It’s very hard to rank these stadiums without going to them. I’ve been to about 23 stadiums, and the vibe of watching a game at each stadium definitely changes how I feel about them.
Experiencing a game definitely changes rankings. I thought Truist was kind of bland. Then I went to a game and the gameday experience moved it up quite a few spots on my list.
As a Torontonian, my view of SkyDome (won’t ever call it Rogers Centre) has changed a lot over time. As a kid, it was obviously the best. Until I realised it was a cavernous, multi-purpose dump after visiting American, open-air, grass field stadiums like Wrigley and Oracle. Now, with the renovations and the field reconfiguration, it’s really endeared itself to me. Populous retained its retro appeal while modernizing everything else. Just waiting for that transparent roof and a glazed facade. Then it will be as best as I ever could be and maybe a top 10 ballpark. You can’t beat its central location!
Whoever ranked Rogers Centre #28 has literally never been to that stadium. It is a terrific place to watch a game and after renovations now a baseball only stadium. Not to mention it's always full. After the renovations (with more coming) I would argue it's absolutely in the top half off the league.
Rogers Centre Renos are horrible. Seats are dark now. Smaller. No cup holders anymore. New areas are narrow. Security pushes you through. Horrible next to other stadiums.
@@001spring Yah no. Been to over 25 games this year definitely like it as it was better. The dark seats are like a dungeon when closed so dark. Yet when open a million degrees hotter than the old seats. Old seats sat higher. We're wider. Had cup holders. Plus park area is narrow and cheaply done. Corona area just get pushed through and nothing but drunk punks security has to deal with. Place is a joke now.
As someone who’s been attending games for more than a decade at Oracle Park Giants Stadium it’s an amazing experience. First off you can access for the most part the entire stadium with a general ticket. No limits, except for the club level seats and suites. Everything is accessible, very popular for fans that want autographs from MLB players. Just buy a general cheap ticket and you could get a chance at an autograph no matter your economical class. Not a lot of stadiums allow or give the fans the access I've seen at Oracle. I've been to a few stadiums in MLB and its a limited on field experience. For example Wrigley Field, its a ticket specific limitation; meaning the ticket you buy will determine the areas of the park you're allowed to explore the same with Guaranteed Rate Field of the Chicago White Sox's. Btw the food in Chicago both stadium was trash and you have annoying wasps attacking people at Wrigley Field; very uncomfortable to view the game when a wasps is after your beverage or your face.
the Skydome might only host baseball at this point... but the upper deck (500 section) is still a donut sight-aligned for multi-purpose use. Will the upper deck renovations change that? That's what they say will happen as they get widened and pointed towards home plate. I hope that's the case. ...no, nobody is overrating Citi Field. It's an incredible stadium and even a Yankees fan will agree on who got the better stadium. And it's CHA vez ravine. Not shavez. Like the Cha Cha Slide. Cha.
Citi field is top tier. The hate for it is baffling. Upper deck isn’t the best and the batters eye area isn’t the best, but literally everything else is top tier. Everything
Season Guardians ticket holder, and we're still happy with our ballpark (except the shipping container right field upper deck LOL). Anyone putting Kaufman over Progressive Field is insane... but with Sports Illustrated, we Clevelanders KNOW that the selection process is always "Oh... Cleeeeeeeeeveland", and immediately we're going to get slotted just any old place outside the top half. You did a great video about the upcoming renovations - we can't wait to see what they actually DO. They're telling us we're going to get an open-air biergarten where the Terrace Club was (it hasn't been a restaurant for some time now, sadly). We'll see - attendance is soaring again (16K average last season, 21K this season) which MAY help with the budgeting. So long as they don't muck up OUR season section - The Club - we're happy LOL
I heard if you can’t move around the park. Cause it’s old, for example a person who buys a bleacher seats can’t go any where around the park. Is that true?
I'm Canadian hate the renos. Small dark seats. New sections crowded and narrow. Old sections are bright wide hallways. The person who did the renos should be fired.
Park Bashing Montréal and future Expos. I just joined RU-vid to telll you this. Do you understand the history of baseball and Montréal in? I do like you though. You’re just a southern American lol
Nationals Park is over-rated in this list. It's just a blah stadium and you can tell the design was just rushed. There's nothing at all unique about the stadium. Yankee Stadium is over-rated, as well. They basically built a multi-billion dollar replica of their old stadium, just with more expensive seating and more luxury suites. Oriole Park is kind of the standard bearer for the "modern" parks. I was impressed with how nice Citi Field is. Done Wrigley and Fenway. Both are simply a throwback to an older, simpler time, which makes them nice. Don't feel the need to visit them again, to be honest.
People dog nationals park fail to realize it’s in one of the best neighborhoods in baseball now. Been to both wrigley and Fenway for comparison and it’s comparable to entertainment volume outside the park as both of those, but still is behind in overall “neighborhood atmosphere.” Most of these neighborhood renovations are riding the success of the development around Nats park.
Having visited new Yankee Stadium I HATED it and found it far worse than Cleveland, Minnesota, San Diego, SF, and even Angel's stadium which I have all visited. I personally find Fenway to be way better than Wrigley, though for historic reasons both are top 10.
Ive been to probably 25 parks or so and I gotta tell ya Wrigley is my absolute least favorite experience: its crowded, cramped, has a scoreboard thats nearly useless to reference, and the vendors are ubiquitous and seriously sharks trying to get way too much in tips.
These lists really need a qualifier of whether youve been there. Many of these stadiums ranked ive been to and I gotta tell ya some that are typically ranked low are actually awesome and some ranked high are not fun experiences for a game in actuality (looking at you, Wrigley). I can confidently say say these conditions need to be considered: 1. Comfort - are seats wide, leg room enough, and are there too many or too few vendors walking around? Wrigley is uncomfortable and they allow way too many general admission tickets. Very uncomfortable and not what anyone would want in a ballpark experience. 2. His weird obsession with upper decks is a little odd to me, but I rarely if ever sit up there. Maybe a more general consideration should be given for what its like sitting there. Oracle first baseline upper deck has the single most beautiful view in all of MLB with a view of the bay bridge. Gorgeous. Yet I never see pics of it in these evaluations. 3. Some little extras that make for a cool experience include the bullpen placement and its accessibility to fans. T-Mobile Park has one of the most amazing bullpens where fans are literally sitting on the sideline. I havent seen something that close before and its so cool! 4. Accessibility/affordability of close seats. Again, Wrigley is expensive to sit close. Yankee stadium even more so. But Target Field and Progressive Field I sat next to dugouts for both on third baseline and it was incredible! And those seats werent hundreds of dollars! 5. Cheapness of the decor or need for renovations considerations. American Family Field’s outfield scoreboard is tough to look at its so badly in need of a renovation and replacement, but its roof is so cool and unique and the way its designed the light allowed in makes the stadium pretty wonderful. 6. the placement of scoreboards matters to fans trying to follow the game. Again, Wrigley’s manually operated board is kitch but its so ridiculously useleless to reference and appears as tho a bunchbof random stats were just thrown on the board. Comerica’s board is way too far over to the left field foul line and impossible for any fan sitting along third base to see. Not to mention the supporting smaller screens between decks in the infield arent very easily visible either. 7. Ive found some parks to have a fanbase thats more generally enthusiastic about their teams regardless of their record. These are all just my thoughts about stadium rankings. Its not enough nor is it really descriptive to have never been to these parks and only make evaluations based on pictures or televised games a ranker has seen of the stadium. Generally, I want to see rankings based in fan experience of a game there!
The Trop is the WORST - yes even worse than the pathetic Oakland Coliseum. At least you can see the sky and some natural light. It's not some brutalist concrete mausoleum where a simple popup or fly ball lands on some sad looking piece of scaffolding. It's by far the worst MLB venue for me. The rotting terrible Coliseum has some character and history to it - Tropicana Field has NOTHING.
Rogers Centre is horrible. New seats are dark so hot as you know what with roof open. Dark as you know what with roof closed. Seats are smaller. Lower. No cup holders anymore. New areas are narrow and security pushes you through. The old areas are bright and wide. Rogers Centre is brutal and who did the renos should be fired.
