As an American in Atlanta with the BENZ, both of your stadiums are Nice for modern outdoor facilities. Both are BEAUTIFUL! As a Tennessee Volunteer football fan, hopefully with the renovations over the next few years Neyland Stadium can overtake Bryant Denny Stadium as the best College football stadium in North America.
When it comes to Lumen Field, the same features that make it so tough for visiting teams to play there when it comes to the Seahawks also applies to the Sounders of MLS as well especially when the whole stadium is open for soccer (not just the lower bowl & bleachers) like it was for the 2019 MLS Cup & the CONCACAF Champions League Final earlier this year & the Sounders won both matches.
7:00 I'm from Tuscaloosa County. I've never heard of Tuscaloosca lol. In all seriousness, I'm kinda surprised Bryant Denny is your highest ranked college football stadium. But I do like the symmetry of it.
As a person who has played a few games at mosaic stadium I am happy it is on this list though the new one doesn’t have the history of the old one it still is amazing to play in
There's some sweet videos out there that go into further detail on how these stadiums were made, specifically SoFi stadium. I think it was done by Science Channel! They had some sweet engineering considerations like how to deal with earthquakes in the design.
The best stadium I've ever been to is Allianz Field in Minneapolis. I was halfway up the second deck and it felt like I was on the field, and it was louder than some football games I've been to with 80k+ fans.
Who knew moving out to the suburbs and surround the park with fan amenities would be a benefit! Been to all three stadiums in Atlanta over the years, Truist is by far the best experience.
Nice. I live in BC Canada and was at BC place the other night. It is actually a nice stadium for its age. Great renovations done a while back. It was a nice night and the roof was open.
Underrated omission is Great America Ballpark home of the Reds. One of my fav mlb parks in the league. It’s totally got the PNC vibes both down to the shitty baseball
Im Mexican and i wouldn't include estadio Azteca here, it's in a awful state the owners love to neglect it's urgent repairs and instead tear down entire sections to build vip areas that make no sense. There are some truly beautiful stadiums that you can find all over Mexico even baseball ones that are more deserving of a spot in this list.
I think Miami first(they have F1 racing, tennis and college football. Vikings are 2 because it’s just a beautiful stadium and perfect colors. Vegas at 3 because it’s in Vegas and I think it’s the most innovative stadium
FYI - the artificial lake is likely used for environmental control, as a big heat sink, and for fire control should there ever be a major fire there. Not just a pretty face.😊
A note about SoFi most don't know: It has no air conditioning. It relies on it's western side being completely open for ocean winds to blow in and cool the inside. In theory it should be great as it is only 4 miles from the beach, but it doesn't really work during the record high temperatures Los Angeles has been experiencing this past year. On field temperature during the Rams-Bills game on week 1 was 84 degrees, there were similar temperatures during the Super Bowl, as LA was experiencing a major heat wave with outside temperatures reaching well over 90 degrees.
For those responding, or thinking, that SoFi Stadium needs AC, it's actually open air with an independent canopy. The opening that OP mentioned was supposed to be the way to help keep the stadium cooler, but without wind and with high temps, it won't have the desired temperature mitigation effects.
Crazy the architects thought thered be a routine breeze that far inland. Yes its only 4 miles but there's a shit ton of urban sprawl and its near LAX which itself would impact the breeze. They should have had at least SOME sort of air moving system even if it wasn't ac
Twinkies fan in Minnesota. I like Target Field better but God damn I've never had a better time at a park than I've ever had at Miller. You 'sconies know how to have fun 😊
Estadio azteca is among the most history rich stadiums in the world of football (soccer). This the North American version of the old Wembley in London or Maracana in Brazil. Definitely hallowed grounds
I'm from Winnipeg and I walk by IG Field every day to get to the university campus. Every time I walk by, I always look up and think "damn, that's a beautiful stadium."
Paul allen really liked audio engineering. The blazer's arena has something similar to the seahawks where it funnels noise back down to the court. It genuinely makes a massive difference. A side result is that other shows in the arena are also much louder, duh. Monster trucks are already loud as hell but in that arena, the noise is really something else. Also with how dry and hot our summers have become, I will never see rain as depressing LOL. Man I hate summer.
It's easy to dislike summers when you live somewhere with mild winters and a gorgeous spring and fall. Spend a winter in Milwaukee and you'll be praying for August.
@@mjwbulich Our winters are very mild but gorgeous spring? lol, spring is just winter with even more rain. Gorgeous isn't the word I'd use. I hate summer because every year it has been getting drier and hotter. Last year it got to 119f here. This summer we broke the record for the most days over 90f and over 100f. Plus, every year the wildfires and smoke get worse. Fall is peak wildfire season. Climate change has made summer miserable.
Besides Mosaic Stadium not being completed on Google Earth, the Street View part around it can be unique. You'll see the Mosaic Stadium, and the as you go few blocks down, see old Street View images of Taylor Field. Not sure if Google has updated that since, but if so, it was pretty unique when using Street View.
Glad to see 3 CFL stadiums in there. I'm also an Orioles fan and I used to go to Baltimore every summer in high school and I'll never forget walking into Oriole park for the first time it was amazing, especially after seeing memorial the year before. Up to then I'd only seen memorial in Baltimore and exhibition stadium and skydome in Toronto and Oriole Park was and is just so far above them and anything I've seem since, haven't been to PNC but I hear from Orioles fans it's great too.
Here in milwaukee, we are hoping to build a "brew district" to allow for better surrounding amenities, hopefully it can rise up the rankings in the future
As a Pittsburgher, it breaks my heart that PNC Park has to host such a trash product in it. That ball park deserves to be full and have a successful team for how amazing it is. It's the best sporting venue I've personally been to. At least it's gotten the attention it deserves sometimes (IE when it hosted the All-Star game).
I'm shocked that Camden Yards isn't higher. You are absolutely correct. This stadium has hosted some of the best sporting event experiences of my life.
Same. Me & my friends would leave after School to go to an Orioles Game just to hang around the Warehouse. I live in Atlanta now and Truist Park/The Battery is Camden on Steroids except that Parking is horrible there.
I finally got to visit the Benz this year for an Atlanta United game and the halo screen was wild to me to see in person. it's so easy to look up and get an instant replay of the action but it's not so low that it's obtrusive to sight lines. also, the supporter's section is $30 General Admission so I ended up getting to sit in the second row behind the home goal and got to wave one of the flags. I was already biased towards it as an Atlanta sports fan but now, holy shit I wanna go back so bad lol
You don't go to Mercedes Benz Stadium to watch football (because that sucks) ... you watch futbol. Because those three championship banners hanging from the roof do NOT have a bird on them.
How is Allegiant stadium #5? That’s insane. This stadium is legit the best modern stadium in North America. Also who in the hell puts pirates stadium above Allegiant? That’s insane.
I do agree that getting Ubers from Jerryworld is hard. I went to the Thanksgiving Game against the Raiders last year. Lots of Uber Drivers were price gouging so me, some Cowboys Fans, and bunch of Raiders fans jumped into an Hotel Bus, tipped the driver like $200 total and he took us to the hotel he was assigned to where we managed to get normal priced Ubers from there.
Should've been called "My Favorite North American Stadiums", cause this list is bad. So many flaws, especially having Allegiant Stadium #5 instead of #1. Had a good laugh though. "A" for effort..
I'm actually surprised to not see Oracle Park where the San Francisco Giants play because that's on top of a lot of lists or near the top. But well even though it didn't make this top 20, I'd still say this is a pretty excellent list!
Allianz Field in St Paul, MN is similar in design to Estadio BBVA. I took in a soccer match their with my dad a couple of years ago. The walls are a beautiful transparent surface that can be lit up at night. The only downside I saw from my visit was it sits in the middle of a shopping district, so parking might be problematic (we took a train so I'm not sure).
Ok a small bone to pick Five Points, you did B.C. Place but one of your criteria's was easy access, this stadium is anything but easy and be elbow to elbow with everyone else to leave or enter, it is a night mare like most downtown stadiums. Mosiac Stadium in Regina and IG Field in Winnipeg were good choices but you left the nicest stadium off the list and that is Rogers Place in Edmonton!!!! This is by far the nicest of any in Canada. Yes it is an Arena, technically not a stadium but you choose stadiums that were enclosed also so an arena and a stadium becomes the same.
Brewers stadium is awful I'm sorry. Damn airplane hanger with my most hated feature in baseball, just a tall wall in dead center with a line for homerun balls. Arizona has the same. US Bank is very nice inside but super ugly outside. Looks like a turtle
What’s funny is on this list you have Mercedes stadium above Allegiant and on another list you have Allegiant stadium above Mercedes. SMH where’s the integrity?
Oh alright Fives, I'll just let the fact that you didn't mention that SoFi Stadium is built to resemble the previous Rams logo slide here. There is no good logo here in Ba Sing Se.
A major con of AT&T Stadium is the sun. For some unknown reason, Jerry had the stadium built East to west, so the sun causes major glare issues for players during the late afternoon games. In true Jerry fashion, he refuses to admit that anything is wrong with the stadium, despite his own receivers reporting being unable to see the ball
Very surprised that how Busch Stadium is not on this list. It has just as nice view as PNC park and much better on the field baseball. I will say that yes PNC park is closer to water. The Mississippi River is not that far from Busch Stadium. I don’t think I am biased but I am a Cardinals fan.
I'm somewhat surprised that Petco Park isn't on here, Petco park is a great stadium, but then again, it might just mean there are even better stadiums in the continent.
I think why it didn’t make the list is the dimensions since it was difficult to hit home runs for so long. But I still do think it’s my favorite stadium I’ve been too
That mountain You can see from the BBVA stadium is called cerro de la silla and is the symbol of the city of Monterrey. You can see it in the stadium of the rival team (Tigres U.A.N.L.) too.
