Worst/Best Sports stadium venues
 

What do you think are the worst/best areas where a major sports facility is located and is still in use?

My top 5 worst:

1. USC-LA Coliseum-...Baaaaad neighborhood
2. Univ. of Miami-Orange Bowl ...worse neighborhood
3. Verizon Center in Wash DC Wizards arena...
4. Giants Stadium- Hey it's swamp area!
5. Yankee Stadium- used to be worse in 70's. Now there's thousands of police each game!

Top best areas:

1. Del Mar Racetrack...where the surf meets the turf!
2. Camden Yards-Baltimore-...crab cakes...beer gardens...Inner Harbor
3. Jacobs Field-Cleveland...great bars nearby and R &R Hall of Fame
4. Wrigley Field...oh so close to Billy Goats Cheeseburgers
5. Rose Bowl in Calif. How great is that sunset on Rose Bowl Day

Don't include GOLF COURSES...they are almost always on Sacred Ground...

My fave is of course none other than Ben Hill Griffin Stadium in Gainesville (Holy City), Florida. :cool:

AKA:

THE SWAMP!!! :D

Sorry doll...this is about the area around the stadium... and it's about MAJOR VENUES :p Gaineville FLA doesn't make the cut as a major.

Oh no you didn't! :mad: :D

Due to the fact I can't keep track of the constant changing names I'll just go by the home team. White sox home stadium area is rough as was old Chicago Stadium. Another interesting topic is toughest places to be a visiting fan. I'll go with a Philly Eagle or Oakland Raider game. Have been to both with no particular rooting interest and was amazed at the abuse opposing fans took.

Best:
Football: Michigan Stadium
Basketball: Crisler Arena
Hockey: Yost Fieldhouse
Baseball: Dodger Stadium

Worst:
Football: Veterans in Philly
Basketball: Pontiac Silverdome
Hockey: Bank Atlantic/Flor Panthers
Baseball: Dolphins Stadium

BEST
Louisiana Superdome - You do the math
Thomas Mack Arena - DUH. DUHRRRRRRRR

Worst
Any stadium in Cincinnati
Any stadium in Atlanta

Maybe I doidn't make it clear:

What do you think are the worst/best areas where a major sports facility is located and is still in use?

Not the best or worst facilities!

I also might add that the Bulls arena in Chitown is not in an exactly picturesque area of the Windy City.

The NE Pats are in the middle of no where!

Only fitting that you have a quote from Robet Kennedy because my answer is RFK Stadium.....

now if you want to say worst stadium to watch a game in it's a toss up for me and I've been to a bunch of them.....but the worst by far for me was The Vet and The Kingdome....hell I was sitting in a field box at the Vet for a baseball game...box was up the first base side right where the ball girl sat and if we sat in our seats and looked straight ahead we were facing left field....it was horrible....Kingdome was bad too but I got really drunk so it made it somewhat tolerable.

worst:

1) bagdhad. Just type "iraq" and "sports" in any search engine.
2) anyplace ending in "stan".
3) i bet you didn't know they had sport stadiums in sub saharan africa.
4) they also have them throughout north africa
5) north korea.

i can't believe haiti missed the cut.

Back when the Knicks mattered there was nothing quite like MSG on the night of a big game. Also Vegas is unbelievable the night of a big fight. Tremendous buzz.

Here in Houston we've seen a revitalization of downtown because of the Toyota Center (Rockets) and Minute Maid Park (Astros). Before the Rockets moved downtown the area around the Summit was and still is pristine.

Unfortunately we still have the eighth eyesore of the world sitting next to Reliant Stadium which is a beautiful place.

NT

Amazing part is looking at Reliant Stadium, and comparing it to the "8th Wonder of the World". The Astraydome looks like a Yugo now compared to a modern-day arena...

ALostTexan

how about superdome, bourbon st in new orleans, new years eve before the National Championship game. Bama 34- miami 13.:D

old Legion Field for the Alabama-auburn game when the stadium was split 50-50. outside the stadium, the Bama RV nation, tailgates, pit beef bbq's, the bars acrossed the street.
as much as i hate to say it, un. tenn. 106,000 is pretty impressive. most of the SEC is impressive.

I went to the Saints playoff game against Philadelphia. Never seen anything quite like it. Had a Steve Miller band concert right on the concourse outside the Dome. Place was insane 3 hours before kickoff. Inside was the loudest place I have ever been. It was a little scary in my section as there was pretty much chaos the entire game.

BEST

The Palestra: On the campus of U of Pa., plus a great place to see a basketball game

Husky Stadium: Horseshoe shaped stadium with east end zone opened over looking the Harbour

Oaklawn Park: Hot Springs area is great.

Camden Yards: Second that

PNC Park: Great area around the stadium in Pittsburgh


WORST

Meadowlands Sports Complex: Area sucks and traffic on Rt. 3 can be a nightmare

Shea Stadium: Just don't care for the area and to much noise from planes taking off/landing at La Guardia.

I've got to say that I've been to stadiums/arenas all over the world and there are certain venues that just have something very special about them. Back in the ol' days, there was nothing -- nothing even close -- to Madison Square Garden for a NY Knicks game. Even better was the Garden on fight night (a very long time ago, LOL).

Attending a Montreal Canadiens game in the legendary and hallowed halls of the Montreal Forum -- words cannot describe it. The Molson Arena, now called the Bell Center Arena -- taking nothing away from it -- doesn't have a glimmer of the electricity or excitement that the old Forum had. Now, if it was a Cup game, forget about words, LOL. When Montreal scored and the crowd went wild -- the arena shook! You felt the vibration throughout the entire building, and it came up through the floor right through your legs.

Watching the Boston Celtics play in the "gahden" was also something very special. Ceasars Palace, back in the day, on fight night was incredible.

The Superdome in New Orleans was also an incredible stadium.

Eric

From the pics taken by the FBI, it looks like Mike Vick's home is a lovely venue for the adjacent dog fighting pits.

No doubt. I used to go to most games and when it mattered the place was incredible. I will never forget the night Jordan came back and scored 55. An amazing night.