BRH Posted March 24, 2005 Share Posted March 24, 2005 Oh but the best place to see a game, bar none? The Palestra in Philadelphia. There is nothing like a Princeton-Penn or a Big Five game there. Lynah Rink in Ithaca is another great, great collegiate venue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R. Rich Posted March 24, 2005 Share Posted March 24, 2005 I've been to the Ralph and to Yankee Stadium. Those goals in my life are complete. 285777[/snapback] Now go one more place: to work! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BRH Posted March 24, 2005 Share Posted March 24, 2005 I know I'm overposting, but how about the WORST places you've ever seen a game? This is my list: BASEBALL: The MetroDome, Minnesota. Clearly designed for football, and there's the big baggie in rightfield and the plexiglass fence in leftfield. Plus the fake grass. And the roof, which in my view makes it edge out the old Exhibition Stadium in Toronto as the worst baseball park I've ever been to. FOOTBALL: The Meadowlands. For a Jets game. There is exactly one exit for the parking lots and it takes four friggin hours before your car starts to move, let alone gets on I-95. Close second: Texas Stadium. The hole in the roof is stupid and the "jumbotrons" are actually two little TVs kitty-corner from each other in the upper deck. I can't really speak to basketball or hockey except to say that every arena built post-1990 is like every other arena. I have been to HSBC, the Bell Centre in Montreal, Gund Arena in Cleveland, the Ice Palace in Tampa, whatever the place is called in Phoenix now, and probably a couple of others that slip my mind, and I swear unless you looked at the scoreboard you wouldn't know what city you were in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R. Rich Posted March 24, 2005 Share Posted March 24, 2005 I know I'm overposting, but how about the WORST places you've ever seen a game? This is my list: BASEBALL: The MetroDome, Minnesota. Clearly designed for football, and there's the big baggie in rightfield and the plexiglass fence in leftfield. Plus the fake grass. And the roof, which in my view makes it edge out the old Exhibition Stadium in Toronto as the worst baseball park I've ever been to. FOOTBALL: The Meadowlands. For a Jets game. There is exactly one exit for the parking lots and it takes four friggin hours before your car starts to move, let alone gets on I-95. Close second: Texas Stadium. The hole in the roof is stupid and the "jumbotrons" are actually two little TVs kitty-corner from each other in the upper deck. I can't really speak to basketball or hockey except to say that every arena built post-1990 is like every other arena. I have been to HSBC, the Bell Centre in Montreal, Gund Arena in Cleveland, the Ice Palace in Tampa, whatever the place is called in Phoenix now, and probably a couple of others that slip my mind, and I swear unless you looked at the scoreboard you wouldn't know what city you were in. 285934[/snapback] Football: Cleveland Stadium by a mile. Not the current one, the old one. That place was a dive! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gantrules Posted March 24, 2005 Share Posted March 24, 2005 I'd love to go to Ford Field. It just looks neat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elcrusho Posted March 24, 2005 Share Posted March 24, 2005 Memorial Auditorium.... Upper Gold's.... Just one more time.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fan in Chicago Posted March 24, 2005 Share Posted March 24, 2005 Wow, we posted that together. CW 285894[/snapback] And we both use avs forum too... Finally I find someone with similar tastes, unfortunately it is a male Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fan in Chicago Posted March 24, 2005 Share Posted March 24, 2005 Another similar one, which probably no one gives a squat here... A classic India Vs Australia One-Day international at the Melbource Cricket Ground (MCG) in the Australian Summer and to boot if that was a World Cup Final. 285907[/snapback] And ganesh, probably no one here will get it - Your choice is a close second to my choice for Wimbledon. But this time, I want to cricket match to not be fixed as the last World Cup was.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fan in Chicago Posted March 24, 2005 Share Posted March 24, 2005 And ganesh, probably no one here will get it -Your choice is a close second to my choice for Wimbledon. But this time, I want to cricket match to not be fixed as the last World Cup was.... 285986[/snapback] On second thoughts, all those Aussie females in bikinis in the stands ... yummm. Maybe the MCG may make my top pick instead of Wimbledon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billsfanone Posted March 24, 2005 Share Posted March 24, 2005 Jeesh Texas Stadium? I've been there and that place is a DUMP. 285915[/snapback] I've been there too. And yep, it's a dump. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rockpile Posted March 24, 2005 Share Posted March 24, 2005 Super Bowl - anywhere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gmac17 Posted March 24, 2005 Share Posted March 24, 2005 They would also have lion versus hippo, tiger versus elephant, mano y mano . They should try a DCTom vs NJSue battle, now that would be good! I disagree with the meadowlands post though, the stadium has good site lines. Not many stadiums are as easy to get out of as the ralph - it is unusual to have the stadium in the middle of about 6 decent sized roads for people to get out of dodge. Foxboro is much worse than the meadowlands, it sucks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rockpile Posted March 24, 2005 Share Posted March 24, 2005 I've been to the Ralph and to Yankee Stadium. Those goals in my life are complete. 285777[/snapback] Went to Yankee Stadium once. 4th of July. Yankees against Red Sox How American can you get? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillsNYC Posted March 24, 2005 Share Posted March 24, 2005 Went to Yankee Stadium once. 4th of July. Yankees against Red Sox How American can you get? 286024[/snapback] When? I was there for a Sox/Yanks game 2 or 3 years ago. Irish Tenor sang God Bless America... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KD in CA Posted March 24, 2005 Share Posted March 24, 2005 Went to Yankee Stadium once. 4th of July. Yankees against Red Sox How American can you get? 286024[/snapback] Was it Dave Righetti's no hitter? I remember listening to that one on the radio at work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
agilen Posted March 24, 2005 Share Posted March 24, 2005 Lynah Rink in Ithaca, NY...especially for a Harvard at Cornell game. You'll never see a more influential crowd in _any_ sport (just don't sit down too low, or else you might catch a raw fish in the back of the head). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arkady Renko Posted March 24, 2005 Share Posted March 24, 2005 Lynah Rink in Ithaca, NY...especially for a Harvard at Cornell game. You'll never see a more influential crowd in _any_ sport (just don't sit down too low, or else you might catch a raw fish in the back of the head). 286088[/snapback] I am embarassed to say that I never had a chance to go to a Cornell hockey game while being student there. Went when I was younger, though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plenzmd1 Posted March 24, 2005 Share Posted March 24, 2005 I know I'm overposting, but how about the WORST places you've ever seen a game? This is my list: Rose Bowl, place just sucks in terms of seating arrangement and comforts like getting a beer or getting to the head. FedEx Field Oh my god does that place suck!!!! Now for where I would love to see a game and have not been yet. Fenway ND Stadium Cameron Indoor(with the terps smashing im again) RFK to watch the Nats(yahoo, be happening in less than a months time) The Old Trafford for a Man U game, or even better a FA Cup or Euro cahmpionship game. Augusta The town in spain where they run the bulls Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mtdoak Posted March 24, 2005 Share Posted March 24, 2005 Any professional hockey arena watching a NHL game in the next 6 months!!!! BRING BACK HOCKEY!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BRH Posted March 24, 2005 Share Posted March 24, 2005 They should try a DCTom vs NJSue battle, now that would be good! I disagree with the meadowlands post though, the stadium has good site lines. Not many stadiums are as easy to get out of as the ralph - it is unusual to have the stadium in the middle of about 6 decent sized roads for people to get out of dodge. Foxboro is much worse than the meadowlands, it sucks! 286022[/snapback] I have only been to the Razor once, for a Springsteen concert a couple of years ago. Aside from the fact that it cost thirty fuggin bucks to park my car, I didn't have any problem getting out. Of course, that may be because I was sitting in the last row of the lower deck (right by the concourse) in the section closest to my car, and I bolted as soon as the last song started to wind down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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