Miami's stadium remodel was nothing short of a miracle. I was there in 2013 and it was in worse condition than Tropicana Field. Faded seats, cracking concrete, run down concessions and restrooms. It's beautiful now. I hope Raymond James Stadium in Tampa gets a canopy like Miami did.
I hear you. At least Tropicana Field has a roof. That shithole was the Trop without a roof, and it was God awful. I ain’t even mad the Marlins got a new park. In an alternate reality, Jose Fernandez doesn’t die, and they’re competitive.
The Dolphins did a tremendous job renovating their stadium after the Marlins moved out. Looks like a whole new state of the art stadium doesn't look like anything like it's the same stadium. I am blown away.
Miami is probably the best one. They changed it into a European-style football stadium and it's worked unbelievably well. Trash F1 circuit though with that hilarious fake marina.
A&M is crazy loud because its built tall instead of wide like Bama and OSU but, funny story; My wife is an A&M alum and since we live in Tennessee now, we decided to drive down to the TAMU v. Alabama game last year and it was actually fxcking deafening. I never thought it sounded all that loud on TV either but I ended up with a headache and my ears ringing for the next day and a half.
Another place that did a good job is the former BJCC Arena, now called Legacy Arena, in Birmingham that just hosted NCAA tournament games last weekend. That place was an absolute dump for decades and it felt like you were in a time machine going back to the 1970s in there. Seeing on TV last weekend I couldn't believe it was the same place.
One thing that’s pretty cool about Hard Rock Stadium is the fact the the sunlight only shines on the other team’s sideline and a few rows beyond that. There could potentially be a 30° difference from the Dolphin’s sideline to the visiting team’s sideline.
Even better... The Colorado Rockies did not soak the taxpayers for adding the Rooftop section to Coors Field. They had a slush fund and just did it.nSame with the massive scoreboard upgrade a few years ago. Both have been well-received by Rox fans.
I was at the 2021 national championship in miami and that stadium is awesome you would not think its a renovation I really liked it. Capacity was 14k btw
The reason you notice the crowd at A&M &Penn State, and places like that are because the announcers talk about their crowds constantly. At Bama and Ohio State they talk about the team because they you know, win titles.
you crap on the Guardians renovations, but unless you're actually a fan of them that attends the games, they're actually fantastic because they're fixing what didn't look good. Plus the new ticket packages for this year make it worth it to go to the new spots when they finish them
That renovation that the Dolphins did was amazing! It literally looks like a completely different stadium, very hard to believe that a baseball team actually used to play there as well! Very very nice job on the renovation
How can you not include Madison Square Garden’s 2010-13 renovation on this list? I love MSG, but prior to its renovation, it was a DUMP. Very ugly pink and teal seating, dim lighting, awful suites up at the top of the venue, extremely tight concourses that barely fit enough fans, and a very outdated scoreboard. What they did, gutting the arena, replacing all the seating, moving the suites way down, and both doubling the size of the concourses and remodeling them to celebrate MSG’s history was next level and saved the Knicks and Rangers from a sure fire move.
Nippert Stadium in Cincinnati has drastically improved along with the team. When I was a student 20+ years ago, it was bland, empty, and cold on gameday. It's now a very exciting stadium, and they have plans to get up to 60,000 seats by expanding the upper deck around, while still retaining the music college's building in the south endzone.
Didn’t show a pick of an ugly baseball field that was an eyesore when the marlins were there. It was just some gaudy times watching either sport during that crossover in late summer/early fall. Hard Rock is so nice now
Fenway park #1 what? I willnt doubt history it has or anything but this stadium should have been torn down 30 years ago so outdated ever with some renovations can only do so much with it since in middle of city
Football sells hella out, and gets louder than some airplanes. You only really get proper noise by squaring the seats as much to the field as possible and trapping the noise by as many walls and seating sections as possible. The swamp is world renowned for a reason, and I say that as a huge Seminoles fan.
Idk if you've seen or heard about the renovations at the Rogers Centre, home of the Toronto Blue Jays. 🐦🇨🇦⚾🏟️ I just wanna hear your thoughts on that and to hear what you'll expect once it's complete. ✌🏻
I'm a bit surprised that you would praise the expanded upper decks at Kyle Field after complaining about equally excessive upper decks in MLB parks. I think that the expanded Kyle Field looks excessive, but I guess that's the difference between college football and MLB baseball. I do agree that the renovated Hard Rock looks great; the only time I was ever there was for a Marlins game (when they still played there) on a hot day, and the upper deck was brutal. I think Orlando is planning to do something similar to Camping World Stadium to try and attract the Jaguars.
All of the wonderful, helpful,useful and needed cause what else would they have done baseball stadiums are saving baseball right, oh shit they aren’t, they don’t even play baseball in baseball.l. Huh that’s weird wonder why it sucks so bad….my time is up
The white Sox originally were going to build there park in the suburbs. The had HOK, the firm that designed the Royals stadium, design their new park. They wanted what the Royals had. When they couldn’t build in the suburbs, they dusted off the plans and built it across the street from old Comiskey.
Keep your eye out for Paycor Stadium. The master plan for renovations should be coming out soon. They have some photos and other information about big updates that they're doing.
