@@MarloSoBalJr How can it be dilapidated? It's only 25 years old. Fenway Park is 110 years old and the Red Sox think it can last until 2061. Does it still have those stupid "dream seats"? When Snyder put those in, it showed that he knows nothing about football. Field-level seats work well in baseball, because the bench doesn't block your view of the field. Apparently, Snyder didn't learn from the biggest mistake of RFK (the very first of the "cookie cutters"): the sideline seats were too low to the field, so fans sitting in the first ten rows couldn't see the entire field because the view was blocked by the football team bench. In a proper football stadium, when you sit down, your feet must be at least six feet above the field so you can get an unobstructed view. That idiot Snyder didn't know.
@@Eternal5ent You mean Redskins? I refuse to refer to the Washington Communists as the Commanders... They will forever be the Redskins. That way, I can tolerate them more.
I went to a Wyoming game as a visiting team fan once, the two tier stands seem kind of weird for the stadium given that they just sort of end abruptly and there’s no permanent seats at either end zone, but it’s not that bad overall and felt like an enjoyable game day atmosphere. A big reason why you might have had trouble finding other stadiums to judge in Wyoming is that Wyo is the only 4-year university in the whole state
@@Warsaw_PactYeah, especially because you can get really close to the benches and field with general admission, which you can’t in a lot of other stadiums.
Funny thing about St. Thomas, since Clemson lost to South Carolina, St. Thomas currently has the longest home winning streak in college football. Last home loss was in Round 3 of the 2016 D3 playoffs to UW-Oshkosh (my current school) in late November. Edit: Wow really had to diss Oshkosh 🤣
@@bryanbyholm2803 Yeah I would think as a stadium, River Falls is slightly worse than Oshkosh due to wooden stands and lack of stadium amenities/resources, but the atmosphere on game day is a lot better than Oshkosh from my experience.
@@GreenBayPayton RF just got a new stadium like 2 years back I think? So its not so bad to be honest. I don't know what I would put on that list since all of the colleges in WI have okay facilities that I've been to at least.
@@GreenBayPayton Goerke Field in Point is probably the worst. Stevens Point Area Senior High also plays there, and it is the third best stadium in that high school conference. Carson Park is pretty bad too, but a little better.
@@sokonek1 RF got the new stadium around 2015. They got a new video board this past year. Carson Park I agree also isn’t great but I think Goerke Field is disqualified because it’s more of a high school stadium than a college stadium. Definitely the worst one used in the WIAC though.
You mentioned Jerry Rice of Rice-Totten Stadium because every football fan knows who Jerry Rice is, but you probably never heard of Willie "Satellite" Totten. He set over 50 NCAA Division 1-AA records and in 1984 threw for 58 touchdowns and 4,557 yards. His 12,711 career passing yards is 2nd all time in Division 1-AA history.
5:35 as a Georgia resident, the mayor at the time (Kasim Reed in 2013) before the Braves moved out of Turner Field to SunTrust (Now Truist) Park, wanted to implode the stadium at first. This was from a Ballpark book that I got, and all of that happened around November of 2013. Luckily in 2016, Georgia State bought Turner Field and the adjacent parking lot across the road (The outline of Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium), from what I heard is that GSU is going to give the outline of AFCS a 2nd life as a ballpark for GSU, and Hank Aaron's marker will be left alone. There is way too much history for the stadium, like you said: being the host of the 1996 Olympic Games, 19 years as the home of the Atlanta Braves, hosting a World Series game in 1999, 2000 All-Star Game, and so on. it can be a crappy stadium, but to be honest, GSU worked with what they bought.
I grew up in Europe and we had lower division soccer teams. The town i grew up in has 2, and the one I supported was right next to a cemetery. Surprisingly for its level, it actually had a stadium and not just field, but the stadium was built in 1940s and was ran down. They used to be sponsored by chocolate company that went out of business in the 60s
Every year, I try to visit a Madureira game here in Rio. Their stadium happens to be near a rather busy market, so it was actually rather common for balls to end up stuck on their roof and the club would have to routinely go there in order to bring them back.
As a proud citadel cadet, I can tell you that not only is our stadium awful, but they also tore down the away stands because of asbestos. Was not at all surprised we are the worst in SC. At least VMI is here too
LOL THAT'S WHY!??!? Btw I had a friend who went to the Citadel. He said the thing he learned most was how to fire a water balloon with precision accuracy across one battalion living quarters to the other using a homemade sling shot.
Hey we are the best at being the worst. I'm honestly surprised VMI hasn't decided to throw more money into the pit that is Foster Stadium. And more surprised Foster hasn't been found to contain some kind of deadly chemical.
Memorial Stadium in Terre Haute, Indiana is horrible. Considering that what used to be a Romanesque 1920’s multi-complex hippodrome for minor league baseball and other sports was torn down and replaced with the plainest most bland football ‘stadium’ on earth with only the old arch left and attached to a giant single metal bleacher stand with the field surrounded by crappy concrete stuff.
as someone who lived in alabama, legion field ain’t the worst stadium there’s an fcs school (north alabama) that plays on a field that is owned by the city’s public middle school 😭
As a proud Alumni of Idaho State University I have to say that Holt Arena deserves to be on this list. It is smaller, older, and in much worse condition than the Kibbie dome. In spite of this injustice I still enjoyed the video. Awesome video and great list!
I was pretty surprised to see Idaho was chosen instead of ISU. Most of my family lives in Pocatello (we moved to Utah when I was 2), and I’ve driven by it well over a thousand times. It’s always been an odd looking one for sure.
For Virginia, I think Virginia State's stadium deserves an honorable/dishonorable mention. There's so much distance between the home stands and the field that you could literally fit another copy of the home stands into that gap and probably still have room left over.
Utah Tech's Stadium has undergone some major renovations over the past few years-new press box, good sized visitors stands, upgraded turf, and I'm pretty sure they removed the track around the field
Unfortunately the track is still there, but it was redone. so it's no longer deteriorating. The renovations have made the stadium pretty great though. The only thing I still dislike about it is the track.
@@chipperw Oh okay, it’s been a while since I’ve been back, but the stadium for the most part is pretty nice, especially since they just underwent so many changes
It definitely is a lot better now. Hard to say what is the worst football stadium in utah is now, probably SUU's eccles coliseum? isnt bad but for D1 college its underwhelming
Norhtern State University in Aberdeen, SD actually no longer plays at Clark Swisher field. When they did they shared it with the local high school. They now have a stadium of their own on campus named Dakotah Bank Stadium and is extremely nice. It actually a part of a very impressive sports complex at the school that cost roughly $33 Million. One of the nicest complexes in all of D2 athletics.
Cheney huh? Not for much longer, Wyomingites hate Liz cheney with a burning passion because shes a centrist. Can't be a centrist anywhere in Wyoming. Either be a Republican or...a Republican.
To be fair, Wichita State hasn't fielded a football team since 1986 (the plane crash was in 1970, and they played football for 16 years after that), so to call Cessna Stadium a D1 stadium is a stretch. You could have went to Lawrence and took a picture of a real crappy D1 stadium.
@@lorimello5121 Yeah, it's supposed to take them two seasons to finish all the work, and the Jayhawks are playing their home games in Kansas City for the time being (mostly in Children's Mercy Park, a MLS soccer venue for Sporting KC).
We don't "live" in Wyoming, we exist here. But taking in a game at the War is an incredible experience. We're like college level Bills fans since it's cold as all hell and we're drunk most of the time. Not to mention smashing tables is a tradition now since JA17 is a Bill. Highly recommend watching the Pokes play. We're a fun bunch.
The Citadel doesn't require serving in the military, only 40% of graduates go on to a commission in the armed services. It's a big fraternity at this point that ensures you'll always have a job somewhere in Charleston.
Wildcat Stadium in New Hampshire actually replaced the small visitors bleachers for a large home seating area with press boxes about a few years ago. Much nicer than before.
I'm tripping out. My college head coach coached at 3 of these schools (LB State, UMASS, and EMU). My favorite story of the LB stadium. When he was the OC there under George Allen, their quarterback would motion to quiet the crowd with just 1 arm because of the 1 sided stadium lol. And in fairness to UMASS, it was built as a D1 FCS stadium, they only went up to FBS a few years ago.
To be fair to O'Shaughnessy Stadium, it was build for a D-III school. St. Thomas is so large and dominated the D-III schools in Minnesota that the NCAA forced them to go to D-IFBS.
That Long Beach stadium says a lot about society. An urban environment should NOT have that much parking in space that could be BETTER used for a pedestrian-friendly area filled with shops, restaurants, and housing. Houston for example has SO much space used for just parking...and it's sad knowing the potential if it's developed the right way
The stadium is next to the old McDonnell Douglas plant, and the stadium showed up in films of their aircraft rollouts led by a pipe band. Bette Midler's film "The Rose" used this stadium for its concert scenes.
I go to Northern State, and we built a new football stadium a couple years ago, Dacotah Bank Stadium, and it’s much better than Swisher. Swisher is an NAIA/high school field now
When I was in the marching band in high school, we got to be in the homecoming parade at UW Oshkosh. My band director always called it UW Zero, this must be why.
At 5:55 ..I have been to this stadium 3 times...for the Pro Bowl in '97, '98, and '99...it was OK...the parking lot is used every weekend for a flea market...
Went to Pratt and Whitney Stadium for the 2021 men’s lacrosse championships. It rained, and it was full of the types of families that raise lacrosse bros. I pulled a muscle while walking around the area, and I missed out on what was a cool Champions League Final. (Okay, rant over.)
Hey, Georgia State Center Parc is actually a great experience. GSU did for the area what Braves couldn’t do in 20 years, they turned the surrounding area into a destination for tourists and locals. Visit before you judge.
As a Valpo alum I’ll agree with ya on Indiana since there’s no bathrooms or locker rooms at Brown Field, the players dress in locker rooms in the ARC (basketball arena) and that’s where fans have to go if they have to use the shitter
OK, I have to say something nice about Aggie Stadium in Las Cruces. The university hosts an annual marching band tournament there, and I was a band geek and played there for several years, and even before I was in high school, I went to the contest as a spectator. One of the best parts of the trip was finding cardboard sleds and going down the hill on them. This is called fun.
I'm an NMSU alum (class of 2015)...they're planning to build a new football facility and upgrade the press box at Aggie Memorial apparently. So there's hope for the future. And hey, we actually went bowling in year one under Jerry Kill!
Speaking of Del State's football stadium, there was crazy traffic at one of their home games this September as although there was not a race at Dover International Speedway that day, Firefly Music Festival was occurring that weekend.
Yeah, New Hampshire Wildcat stadium went through a massive renovation a few years ago. They added a new east stand with a new press box, a massive video board and touched up the old west stand.. a bit.
I’d love to see a Part 2 for this series. The college I went to had a pretty horrible stadium ngl. No lights (so all games had to be played at 1pm which was kinda lame), had a huge grandstand (with a small visitors section), bathrooms were under the grandstand, concessions were on both sides of the grandstand, etc. It has barely any students go to the game, except a small spirit club I was an officer for, had parking lots too big for the stadium, and always smelled like cow poop cuz of local farms. The goods? Well, he had turf, apartments that overlooked some of the stadium, the gym on campus looked out onto the field, and ROTC (which I was part of) shot off a cannon at the end of the national anthem/after every TD. I went to Shippensburg University of PA
Tbh, I can understand a little bit about the lack of lights for that stadium, although it is kinda odd that those tennis courts nearby a couple of the other athletic fields there actually had lights... Also wonder if that's just a thing with that section of D2 football programs, like not even Shepherd University's stadium has lights either, at least I don't remember there being any. Like honestly big agree with the whole issue with the smell as well, that whole town smells, along with where I'm at in Hagerstown.
Dayton, OH folk here. I haven't been to Welcome Stadium in a few years, but I will not dispute its horribleness then, and for the last several years. However, it is currently in the middle of a long-overdue $10M+ renovation. So hopefully some of that suckiness will go away...
ngl as someone who grew up in and still lives in Birmingham using Legion Field is kinda cheap. I've attended at least 60 football games there, mostly UAB games, and I love it. It's just really fucking old and needs repairs, as you alluded to. The biggest problem is that, with Protective Stadium being built in downtown, it doesn't really have a lot of options for teams that can call it home. There are far, far worse stadiums in alabama.
I’ve actually seen a UMASS game. It was 3 weeks ago in college station between a 1-9 team & a 3-7 team. It was also in the 30s and raining & I drove a couple hours for it. YAY ME
I've worked camera at several games at Hillsboro Stadium. No one cares about the Portland State Vikings, and the high school games typically draw more fans. It's quite nice for a high school stadium, and logistically they have proper cam op spots, long press box rows, and they let us do whatever we need to do to put together a decent broadcast. Surprised you didn't mention that it shares amenities with Ron Tonkin Field, where the minor league baseball Hillsboro Hops play. That stadium is pretty new, within the last 10 years or so, and it shares concessions and bathrooms with the football/soccer/softball/everything stadium. The whole complex makes sense when viewed in the context of suburb municipal sportsing. D1 worthy, ehh....
UT Martin in Martin, Tennessee has two sets of bleachers, but the visitor side is blocked off because it's pretty much entirely made up of rotting wood.
For Wisconsin, shoulda dissed St. Norbert, a D3 College south of GB in the suburb of De Pere, it's brand new but yet it looks smaller than most high school stadiums, even the repurposed City Stadium (home to GB East High School now) looks bigger than St. Norbert College's.
The Citadel used to have a large visitors side, but it had to be knocked down in like 2016 due to having structural issues and lead paint in it from when it was built.
As a student of Samford in Birmingham, I am pleasantly surprised that our stadium was not on this list. We have our old track tarred over with asfault which leaves a massive gap between the seats and the field. Our locker room is also 5 feet from the back of our endzone, and no, it doesn't have padding like basketball courts.
As a Sun Belt Conference football fan I enjoy appreciate the Georgia State stadium...it's awesome that they just didn't allow it to decay, like the Rubber Bowl, and also they can't really have a traditional campus stadium. New Mexico State needs some much needed tlc but for the size of school and location...
I like it’s quirks and history. I’m glad they actually did something with the stadium instead of just tearing it down or letting it rot. It’s a part of Atlanta history and I’m glad that it lives on, even in an awkward state
I actually played at the UNI dome for like, I wanna say 6th Grade Cedar Rapids Metro League football? I don’t remember much about the place since I was twelve, but it was real weird playing football in a mostly empty dome with just our families watching. I only played football for one year in school, but that was definitely a highlight
For the State of Kansas. The Cessna aviation company began its operation in Wichita, Kansas. They are still building aircraft there today. The stadium is in the process of being updated.
Northern Arizona's Walkup Skydome houses an FCS team, and is on par with most FCS facilities. It was, at one time, the largest wooden structure in the US. And 7000 ft is no joke...my high school played there, and having teams come up from Phoenix to that elevation is a legit advantage. Though the cold and snow outside would be one, too. There used to be a sign that simply read "J Laerence Walkup Skydome - 7000 ft elev. Catch Your Breath."
13:36 honestly amazed you didn't put UB stadium for UBuffalo (NY). For a D1 FBS school it's pretty embarrassing considering how much funding the school gets for research. If this school had even a slightly better stadium, they probably would be in the Power 5 considering its funding, research, and rankings, especially when compared to the rest of their conference.
Went to a cousin's game. He was playing in for six-man football for high school in Texas. It was literally a few spotlights, white lines marked on fresh cut grass and everybody would just back their trucks up or sit on a bail of hay. It was honestly one of the coolest experiences. And this was only about 15 years ago.
I hate to be that guy, but Northern State moved out of Clark Swisher Field into a very nice stadium on campus (one of the best D2 stadiums IMO). Though Swisher is still occupied by AHS and Presentation College.
Funny thing about Johnson Hagood Stadium in Charleston: The NWA did a house show at JHS in May 1989. In one of the opening matches, Ron Simmons, in the midst of his heel turn, grabbed the house mic and scolded the fans, "Who do you people think you're yelling at? I've played in high school stadiums bigger than this dump!!" And later on that night, the Road Warriors and Samoans brawler all over the field, which was the highlight of the night. Oh, and please refrain from referring to The Citadel as a service academy, because they aren't one. Aside from the few enlisted MECEP candidates, they're all playing toy soldier. Most of their students aren't going into the military.
7:39 As a student at Wichita State University, I can confirm, Cessna Stadium sucks. It's the skeleton of an arena; the corpse of our former presence in college football. And it's located right across the street from the dining hall, so many students have to see it every day. (Though, to be fair, Wichita is not "the middle of nowhere". We are the largest city in our state and are host to several corporations, including Koch Industries, Freddy's, and Cessna. That's why our stadium is called that. I don't appreciate you dismissing us.)
As weird as it is layout wise, Center Parc Stadium is far from a bad place to watch a game. They kept most of the MLB level amenities and even added a rooftop garden because why the hell not? It even has a copycat out in Texas: the XFL’s Arlington Renegades play in a stadium converted out of the old Rangers ballpark. That being said, it’s so weird that it’d be doing it a disservice to not put it on the list.
SBF in Pine Bluff is actually considered one of the top HBC stadiums. It's pretty new, and while it looks ugly from above, it's rather impressive in person.
As a Connecticut resident, everything you said about P&W Stadium (still known locally as Rentschler Field) is correct. However, the Yale Bowl is still 1000 times worse.
Legion Field: Abandoned by the Crimson Tide, then abandoned by UAB. Now the most noteworthy game played there is the Magic City Classic, where the football game isn't even the real draw.
My high school is in the same division as Cedar Falls, and their home field is the dome. Getting to play there was absolutely amazing even if the stadium wasn’t the greatest
As a CT resident the Yale Bowl is much much worse than Pratt and Whitney Stadium. Dated as hell and doesn't even have lights and the locker rooms aren't even part of the stadium. Pratt and Whitney certainly isn't a great stadium but it's actually a fun place to see a game since there's not a bad seat in the house.
I grew up near Peru and went to a lot of games at the Oak Bowl. What you see is a remodel done about 7 years ago. Used to have no shelter for anyone except the press box and the original concrete bleachers from the 1920s.
I played on the Peru Oak Bowl for a high school football team camp in June it’s a awesome atmosphere standing on the field of the Oak Bowl even with no fans
Greeley, Co resident here! Nottingham Field is a few blocks away from my house and my high school graduation was held there too. Can confirm the stadium (and the school whose campus it's located in) aren't the best.
Joe Albi was old and very outdated, and it was mostly known for High School football and Soccer, mainly because, when I was in high school from 2012-2016, SEVEN high schools played there. The locker rooms were as basic as you can get and there was a stairs, followed by a significant decline to walk down to get to the field. Joe Albi also had a long and lengthy history of hosting outdoor concerts, and even an outdoor ARENA football game in 2011. The stadium also played host the first ever Seahawks preseason game in 1976 vs the Chicago Bears. 2 high schools in the Spokane area built their own stadium after a bond in 2018 was passed, and its now known as Union Stadium. Joe Albi was torn down because, in addition to being a old eye sore, the Spokane School District (who owned the stadium, and owns the land on it) elected to build a smaller stadium in Downtown Spokane, near the Spokane Arena, to host their five schools plus a Professional Soccer team.
While it is better than some on this list, the Banta Bowl for Lawrence University in Appleton, WI should get an honorable mention since it contains many elements of the worst ones. Built into a hill? Try in a ravine. Near water? Try a previously polluted river. Multi-purpose? Football and soccer. Weird shaped bleachers, also gets use as a high school stadium, in the middle of a residential area, bordered by woods, and everything on the field can be seen by pedestrians on the bridge that crosses the river right next to it. Despite all of this, it is actually a decent stadium.
Idaho should absolutely be Holt over Kibbie. Kibbie is a palace compared to the dumpster fire that is Holt Arena. Fun fact, the locker rooms are on the same concourse as the concession stands, and you literally need to climb up a 45 degree slope (not stairs, a flat slope) to get there. It’s absolutely ridiculous
Just to put it out there: when Idaho gave their presentation to the Sun Belt Conference to stay a member, they said they could easily expand seating capacity BY DIGGING DOWN. let that sink in.
