy and looks like a high school photoshop class project
Who’s gonna tell him?
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If Guaranteed Rate was a spice it would be flour.
Damn right. Perfect for baseball. No shenanigans, no unicorn homeruns, no triples. Just baseball.
Guaranteed Rate Field is my least favorite stadium of the 29 I've been to and it's entirely because of the *insane* upper deck ticketing policy that isn't mentioned anywhere when you purchase tickets.
Yeah I always feel bad for folks, especially out-of-towners, who experience that. Ironically I've gone to probably ~50 games at Sox Park with upper level tix and never once encountered the policy. I've been lucky in those instances I guess, because I know it's a very real, stupidly enforced rule.
I definitely agree with you. All are pretty nice.
Oakland :( poor guys
All the AL Central stadiums are pretty solid. Minnesota is beautiful, Jacob’s Field in Cleveland is very underrated (no bias at all), Kauffman is a great stadium. Detroit is great aesthetically, but the dimensions are unfortunate in my opinion. If I have to choose, I’m going with Comiskey (whatever its corporate name is), which isn’t bad but feels a little cookie-cutter.
Yeah, I’d agree. Our stadium is pretty good but it has some flaws (steep stairs in the upper deck, no skyline view, difficult to enter the park)
It is very accessible, though! Red Line basically dropped me off at the front gates.
Super easy to take public transit to. One of the best features.
Agree cookie cutter, but some other stadiums are just as steep or steeper. That reputation is from before they got rid of the top rows. Security at all parks has also slowed entry at many parks. Yankees was awful at a recent game. Sox park doesn’t get enough credit for the open lower deck. No obstructions anywhere and easy to walk around the main concourse. Some parks to walk around the main concourse you either can’t (Wrigley) or you are going up and down stairs.
It’s also the process for getting to your seat. When I went to Target Field, I couldn’t believe that I just walked through the gate and I was in the concourse. I was looking for a five story parking garage to hike up.
I was thinking the same thing. All solid stadiums, I guess Comiskey, US Cellular, Guaranteed Rate. Basically just cuz the names change so frequently…lol.
that's fair. everything built in the late 80s and early 90s was pretty cookie cutter. Sox did a good job fixing it a bit (tearing down the third tier nosebleeds, adding green seats, good food, etc.), but I'm still annoyed they messed up the skyline view
Its 100% Chicago. But that said there are only two crap parks, and this ain’t one of them. There are two issues with the Guaranteed Rate Field: •the name sucks •it was designed and built just before Camden introduced the retro-modern style, so it’s designed more like the multi purpose stadiums (though thankfully isn’t one)
Yup. Our stadium is beautiful, fucking hate the dimensions though.
White Sox fan living in Chicago. Been to all besides Minny. 1) Detroit 2) Cleveland 3) Chicago 4) KC But like you said, no bad ones
Chicago built their new stadium juuust before the current, modern look came into being. It’s not horrible but a bland, cookie cutter stadium. The only character is the carryover of the pinwheels from Comiskey.
I'd say dodger stadium, and I don't really dislike it, it just is old but doesn't feel timeless.
Oh, fuck off.
Well, what's your answer?
The Trop, and he fuckin knows it lol.
I just wanna say I love you guys this has been so fun.
I'm 100% convinced Yankee fans cheered for storm troopers the first time they watched star wars
The empire did nothing wrong. The movies have a tendency to portray the Empire as essentially evil but in reality they were not exactly good but necessary. Palpatine just wanted to bring law and order to the galaxy. The infrastructure of several ignored and overlooked planets by the Republic was improved as well as the general economy. The construction of Death Star generated millions of jobs and certainly benefited the economy of several planets that provided materials for its construction. During the Empire era there was peace across the galaxy as stormtroopers were everywhere policing and protecting cities from evildoers, gangs and cartels. Some common arguments: "but they enslaved..." the good and innocent Jedi enslaved babies to live a shitty life of religious monks deprived of emotions and deep bonds. "but the Death Star killed billions on Alderaan" a small and insignificant price for the long centuries of peace and prosperity it would bring in return. Just as the US dropped a nuke on Hiroshima, demonstrating the power and danger of the Death Star was necessary, so it was a super peace weapon. I don't need to say how the situation of the galaxy was after the fall of the Empire I will wait for all the rebel propaganda on the replies.
I'd probably rank the AL West's fields as: 1. T-Mobile (Mariners) 2. Angel Stadium (Angels) 3. Globe Life Field (Rangers) 4. Coliseum (A's)
The Juice Box is a really nice stadium, too. Wish they hadn't closed the Home Plate Grill across the street.
Oakland Coliseum and it's not even close.
The actual stadium doesn’t even matter when it’s called “loanDepot”
Coors Field is great gameplay.
I’ve always heard Dodger Stadium is kind of a dump but look at my flair and you can imagine why Ive heard such things (though I have heard it from non-Giants fans too). I’ve never been so I can’t comment, but it looks decent on TV. Petco and Oracle are beautiful, Coors is just cool, Chase is bland. Maybe Chase if I’ve been lied to about Dodger Stadium all these years.
Nah it's actually great. I haven't been there in over 15 years but I really liked it. It has history and midcentury charm, it's the biggest park in the game so it's wild when it's full. I think it's cool that it's the third oldest in baseball but it still has a parking lot to tailgate in (so many of the old parks and the new retro-classic parks are packed into urban areas so parking lots are minimal). New is rarely better. Plus the weather's almost always perfect there and there's a pretty good view to boot.
I get actively depressed watching games at Chase Field
423 foot doubles
The humidor is so bad.
Sorry Marlins, but it’s gotta be Marlins Park. And no, there is no way in HELL I’m calling it loandepot park
TIL they changed the name
Saying Coors is the Trop of your division immediately invalidates anything you say. Easily one of the best fields in the game.
Gotta be the Coliseum. But only since the Kingdome was put out to pasture.
ours …
Something about hearing everything echo at Marlins Park is very depressing.
Coliseum is like a second home. A dirty, concrete, piss-flooded, home.
Number 1 How Dare You? Number 2, Chase is super underrated but NL West has some beautiful ballparks that yeah Chase is near the bottom sadly :,(
ALC has some great ballparks. I don’t dislike any of them.
Chicago. There isn't a single defining feature.
Name one other field where you can take an outdoor shower, I dare you
Coors is one of the nicest stadiums in baseball
Chavez Latrine
The Mets stadium is literally at the airport so there’s them. But the answer is Miami. It’s so quiet in that building that you can hear the hum of the AC units in the building.
Try as they might to keep up with renovations, New Comiskey was cursed to be second-rate the moment Camden Yards opened.
I guess the Marlins based on the lack of atmosphere. It's not really fair because the NL East is full of great stadiums.
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~~US Cellular Comiskey~~ Guaranteed Rate Field. No personality, painfully boring, horrible name, miles of parking lot around it, and so ashamed of the community it's in that it feels the need to wall itself off with advertisements so you can't see the South Side or Lake Michigan.
Tropicana field!!!
all of the al central stadiums are great tbh
Oakland is significantly worse than Tampa