Dodger Stadium is like a Zegna suit: perfect proportions, beautiful construction, elegant, but most people don't even know the brand. The environment at games from afternoon, golden-hour to twilight is magnificent. The build into the slope of the hill seems so natural, and well-done, it's almost unnoticed. A mid-century modern, googie masterpiece (perfect for LA), in an era of retro "jewel box" knockoffs. I'm not surprised many people don't "get it".
Oracle will always be my favorite being a Giants fan. Never got those points of how it was special bc I have never been. But watching playoff baseball this year I started noticing those very points you layed out. Definitely a top 5 if not top 3 park in Baseball.
The Western Metal Supply Building at Petco Park has been there since 1907. It's on the National Register of Historic Places. Because of its landmark status, it can't be torn down. So when Petco Park was built, the building was incorporated into the design. The corner of the building even serves as the left field foul pole.
“Angels stadium is meh, and is surrounded by parking lot. Dodger stadium is great and has great weather year round!” They’re like 45 minutes away from each other, they have the same weather and they’re both surrounded by a parking lot. Lol
My favorite park is and will always be Camden Yards. There is no better spot to catch a game in the league. Such a classic vintage feel to a stadium that was built in the last 30 years. Feels like it could have been built in the 1940s.
For the ones I’ve been to 1) Citi field LGM 🔵🟠 2) citizens bank great ⚾️ culture 3) Chase field (underrated) 4) Truist park good museum 5) Minute Maid 🍊 6) Yankees (too expensive) 7) Tropicana 🍊 (ugly)
One thing I love about Yankee stadium that I haven’t seen brought up (I’m a new baseball fan so I could be entirely wrong about that) is that you can see the subway pass by next to the scoreboard. It really appeals to me both on TV and at the stadium and I think it’s just a unique detail that adds to the NYC aesthetic.
Dodger stadium is the biggest pain in the ass to get into. Unless you live in LA, you don’t understand. It’s better than Angel stadium but angel stadium is so easy and relaxing.
I talked with an employee at loan depot park. From what I heard ( don’t know how accurate it is ) is that all of the fish died during Covid and they didn’t wanna deal with a new batch of fish to take care of so they just got rid of the tank
I thought it was Jeter decision, who was part owner at the time. I believe a report came out stating that he thought the fish tanks were childish, hated the Marlins home run sculpture in the outfield and couldn't stand the bright neon green walls around the field. He wanted the Marlins to be a serious franchise like his beloved Yankees & wanted the Stadium to look like a serious ballpark that didn't have things that distracted fans from watching the team on the field. Heck the new wall colors around the field are the same as The Yankees, the only thing is it backfired. Because a poll came out asking Marlins fans (the few that are fans) what they thought of the new changes to the stadium. They all voted that they hated it, that stadium is boring now & looks generic. That the old look, better represented the state of Florida & Miami. With bright colors & a tropical look, they also missed the fish tanks 😂
no. 1 with Oracle is spot on. but PNC that low? wow. it should be no. 2. Coors, petco, Busch and Camden are also too low, and Dodger stadium? too high! that park is a S-it hole!
Wrigley ain't shit. Its only ranked high because of the neighborhood. The seating is cramped, the food options are limited, parking SUUUUUUCKS, and its time to update the troughs. Like, why keep those with all the renovations that have happened over the years?
Awesome video bro!!! I guess I’ll just have to live with my favorite place on earth Dodger Stadium getting ranked 4 lol. Going to games at Dodger Stadium is utter perfection, and I can’t imagine wanting to see a ballgame elsewhere 😊I’m going to Game 1 of the World Series this Friday, can’t wait, let’s go Dodgers 💙❗️
OMG BUDDY DO YOUR HOMEWORK. rogers centre in toronto just went through millions of dollars in a two year renovation. it's seating is baseball specific now with the entire stadium being reconfigured. look it up.
Your rankings are right on. I'll try to rank the ones I've been to (or at least explored from outside): 1. Fenway (have not been to Oracle). 2. Wrigley 3. Old Comiskey, Chicago 3. Camden Yards 4. Dodger Stadium 5. Yankee Stadium II 6. Old Arlington Stadium 7. Petco 8. Old Tiger Stadium 9. Old Safeco, Seattle 9b. Old Candlestick 10. Old Shea 11. Old Memorial, Baltimore 12. Old Veterans, Philly 13. Old Olympic, Montreal I probably forgot a few.
Dude Progressive Field is a top 5 MLB Stadium, that place is absolutely beautiful and basically the perfect baseball stadium! There are many MLB Stadium rankings lists that rank it #1!
I’ve been to(in no particular order) 1) Wrigley Field 2) Chase Field 3) T-Mobile 4) Comerica Park 5) Petco Park 6) Dodger Stadium 7) Jack Murphy/Qualcomm Every stadium in Arizona for Spring Training(yes, Tucson, too) I do have to add that I had a great time at every one that I’ve been to!
Instead of doing all of the stadiums I’m going to rank the 4 that I’ve been to so far and that’s 1) Oriole Park at Camden Yards 2) Comerica Park 3) Dodger Stadium 4) Angel Stadium
In addition to a few other parks, I've made several trips to Milwaukee County Stadium, Wrigley Field and Miller Park/American Family Field, aka AmSlam Field after the recent slew of grand slams. Wrigley Field was never as good as the old County Stadium, which is now a parking lot, replaced by Miller Park in its old parking lot. The Cubs should do the same, if there's a large enough postage stamp of real estate. WRIGLEY IS A DUMP.
Baseball is the only Major League sport where I've been to a game at every active ballpark. Obviously that's going to change with the A's moving away from the Coliseum, but at least I'll only have one new ballpark to go visit to keep up to date. Now being a typical obese American I'm not quite as enamored with some of the older parks whose seats weren't designed to accommodate people my size. That may make some of my rankings controversial. Still, I do note that my #1 and #30 matches yours. Anyways, here's my rankings including the four defunct stadiums I've been to. 30. RingCentral Coliseum (OAK) 29. Globe Life Field (TEX) - pales in comparison in where the Rangers played before. 28. Yankee Stadium (NYY) 27. Tropicana Field (TBD) ---------RFK Stadium (WAS) ---------Turner Field (ATL) ---------Shea Stadium (NYM) 26. LoanDepot Park (MIA) 25. Great American Ballpark (CIN) - the average demarcation line 24. Angels Stadium (LAA) 23. Busch Stadium (STL) 22. Camden Yards (BAL) - I just don't like how poor the airflow is if you sit beneath an upper deck 21. Rogers Centre (TOR) 20. Citizens Bank Park (PHI) 19. Chase Field (ARI) 18. Comerica Park (DET) 17. Target Field (MIN) 16. Guaranteed Rate Field (CHW) 15. Fenway Park (BOS) 14. Wrigley Field (CHC) 13. Dodger Stadium (LAD) - really wanted to like these three more 12. American Family Field (MIL) 11. Progressive Field (CLE) 10. Nationals Park (WAS) 9. Petco Park (SDP) 8. Truist Park (ATL) 7. T-Mobile Park (SEA) - best food in the Majors 6. Coors Field (COL) 5. Citi Field (NYM) 4. PNC Park (PIT) - as beautiful as everyone says, but a nightmare to navigate 3. Minute Maid Park (HOU) 2. Kauffman Stadium (KCR) - sad the Royals are wanting to build a new stadium ---------Globe Life Park (TEX) 1. Oracle Park (SFG)
Kauffman is still beautiful with the fountains and the crown scoreboard, and the Royals Hall of Fame is very nice. Plus it was where I watched my first game so it is fairly special for me.
So glad you put Kauffman up toward the top because it is the most underrated stadium in baseball. I ranked it number one and I'm a hard core Cardinal fan. That outta say something. I do not agree with your ranking of Busch though. I do agree that parking is kind of a pain but not as bad as Miami. However I think Busch is the best in terms of traditional style and overall feel. Miami has by far the best concourse area and coolest modern stadium. However, I agree that the A's and even the Rays new parks will likely be number 1 and 2 for me after they are built. I've heard Wrigley is a dump. Granted that's from a Cardinal fan, but is that true. I hope so. Gives me more that I can razz the Cub's fans about. I already tore into the Yankees fans so that's checked off.
Continued: So once those two stadiums are built, they will likely rank 1 and 2. I am going to add some of the classic ballparks too that were already destroyed in my ranking. So here goes. 1) Kaughman Stadium - KC Best design, incredible blue glass wraps the exterior. fountains are amazing and the best feature in all of baseball (even more incredible than the green monster). View is beautiful and really shows the simplicity of Missourians and KC. I liked it better before the seats were in the outfield but its still beautiful. I also liked the astro turf before because it was so bright and cool. In terms of easy parking, safety, design, functionality, and beauty, Kaughman takes the cake. 2) Marlins Stadium - Miami Why? Because the concourse is by far and away the most beautiful modern colorful amazing experience you will ever find at any sports venue. They color coordinated each section of the concourse area in amazingly beautiful colors and the floor is all white with recycled glass. Freaking awesome. The design of the park is strikingly modern and beautiful. The inside is too; although dumb ass Derek Jeter ruined it when he took over ownership by removing the green fence and other features. It's still beautiful. PLus the center field seats are the best in baseball. They may look like they are way out there but you literally feel like you are hovering over the field and right in front of the action. It had a fish tank behind homeplate but again dumb ass Jeter removed it. Now the negative: It is the worst location probably in all of sports and you have to beg poor residents to park on their lawns because there is no parking at all. Horrible. 3) Very close call here but I'll give it to old Tiger Stadium - It is my favorite layout inside because you have wrap around double deck seats and the second deck overhangs the field a bit. The outside looks sleek, modern, and industrial too. It just really feels like it fit Detroit. It was like a factory for baseball. Plus on video games, it is my favorite park to play at. Knocking balls on the roof or into the second deck at dead center is a great challenge. 4) Sportsman's Park - I love the modern simplicity both interior and exterior. The best feature would have been the metal screen that went at an angle from the right field roof to the top of the fence. I think that would've been amazing to see balls hit that and either bounce on over or slowly roll down onto the field in play. If I ever could built a park, I would add that feature. I also think they had the best scoreboard of all times and they kind of copied it in the New Busch but it's not as cool. The birds looked like they were flapping when someone hit a homer. The idea that you could take a street car right to the field and get off is also cool. I also love the exterior. Red metal beams, no friggin traditional brick or fancy crap that so many stadiums have. I like the open modern metal beams so that you can see people walking up the layers. 5) Shibe Park - Again I would love to see how player handle a square ballpark. I think hearing and seeing a ball bang off the metal green shibe wall in right would've been amazing. Before that, they had rooftop seats on houses, which would've been awesome too. The exterior is very traditional, which I'm not a big fan of and that is why I do not care for most of the new stadiums. But at least its fairly simple and nice. Also double deck seating all the way from left to center. 6) League Park - Another square ballpark. I love what I've seen in pictures of the exterior because, like Sportsman's Park, it appears to be metal beams and not frills. I like that and they were painted bright green to contrast the white facade. 7) Ebbetts Field - From what I've seen this was very beautiful inside and out. I like double deckers with big overhanging roofs and it had it. It had the short fence in right with a massive wall too. It just seemed cool. 8) Polo Grounds - How cool would it be to see baseball with 258' down the line and 483' in Center with friggin bullpens in the playing field. I would shit myself and die if I ever was lucky enough to see a game played on that field (which I won't because some fool tore it down). The outside was kinda neat too when it was new but ran down fast. 9) New Busch Stadium - There is absolutely no experience in sports like walking to Busch Stadium in downtown St. Louis on game day. Everyone is covered in red and beyond joyful. Its like heaven. No fear, no pain, no tears, no hurt. Just joy everywhere. And you work your way around building after building and at last the Stadium opens up to you and it does blow you away. The exterior is traditional but with the mix of the black steel, it harkens back to Sportsman's park a bit. And its not over the top with ornamentation and contrasting trimwork like I've seen in other facades. The special red brick is perfect. (It's not really Cardinal red but as red as you can buy I guess for brick) Still not as striking as Cardinal red metal beams would've been like Sportsman had, but still it is amazing. The interior is awesome too with the Arch in the background, but honestly what makes it so high on the list is not even the Stadium, as amazing as it all is. It is the "Cardinal Nation" -- the people and the buildings around the Stadium. There are restaurant after restaurant that you can watch the game from across the street and the Cardinal museum nearby. Ballpark Villa which is a fun park across the street. It is the most magical place on earth just being outside the Stadium. Then you enter the field of play and you're blown away (but not like I was the first time I went to a game at the old Busch). 10) Old Busch Stadium - Yes its technically a cookie cutter, but it was the best of the cookie cutters and they actually renovated it to add the biggest scoreboard of all times on the upper deck in center with flags for all the hall of famers. The painted the walls and kept the field to perfection. Lighting was amazing. Now when I first went to a game in 1989, they had blue walls with turf. We went to a night game and as we walked through the concourse, which wasn't that amazing, you could see that turf shining through every so often. We sit in the nose bleeds of course and when I can through that tunnel, it was still the greatest experience of my life -- maybe better than my first sexual experience. That field was so bright and all the red was amazing. The sound in that ballpark will never be replicated because no park today has that wrap around concrete to trap the sound. That's one thing I really hate about the new parks. They are so open that they can't trap sound. Honestly, the Trop is the only park left that traps sound and gives you that football type sound that I so loved at the old Busch. I slept for 26 hours right next to the old Busch waiting for World Series tickets back in the good ole days when you could still buy paper tickets and beat the fffing internet crowd. 11) Brewers New Park - I think it looks quite amazing from what I've seen. That retractable roof is the best in baseball because you just can't imagine how it works. That shade of green on the walls is so industrial and cool. You've still got Billy the Brewer sliding down the slide. I just think it looks amazing and it is somewhat modern on the outside from the pics I've seen. Granted I don't like the Brewers much as a Cards fan, but this is about their stadium. 12) Bank One Ballpark - Again, I like the industrial metal beams everywhere and functional look. I think this Stadium looks so amazing on the inside. The lights are incredible coming in at different angles and the massive scoreboard seems too cool. The exterior appears that it may not be that impressive but the inside takes the cake. 13) Petco Park - SD - From what I've seen this looks like it would be an amazing park on the inside. 14) PNC Park - Pittsburgh - Pittsburgh is a cool city anyway. Great view and again simple and functional. I love the contrast outside between the yellow brick and the black steel beams. I want to go there. I went to Three Rivers Stadium when I was a kid and they give you a boat ride to get to the stadium. That was a magical experience. I hope they still have that as an option to get to the game because if they don't, what a loss. 15) Target Field - Minn - Again, I love love love modern design. This is more of a organic modern style as compared to Miami, which is more contemporary minimalism modern, but I like all forms of modern. I love that the seats extend over the field of play. I love the massive height of the seats that surround the park. I love the vintage Twins sign. I definitely want to make it to a game here when its not too cold.
2:44, I have been to Chase Field 3 times, and currently (and when this video was posted), the AC doesn't work in the stadium, and they will not open the roof, nor fix the AC. It wasn't hot in there though:)
Strap in kids! Here's my rankings. ...Ahem. 1. Wrigley Field 2. Fenway Park 3. Oracle Park 4. Oriole Park at Camden Yds. 5. PNC Park 6. Coors Field 7. Petco Park 8. Target Field 9. Busch Stadium 10. Dodger Stadium 11. Truist Park 12. Kauffman Stadium 13. Citi Field 14. T-Mobile Park 15. Yankee Stadium 16. Rogers Centre 17. Citizens Bank Park 18. Comerica Park 19. American Family Field 20. Great American Ballpark 21. Angel Stadium 22. Progressive Field 23. Guaranteed Rate Field 24. Nationals Park 25. Chase Field 26. Minute Maid Park 27. Globe Life Field 28. Loan Depot Park 29. Oakland Coliseum 30. Tropicana Field
I’ve only been to 7 ballparks, but my ranking is 1. Oakland coliseum - really good place to hang out. You have baseball, really good bars, decent food, pool tables, and ping pong tables. I live no where near Oakland and I met a bunch of people during my trip just at the coliseum. Amazing ballpark 2. Comerica park - really cool design and I love the tigers around the stadium. Not a bad seat anywhere 3. Oracle park - I love the water and the people in kayaks waiting for a home run out of right field. Beautiful ballpark and great views from just about everywhere 4. Citizens bank park - great vibes, always packed, no bad seats 5. Nationals park - I don’t remember it too much but I remember it being a decent enough park. Haven’t been in a decade 6. Wrigley - it’s cool from a historical prospective but it really just isn’t a good ballpark in modern times 7. Camden yards - how do you not have draft beer? That alone dropped them to the bottom for me. It’s very anti baseball
What? What??? Petco’s Western Metals Building has been here since 1909! They didn’t build it with the park. And no mention of the Gwynn or Hoffman statues?
That’s what I thought then he mentioned he has never been there. I feel his rankings lost creditability. Can’t really rank a ball park without physically being there
I don’t think you have actually ever spent much time in San Francisco. The coldest time of the year is often mid summer. That’s also when you get the really thick fog . So many of those “sunny baseball games” don’t actually exist.
The fountains and crown vision are what make it scenic. You can see barely the skyline outside of the stadium. I get the highway isn’t scenic but it’s better than being crammed in downtown which will be a disaster
Man are you ever wrong. I'm not even a Royals fan but a Cardinal fan, and I think Kauffman is by far the best Stadium in baseball in ever way. The simple modern design is just the best and the views at the game are awesome. Best feature in baseball is the fountains and you couple that with the country view and massive scoreboard and there is no comparison. I've been to Jet Blue which is a replica inside of Fenway and it doesn't even hold a candle to Kauffman and its by far the best stadium in all of Spring Training and better than a lot of MLB parks. So you should appreciate what you have and stop begging for a new stadium because it will pale in Comparison. And Arrowhead is the best Stadium for the best team too, so I like how the two Stadiums mesh design wise. Don't need to tear down either one. Leave them alone!
1) Fenway 2x soon to be 3 2) Petco Park 1x 3) Pnc 1x 4) Yankee Stadium 2x 5) Camden Yard's 5x 6) Chase Field 1x 7) Angel Stadium 1x 8) Nat's Park 3x 9) Citizen's Bank Park 30+ Phillies fan have been there so many times, it's always to see a new park or go to a park i haven't seen in a while.
The team is terrible because the owner lives down to his "small market" label. If he retains the great players that the organization drafted over the years(like Skenes), Pittsburgh would have more enjoyable seasons for their fans.
@@noahkessler5500 I'm looking down the road when Skenes and any other premiere talent the Pirates might have, will approach arbitration and the owner will tell the GM, "ok, time to see what we can get for our best talent and acquire prospects for the future" when the home grown guys would suffice but he is too damn cheap to fork the money over. I am in NYC and the Sports Press goes NUTS creating all sorts of trade rumors for the usual suspects, like the Dodgers, Yankees or any other legacy team, as the "obvious" destination. THEN the Pirates, Reds, Royals or small market teams will collect the best draft picks and start over again. Jayson Starks, John Heyman or Jeff Passan with their "Oh the Dodgers, Yankees or Red Sox are the perfect fit" nonsense.
I been 11 stadiums 1 Dodgers Stadium 2 RedSox Fenway 3 Rookies Coors field 4 Padres Petco field 5 Braves Truist field 6 Mets Citi Field 7 Royals Kauffman 8 BlueJays Rogers field 9 Astros Minute Maid 10 Dbacks Chase field 11 Angels Stadium all the stadium and city’s were beautiful 💯
I didn't get to go inside Minute Maid but the outside and surrounding area was incredibly disappointing. It was not kept up and rusting. Homeless everywhere. It was worse than walking around the Trop in St. Pete. Minute Maid would have to be ranked #30 in terms of exterior and fan experience outside the stadium for sure. St. Louis is #1 in terms of walking to the Park and fan experience.
Im not 100 percent certain but i believe Oracle Park, Petco Park, Camden Yards, and PNC Park were all designed by the same architect and have the retro design to them.
For the working to middle class fan yes. The lower sections of the upper deck seats were great and they pushed them all back for luxury boxes. Citi Field is superior to New Yankee stadium
I probably would have not but rangers that low but yeah the exterior is ugly. But the inside is so beautiful. TBH as a Texas rangers fan I’m just happy too have a indoor stadium
@@BrianThompson-dj8rh yeah, it isn’t a great stadium but I just got to accept it Also it’s kinda embarrassing when the stadium built 20 years ago is better looking than the stadium built 4 years ago
Boston Red Sox fan. Live in Massachusetts. Been to other parks around the country, Fenway many times. Got married in Minneapolis. Opened Target Field. Came back to Boston, went to a game, and realized Fenway is a dump. It's the worst for customers. Going to concessions is like planning D-Day. The seats are wooden torture. It's far too expensive. The food is bad, outright bad. Last there in 2011. My wife needs a cane. The concourse is downright dangerous. And then they let Mookie go. To the devil with the present management.
Of course I have my own opinions but I do think your ranking is fair having a baseball park with a good view is important but what I like to see is baseball parks that are comfortable to be in i.e. have a roof or good air-conditioning during the summer which is when baseball season is and have good public transit to get you to and from the game.
Yeah. I get the great weather and all but beside that it’s bland to me. I get it and understand that it’s old but there is no interesting features around the stadium. I have Camerica Park over them cause they have a nice standing area on both sides of the wall and they have a Tiger carousel and a ferris wheel 🎡. That is the most fun and exciting why to enjoy the park even more for anyone. Specially kids.
Dodger stadium is the most overrated stadium I’ve been to. It was old and nothing was cool about it besides the landscape outside the stadium. I don’t understand the hype and why it is considered even top 20
@@jordane19969 exactly. I have Comerica Park and definitely Oriole Park and Camden Yards over that stadium. Even tho Angel Stadium is old as well they at least to put some kind of features. Like the A shaped rock waterfall and seeing a giant A halo lighting up when the Angels win a game.
@@jordankennerknecht4929 I’ve been to the baseball parks in St. Louis, Kansas City, Minneapolis, and Oakland. Oakland and dodger stadiums were a lot worst than Kaufman, Busch, and target field. Target field was the best in my opinion with Oakland being the worst. Oakland was cool though because I just got a ticket at the game for $10 and sat right behind the dugout
While i get alot of people may not like it i put Globe life in top 20 (like about 17 or so,) the atmosphere inside makes me love it so much! Also Id switch Fenway to #1 but that's just personal preference
Again, what’s with everyone hating on parking lots? You wanna take public transportation, fine go ahead. Some of us like to tailgate and not have to shell out $18 a beer. The game day experience is more than sight lines a green spaces while you’re walking up to the stadium.
Parking lots kill the soul of urban areas, which is where MOST ballparks are built. It's fine in the suburbs because those were meant to be car-centric. But having a sea of parking lots in or near downtown is just terrible for the fabric of the neighborhood.
Top 3 parks are Oracle, Petco and Kauffman. As long as they’re playing baseball in closed roofed parks, Tropicana and loanDepot in FL are the worst! Truist is trash, Oakland isn’t horrible, and I’ve only got one more left to see (Seattle)!
@@fantasticvoyage262 I do like how it looks overall, especially the yellow and blue seat colors, but it doesn't have anything that it's unique, so it's kinda boring.
Oracle is awful, windy constantly in right field.. Dodger stadium is perfectly symmetrical. No excuses or advantage for left or right field. It's the ideal field with perfect weather usually.
Except for Toronto, all retractable roof stadiums look dumb, and it's because the retractable roofs look bulky and tacky and added-on after the fact. At least Toronto's looks integrated into the structure.
This might be the lowest you put any Wisconsin thing on any list haha. Not complaining of course. You have your own opinion after all. Next for sport stadiums I'd say the NHL ones (Unless you did that already and I'm just forgetting haha)
The Brewers stadium takes a hit because the retractable roof design has grown tired imo. Problem is, if Baseball is played in Milwaukee in late October/early November, the roof is needed. Denver & Minneapolis could use roofs for that purpose as well but the aethstetic appeal of those stadiums would take a hit.
@@HeapsYT loving in the Midwest is a huge advantage, there are so many relatively nearby. I went on vacation last year to Boston and New York and we hit up Fenway and Citi. Best plan is to do day trips if possible and group the others together if possible.
@@jameserickson5372 I live in the Northeast so it isn't that unreasonable to visit NY ballparks or even parks in Pennsylvania! I just have had no time haha
So I should preface by saying I have only been to the old Busch Stadium, which I still think ruled the cookie cutter stadiums; Kaughman Stadium, Three Rivers Stadium in Pittsburgh, the Trop, and the Marlins new stadium. So much to evaluate in terms of ballparks and people often overlook the concourse area. I think you totally missed it here in terms of ranking. That said, you really have to rank based on interior, exterior, and concourse in my opinion because some stadiums are great on the inside but suck on the outside. Minute Maid is the prime example. Worst stadium ever on the outside bar none, but one of the best on the inside. The Trop is similar. Not much color and pretty boring exterior; however, very underrated inside and domes make great loud atmospheres. I should also say I'm a modernist, so I really like the more modern approach even though I'm a Cardinal fan and love the new Busch. But I have to admit that the Royals have bar none the best stadium in baseball in terms of design, simplicity, feeling at the game, and everything. The other bonus is that it is right next to Arrowhead and I'm a big Chiefs fan. The stadium is right off 70 so it is much easier to get to and park than Busch and almost any stadium in baseball; although the Trop is also very easy to get to off the interstate. I think easy of getting parked and into the stadium should be part of the evaluation too. I also want to say that none of the new ballparks, in my opinion, truly capture the look and feel of the old ballparks, especially the square ones. I wish baseball would bring back the square parks, like Shibe, League Park, etc. I loved those. I also believe that the new Las Vegas A's stadium will be the best in baseball by a long shot when it gets completed based on renderings I've seen and the Rays are finally getting a new stadium which will rival it.
As a Rays fan, I can agree with Tropicana Field being second to last. Thankfully a new stadium is in the future for the team, despite being right next door to The Trop.
Are u drunk in what world is the oldest stadium Wrigley field not the worst stadium and i know its your opinion and i support your opinion bit why is Wrigley field better then bush stadium
As a yankee fan living in Florida, the only time I get to enjoy my yanks is at Tropicana field in Tampa. When hurricane Milton tore up the stadium, a part of me was happy. Maybe it’ll force the owner’s hand to update that piece of shit stadium.
D-backs fan here. I love Chase Field a lot. One of the reasons why they don't open the roof is, as you said, it's in the desert. The roof itself has tons of issues because of the construction workers messing up the roof. They would open it a lot, when we had real grass, and now it's fake grass, which really sucks. They will open it when it's nice out. The best thing at Chasr Field is the pool, and a sandlot for kids. I really do wish there were a lot more things there.
Great video! I've only been to six, or eight if you want to count the old Yankee Stadium and Shea. My personal order counting it down of the one's I've been to: 6) Rogers Centre 5) Yankee Stadium 4) Citi Field 3) Oracle Park 2) Wrigley Field 1) Fenway Park and IT'S NOT EVEN CLOSE (and I'm a born and raised New Yorker and Yankee fan).
Coors Field should be in top 5 😀⚾🗻Petco Fenway Wrigley, and Oracle round out top 5. I live in Colorado partial season ticket holder. Come to Rooftop at Coors so much fun Jack N Cokes and beer. 😀👍🏻🥃🍻
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Unpopular opinion perhaps but I think Loan Depot is easily top 10!
RingCentral Coliseum, home of the Oakland Athletics and located near Coliseum BART Station
Chase Field because its the only ball park I have been to
Minute maid or oracle park
Petco park in San Diego super great food and beer 🍺 and always seems packed
Dodger Stadium is like a Zegna suit: perfect proportions, beautiful construction, elegant, but most people don't even know the brand. The environment at games from afternoon, golden-hour to twilight is magnificent. The build into the slope of the hill seems so natural, and well-done, it's almost unnoticed. A mid-century modern, googie masterpiece (perfect for LA), in an era of retro "jewel box" knockoffs. I'm not surprised many people don't "get it".
Oracle will always be my favorite being a Giants fan. Never got those points of how it was special bc I have never been. But watching playoff baseball this year I started noticing those very points you layed out. Definitely a top 5 if not top 3 park in Baseball.
Congrats on the WS win and taking down the evil empire!
The Western Metal Supply Building at Petco Park has been there since 1907. It's on the National Register of Historic Places. Because of its landmark status, it can't be torn down. So when Petco Park was built, the building was incorporated into the design. The corner of the building even serves as the left field foul pole.
“Angels stadium is meh, and is surrounded by parking lot. Dodger stadium is great and has great weather year round!”
They’re like 45 minutes away from each other, they have the same weather and they’re both surrounded by a parking lot. Lol
lol love my dodgers. But dear lord it is the worst ballpark to get parking or get out of. Angel stadium is so easy.
My favorite park is and will always be Camden Yards. There is no better spot to catch a game in the league. Such a classic vintage feel to a stadium that was built in the last 30 years. Feels like it could have been built in the 1940s.
i just realized that the best and worst ballparks are 20 minutes away
Good comment !!
The 3rd best and the 3rd worst are too 😂
Yes they are and I agree that Oracle is the best.
For the ones I’ve been to
1) Citi field LGM 🔵🟠
2) citizens bank great ⚾️ culture
3) Chase field (underrated)
4) Truist park good museum
5) Minute Maid 🍊
6) Yankees (too expensive)
7) Tropicana 🍊 (ugly)
Tropicana Fields roof got blown off because of hurricane Milton.
Good. Tear it down 😂
Nobody cares...😊
Rogers centre has been completely renovated and is no longer multi purpose. Should have done your research
Damn, didn't even realize that!
One thing I love about Yankee stadium that I haven’t seen brought up (I’m a new baseball fan so I could be entirely wrong about that) is that you can see the subway pass by next to the scoreboard. It really appeals to me both on TV and at the stadium and I think it’s just a unique detail that adds to the NYC aesthetic.
Just went there and it was really nice. The food has great but the game was kinda boring. Overall really good stadium
Dodger stadium is the biggest pain in the ass to get into. Unless you live in LA, you don’t understand. It’s better than Angel stadium but angel stadium is so easy and relaxing.
Only been to Citi Field and it is amazing! Oracle Park looks nice as well! Great video!
That’s not the Chicago skyline in the background of Wrigley Field, it’s the high rise apartment and condominium buildings along Lakeshore Drive.
I talked with an employee at loan depot park. From what I heard ( don’t know how accurate it is ) is that all of the fish died during Covid and they didn’t wanna deal with a new batch of fish to take care of so they just got rid of the tank
I thought it was Jeter decision, who was part owner at the time. I believe a report came out stating that he thought the fish tanks were childish, hated the Marlins home run sculpture in the outfield and couldn't stand the bright neon green walls around the field. He wanted the Marlins to be a serious franchise like his beloved Yankees & wanted the Stadium to look like a serious ballpark that didn't have things that distracted fans from watching the team on the field. Heck the new wall colors around the field are the same as The Yankees, the only thing is it backfired. Because a poll came out asking Marlins fans (the few that are fans) what they thought of the new changes to the stadium. They all voted that they hated it, that stadium is boring now & looks generic. That the old look, better represented the state of Florida & Miami. With bright colors & a tropical look, they also missed the fish tanks 😂
Great video your top 3 and your bottom 2 are very good choices. The rest can be in any order.
no. 1 with Oracle is spot on. but PNC that low? wow. it should be no. 2. Coors, petco, Busch and Camden are also too low, and Dodger stadium? too high! that park is a S-it hole!
Wrigley ain't shit. Its only ranked high because of the neighborhood. The seating is cramped, the food options are limited, parking SUUUUUUCKS, and its time to update the troughs. Like, why keep those with all the renovations that have happened over the years?
I was there last month and they did update the troughs! They were brand new!
Really???? First time I've ever heard this take!
As A Reds Fan “OVERRATED”
Giants fan here, and I think you were being very generous with the Coliseum lmao
It's in last place, how is that 'generous'?
Good point actually
Awesome video bro!!! I guess I’ll just have to live with my favorite place on earth Dodger Stadium getting ranked 4 lol. Going to games at Dodger Stadium is utter perfection, and I can’t imagine wanting to see a ballgame elsewhere 😊I’m going to Game 1 of the World Series this Friday, can’t wait, let’s go Dodgers 💙❗️
OMG BUDDY DO YOUR HOMEWORK. rogers centre in toronto just went through millions of dollars in a two year renovation. it's seating is baseball specific now with the entire stadium being reconfigured. look it up.
Agreed, I just went to Roger’s centre last night it was such a good experience
They impressed me. Much improved. Gotta do something about the name though.
Your rankings are right on. I'll try to rank the ones I've been to (or at least explored from outside):
1. Fenway (have not been to Oracle).
2. Wrigley
3. Old Comiskey, Chicago
3. Camden Yards
4. Dodger Stadium
5. Yankee Stadium II
6. Old Arlington Stadium
7. Petco
8. Old Tiger Stadium
9. Old Safeco, Seattle
9b. Old Candlestick
10. Old Shea
11. Old Memorial, Baltimore
12. Old Veterans, Philly
13. Old Olympic, Montreal
I probably forgot a few.
Dude Progressive Field is a top 5 MLB Stadium, that place is absolutely beautiful and basically the perfect baseball stadium! There are many MLB Stadium rankings lists that rank it #1!
I’ve been to(in no particular order)
1) Wrigley Field
2) Chase Field
3) T-Mobile
4) Comerica Park
5) Petco Park
6) Dodger Stadium
7) Jack Murphy/Qualcomm
Every stadium in Arizona for Spring Training(yes, Tucson, too)
I do have to add that I had a great time at every one that I’ve been to!
Instead of doing all of the stadiums I’m going to rank the 4 that I’ve been to so far and that’s
1) Oriole Park at Camden Yards
2) Comerica Park
3) Dodger Stadium
4) Angel Stadium
My ranking is
Truist Park
Joseph P Riley Jr. Park
My ranking is
1. Petco park
2. Dodger stadium
3. Angel stadium
4. Chase field
@@shyningfather nice ranking 🙂
Mine is:
1) Petco Park
2) Dodger Stadium
3) T-Mobile Park
4) Angel Stadium
5) Tropicana Field
My ranking is the Mets stadium and that’s it
In addition to a few other parks, I've made several trips to Milwaukee County Stadium, Wrigley Field and Miller Park/American Family Field, aka AmSlam Field after the recent slew of grand slams. Wrigley Field was never as good as the old County Stadium, which is now a parking lot, replaced by Miller Park in its old parking lot. The Cubs should do the same, if there's a large enough postage stamp of real estate. WRIGLEY IS A DUMP.
Baseball is the only Major League sport where I've been to a game at every active ballpark. Obviously that's going to change with the A's moving away from the Coliseum, but at least I'll only have one new ballpark to go visit to keep up to date. Now being a typical obese American I'm not quite as enamored with some of the older parks whose seats weren't designed to accommodate people my size. That may make some of my rankings controversial. Still, I do note that my #1 and #30 matches yours. Anyways, here's my rankings including the four defunct stadiums I've been to.
30. RingCentral Coliseum (OAK)
29. Globe Life Field (TEX) - pales in comparison in where the Rangers played before.
28. Yankee Stadium (NYY)
27. Tropicana Field (TBD)
---------RFK Stadium (WAS)
---------Turner Field (ATL)
---------Shea Stadium (NYM)
26. LoanDepot Park (MIA)
25. Great American Ballpark (CIN) - the average demarcation line
24. Angels Stadium (LAA)
23. Busch Stadium (STL)
22. Camden Yards (BAL) - I just don't like how poor the airflow is if you sit beneath an upper deck
21. Rogers Centre (TOR)
20. Citizens Bank Park (PHI)
19. Chase Field (ARI)
18. Comerica Park (DET)
17. Target Field (MIN)
16. Guaranteed Rate Field (CHW)
15. Fenway Park (BOS)
14. Wrigley Field (CHC)
13. Dodger Stadium (LAD) - really wanted to like these three more
12. American Family Field (MIL)
11. Progressive Field (CLE)
10. Nationals Park (WAS)
9. Petco Park (SDP)
8. Truist Park (ATL)
7. T-Mobile Park (SEA) - best food in the Majors
6. Coors Field (COL)
5. Citi Field (NYM)
4. PNC Park (PIT) - as beautiful as everyone says, but a nightmare to navigate
3. Minute Maid Park (HOU)
2. Kauffman Stadium (KCR) - sad the Royals are wanting to build a new stadium
---------Globe Life Park (TEX)
1. Oracle Park (SFG)
It blows my mind Kaufman Stadium is so high.
Kauffman is still beautiful with the fountains and the crown scoreboard, and the Royals Hall of Fame is very nice. Plus it was where I watched my first game so it is fairly special for me.
@@ILoveMisty1985 Nice features. But other than that, it is dull and lifeless. I like several other minor league parks more than Kaufman Stadium.
Fair enough, sounds like it's not going to last much longer anyways. I'll still rank it highly.
So glad you put Kauffman up toward the top because it is the most underrated stadium in baseball. I ranked it number one and I'm a hard core Cardinal fan. That outta say something. I do not agree with your ranking of Busch though. I do agree that parking is kind of a pain but not as bad as Miami. However I think Busch is the best in terms of traditional style and overall feel. Miami has by far the best concourse area and coolest modern stadium. However, I agree that the A's and even the Rays new parks will likely be number 1 and 2 for me after they are built. I've heard Wrigley is a dump. Granted that's from a Cardinal fan, but is that true. I hope so. Gives me more that I can razz the Cub's fans about. I already tore into the Yankees fans so that's checked off.
Continued:
So once those two stadiums are built, they will likely rank 1 and 2. I am going to add some of the classic ballparks too that were already destroyed in my ranking. So here goes.
1) Kaughman Stadium - KC
Best design, incredible blue glass wraps the exterior. fountains are amazing and the best feature in all of baseball (even more incredible than the green monster). View is beautiful and really shows the simplicity of Missourians and KC. I liked it better before the seats were in the outfield but its still beautiful. I also liked the astro turf before because it was so bright and cool. In terms of easy parking, safety, design, functionality, and beauty, Kaughman takes the cake.
2) Marlins Stadium - Miami
Why? Because the concourse is by far and away the most beautiful modern colorful amazing experience you will ever find at any sports venue. They color coordinated each section of the concourse area in amazingly beautiful colors and the floor is all white with recycled glass. Freaking awesome. The design of the park is strikingly modern and beautiful. The inside is too; although dumb ass Derek Jeter ruined it when he took over ownership by removing the green fence and other features. It's still beautiful. PLus the center field seats are the best in baseball. They may look like they are way out there but you literally feel like you are hovering over the field and right in front of the action. It had a fish tank behind homeplate but again dumb ass Jeter removed it. Now the negative: It is the worst location probably in all of sports and you have to beg poor residents to park on their lawns because there is no parking at all. Horrible.
3) Very close call here but I'll give it to old Tiger Stadium - It is my favorite layout inside because you have wrap around double deck seats and the second deck overhangs the field a bit. The outside looks sleek, modern, and industrial too. It just really feels like it fit Detroit. It was like a factory for baseball. Plus on video games, it is my favorite park to play at. Knocking balls on the roof or into the second deck at dead center is a great challenge.
4) Sportsman's Park - I love the modern simplicity both interior and exterior. The best feature would have been the metal screen that went at an angle from the right field roof to the top of the fence. I think that would've been amazing to see balls hit that and either bounce on over or slowly roll down onto the field in play. If I ever could built a park, I would add that feature. I also think they had the best scoreboard of all times and they kind of copied it in the New Busch but it's not as cool. The birds looked like they were flapping when someone hit a homer. The idea that you could take a street car right to the field and get off is also cool. I also love the exterior. Red metal beams, no friggin traditional brick or fancy crap that so many stadiums have. I like the open modern metal beams so that you can see people walking up the layers.
5) Shibe Park - Again I would love to see how player handle a square ballpark. I think hearing and seeing a ball bang off the metal green shibe wall in right would've been amazing. Before that, they had rooftop seats on houses, which would've been awesome too. The exterior is very traditional, which I'm not a big fan of and that is why I do not care for most of the new stadiums. But at least its fairly simple and nice. Also double deck seating all the way from left to center.
6) League Park - Another square ballpark. I love what I've seen in pictures of the exterior because, like Sportsman's Park, it appears to be metal beams and not frills. I like that and they were painted bright green to contrast the white facade.
7) Ebbetts Field - From what I've seen this was very beautiful inside and out. I like double deckers with big overhanging roofs and it had it. It had the short fence in right with a massive wall too. It just seemed cool.
8) Polo Grounds - How cool would it be to see baseball with 258' down the line and 483' in Center with friggin bullpens in the playing field. I would shit myself and die if I ever was lucky enough to see a game played on that field (which I won't because some fool tore it down). The outside was kinda neat too when it was new but ran down fast.
9) New Busch Stadium - There is absolutely no experience in sports like walking to Busch Stadium in downtown St. Louis on game day. Everyone is covered in red and beyond joyful. Its like heaven. No fear, no pain, no tears, no hurt. Just joy everywhere. And you work your way around building after building and at last the Stadium opens up to you and it does blow you away. The exterior is traditional but with the mix of the black steel, it harkens back to Sportsman's park a bit. And its not over the top with ornamentation and contrasting trimwork like I've seen in other facades. The special red brick is perfect. (It's not really Cardinal red but as red as you can buy I guess for brick) Still not as striking as Cardinal red metal beams would've been like Sportsman had, but still it is amazing. The interior is awesome too with the Arch in the background, but honestly what makes it so high on the list is not even the Stadium, as amazing as it all is. It is the "Cardinal Nation" -- the people and the buildings around the Stadium. There are restaurant after restaurant that you can watch the game from across the street and the Cardinal museum nearby. Ballpark Villa which is a fun park across the street. It is the most magical place on earth just being outside the Stadium. Then you enter the field of play and you're blown away (but not like I was the first time I went to a game at the old Busch).
10) Old Busch Stadium - Yes its technically a cookie cutter, but it was the best of the cookie cutters and they actually renovated it to add the biggest scoreboard of all times on the upper deck in center with flags for all the hall of famers. The painted the walls and kept the field to perfection. Lighting was amazing. Now when I first went to a game in 1989, they had blue walls with turf. We went to a night game and as we walked through the concourse, which wasn't that amazing, you could see that turf shining through every so often. We sit in the nose bleeds of course and when I can through that tunnel, it was still the greatest experience of my life -- maybe better than my first sexual experience. That field was so bright and all the red was amazing. The sound in that ballpark will never be replicated because no park today has that wrap around concrete to trap the sound. That's one thing I really hate about the new parks. They are so open that they can't trap sound. Honestly, the Trop is the only park left that traps sound and gives you that football type sound that I so loved at the old Busch. I slept for 26 hours right next to the old Busch waiting for World Series tickets back in the good ole days when you could still buy paper tickets and beat the fffing internet crowd.
11) Brewers New Park - I think it looks quite amazing from what I've seen. That retractable roof is the best in baseball because you just can't imagine how it works. That shade of green on the walls is so industrial and cool. You've still got Billy the Brewer sliding down the slide. I just think it looks amazing and it is somewhat modern on the outside from the pics I've seen. Granted I don't like the Brewers much as a Cards fan, but this is about their stadium.
12) Bank One Ballpark - Again, I like the industrial metal beams everywhere and functional look. I think this Stadium looks so amazing on the inside. The lights are incredible coming in at different angles and the massive scoreboard seems too cool. The exterior appears that it may not be that impressive but the inside takes the cake.
13) Petco Park - SD - From what I've seen this looks like it would be an amazing park on the inside.
14) PNC Park - Pittsburgh - Pittsburgh is a cool city anyway. Great view and again simple and functional. I love the contrast outside between the yellow brick and the black steel beams. I want to go there. I went to Three Rivers Stadium when I was a kid and they give you a boat ride to get to the stadium. That was a magical experience. I hope they still have that as an option to get to the game because if they don't, what a loss.
15) Target Field - Minn - Again, I love love love modern design. This is more of a organic modern style as compared to Miami, which is more contemporary minimalism modern, but I like all forms of modern. I love that the seats extend over the field of play. I love the massive height of the seats that surround the park. I love the vintage Twins sign. I definitely want to make it to a game here when its not too cold.
2:44, I have been to Chase Field 3 times, and currently (and when this video was posted), the AC doesn't work in the stadium, and they will not open the roof, nor fix the AC. It wasn't hot in there though:)
I been to Petco Park before and it's excellent. 😀👍⚾️
Hope I can visit it soon! Only have seen the outside!
@@HeapsYT western metal supply has been there since 1909 petco was built in 2004
Strap in kids! Here's my rankings. ...Ahem.
1. Wrigley Field
2. Fenway Park
3. Oracle Park
4. Oriole Park at Camden Yds.
5. PNC Park
6. Coors Field
7. Petco Park
8. Target Field
9. Busch Stadium
10. Dodger Stadium
11. Truist Park
12. Kauffman Stadium
13. Citi Field
14. T-Mobile Park
15. Yankee Stadium
16. Rogers Centre
17. Citizens Bank Park
18. Comerica Park
19. American Family Field
20. Great American Ballpark
21. Angel Stadium
22. Progressive Field
23. Guaranteed Rate Field
24. Nationals Park
25. Chase Field
26. Minute Maid Park
27. Globe Life Field
28. Loan Depot Park
29. Oakland Coliseum
30. Tropicana Field
Tropicana Field was touted as a state of the art stadium when Tampa Bay-St Petersburg was trying to get its hands on the Mariners.
Only an ignorant Cubs fan would put Wrigley #1. Its a dump.
I’ve only been to 7 ballparks, but my ranking is
1. Oakland coliseum - really good place to hang out. You have baseball, really good bars, decent food, pool tables, and ping pong tables. I live no where near Oakland and I met a bunch of people during my trip just at the coliseum. Amazing ballpark
2. Comerica park - really cool design and I love the tigers around the stadium. Not a bad seat anywhere
3. Oracle park - I love the water and the people in kayaks waiting for a home run out of right field. Beautiful ballpark and great views from just about everywhere
4. Citizens bank park - great vibes, always packed, no bad seats
5. Nationals park - I don’t remember it too much but I remember it being a decent enough park. Haven’t been in a decade
6. Wrigley - it’s cool from a historical prospective but it really just isn’t a good ballpark in modern times
7. Camden yards - how do you not have draft beer? That alone dropped them to the bottom for me. It’s very anti baseball
What? What??? Petco’s Western Metals Building has been here since 1909! They didn’t build it with the park. And no mention of the Gwynn or Hoffman statues?
Preach that shit!!!!
@@OlinKreutzRules yeah!! Haha
That’s what I thought then he mentioned he has never been there. I feel his rankings lost creditability. Can’t really rank a ball park without physically being there
I don’t think you have actually ever spent much time in San Francisco. The coldest time of the year is often mid summer. That’s also when you get the really thick fog . So many of those “sunny baseball games” don’t actually exist.
The Curly W next to the Nationals Park scoreboard used to be a clock.
Toronto has rennovated. Now exclusively baseball.
We need a NHL rink ranking
Yeah
That’s easy. I live in Arizona so……..
next: ranking nfl teams alternate logos?! (some are better than primary)
Love and totally agree about what you said about Kauffman Stadium! As a Royals fan, I don’t understand why our owner wants to leave it.
How is the background of Kauffman scenic? You get great views of shitty hotels and a shitty highway
The fountains and crown vision are what make it scenic. You can see barely the skyline outside of the stadium. I get the highway isn’t scenic but it’s better than being crammed in downtown which will be a disaster
Man are you ever wrong. I'm not even a Royals fan but a Cardinal fan, and I think Kauffman is by far the best Stadium in baseball in ever way. The simple modern design is just the best and the views at the game are awesome. Best feature in baseball is the fountains and you couple that with the country view and massive scoreboard and there is no comparison. I've been to Jet Blue which is a replica inside of Fenway and it doesn't even hold a candle to Kauffman and its by far the best stadium in all of Spring Training and better than a lot of MLB parks. So you should appreciate what you have and stop begging for a new stadium because it will pale in Comparison. And Arrowhead is the best Stadium for the best team too, so I like how the two Stadiums mesh design wise. Don't need to tear down either one. Leave them alone!
@@bobrosscrackups1589 it’s among the best in Missouri!! Love to see a fellow Missouri fan agreeing
1) Fenway 2x soon to be 3
2) Petco Park 1x
3) Pnc 1x
4) Yankee Stadium 2x
5) Camden Yard's 5x
6) Chase Field 1x
7) Angel Stadium 1x
8) Nat's Park 3x
9) Citizen's Bank Park 30+
Phillies fan have been there so many times, it's always to see a new park or go to a park i haven't seen in a while.
That's awesome man!
@@HeapsYT Thank's
Pnc park should be 2 arguably 1 that stadium is so cool too bad the team on the field is terrible
The team is terrible because the owner lives down to his "small market" label. If he retains the great players that the organization drafted over the years(like Skenes), Pittsburgh would have more enjoyable seasons for their fans.
@@scrat4379 yeah i know im a pirate fan it blows. At least we got skenes for now
@@noahkessler5500 I'm looking down the road when Skenes and any other premiere talent the Pirates might have, will approach arbitration and the owner will tell the GM, "ok, time to see what we can get for our best talent and acquire prospects for the future" when the home grown guys would suffice but he is too damn cheap to fork the money over. I am in NYC and the Sports Press goes NUTS creating all sorts of trade rumors for the usual suspects, like the Dodgers, Yankees or any other legacy team, as the "obvious" destination. THEN the Pirates, Reds, Royals or small market teams will collect the best draft picks and start over again. Jayson Starks, John Heyman or Jeff Passan with their "Oh the Dodgers, Yankees or Red Sox are the perfect fit" nonsense.
I been 11 stadiums 1 Dodgers Stadium 2 RedSox Fenway 3 Rookies Coors field 4 Padres Petco field 5 Braves Truist field 6 Mets Citi Field 7 Royals Kauffman 8 BlueJays Rogers field 9 Astros Minute Maid 10 Dbacks Chase field 11 Angels Stadium all the stadium and city’s were beautiful 💯
I didn't get to go inside Minute Maid but the outside and surrounding area was incredibly disappointing. It was not kept up and rusting. Homeless everywhere. It was worse than walking around the Trop in St. Pete. Minute Maid would have to be ranked #30 in terms of exterior and fan experience outside the stadium for sure. St. Louis is #1 in terms of walking to the Park and fan experience.
The ones I've been to
Atlanta
Arizona
NY Mets
Detroit
Cleveland
Chi Cubs
Philly
Chi Sox
Boston
Toronto
Im not 100 percent certain but i believe Oracle Park, Petco Park, Camden Yards, and PNC Park were all designed by the same architect and have the retro design to them.
Yes, I am a New Yorker and a Met fan, and old Yankee Stadium was better than the new one and it cost twice as much to build as Citifield.
For the working to middle class fan yes. The lower sections of the upper deck seats were great and they pushed them all back for luxury boxes. Citi Field is superior to New Yankee stadium
It is in the triple digits all summer in Phoenix. Having AC is mandatory.
I probably would have not but rangers that low but yeah the exterior is ugly. But the inside is so beautiful.
TBH as a Texas rangers fan I’m just happy too have a indoor stadium
But at what cost? Your team plays at a warehouse
@@BrianThompson-dj8rh yeah, it isn’t a great stadium but I just got to accept it
Also it’s kinda embarrassing when the stadium built 20 years ago is better looking than the stadium built 4 years ago
Boston Red Sox fan. Live in Massachusetts. Been to other parks around the country, Fenway many times.
Got married in Minneapolis. Opened Target Field. Came back to Boston, went to a game, and realized Fenway is a dump.
It's the worst for customers. Going to concessions is like planning D-Day. The seats are wooden torture. It's far too expensive. The food is bad, outright bad.
Last there in 2011. My wife needs a cane. The concourse is downright dangerous.
And then they let Mookie go. To the devil with the present management.
Starting @ 16:24 i believe the term you’re looking for is home run… not fly ball lol
Dodgers Stadium is a beauty
Personally, the classiness of Fenway makes it my favorite ballpark.
Can you rank every World Series logo please?
I have only been to 3 mlb, spring training, and Milb, stadiums. They are chase field, salt river fields, and sahlen field.
I've only been to Busch Stadium.
I live in Ohio. So it was a little bit of a Drive for me
How did you like it?
@fantasticvoyage262 it was Awesome
@@MrSeahawk113 I was there last year.
Watching that crowd cheering is religious experience to me
Let’s go twins
What about the marlins?
Of course I have my own opinions but I do think your ranking is fair having a baseball park with a good view is important but what I like to see is baseball parks that are comfortable to be in i.e. have a roof or good air-conditioning during the summer which is when baseball season is and have good public transit to get you to and from the game.
You will like the Trop then. Nice AC and the only stadium left in baseball with that domed football sound.
Dodgers stadium isn't even top 15
Yeah. I get the great weather and all but beside that it’s bland to me. I get it and understand that it’s old but there is no interesting features around the stadium. I have Camerica Park over them cause they have a nice standing area on both sides of the wall and they have a Tiger carousel and a ferris wheel 🎡. That is the most fun and exciting why to enjoy the park even more for anyone. Specially kids.
Dodger stadium is the most overrated stadium I’ve been to. It was old and nothing was cool about it besides the landscape outside the stadium. I don’t understand the hype and why it is considered even top 20
@@jordane19969 exactly. I have Comerica Park and definitely Oriole Park and Camden Yards over that stadium. Even tho Angel Stadium is old as well they at least to put some kind of features. Like the A shaped rock waterfall and seeing a giant A halo lighting up when the Angels win a game.
@@jordankennerknecht4929 I’ve been to the baseball parks in St. Louis, Kansas City, Minneapolis, and Oakland. Oakland and dodger stadiums were a lot worst than Kaufman, Busch, and target field.
Target field was the best in my opinion with Oakland being the worst. Oakland was cool though because I just got a ticket at the game for $10 and sat right behind the dugout
@@jordane19969 those are very interesting parks to go to. 🙂
While i get alot of people may not like it i put Globe life in top 20 (like about 17 or so,) the atmosphere inside makes me love it so much!
Also Id switch Fenway to #1 but that's just personal preference
Fenway is a dump according to the comments
Ever set in right center seats -- the worst view in baseball.
As a fan who has to travel to a game, I say any park where games start on time are best.
Covered stadiums.
Understand 1 hour gang
Again, what’s with everyone hating on parking lots? You wanna take public transportation, fine go ahead. Some of us like to tailgate and not have to shell out $18 a beer. The game day experience is more than sight lines a green spaces while you’re walking up to the stadium.
Parking lots kill the soul of urban areas, which is where MOST ballparks are built.
It's fine in the suburbs because those were meant to be car-centric. But having a sea of parking lots in or near downtown is just terrible for the fabric of the neighborhood.
Parking lots are ugly, fan zones and picnic areas are great .
Much respect if you want to tailgate in triple digit heat in the summer. But I don't.
Reddit dwelling kids raised on a mindset that urban downtowns are everything and the only thing.
@@TheDmonet that has nothing to do with reddit... that's literally what downtown is *SUPPOSED* to be.
Top 3 parks are Oracle, Petco and Kauffman. As long as they’re playing baseball in closed roofed parks, Tropicana and loanDepot in FL are the worst! Truist is trash, Oakland isn’t horrible, and I’ve only got one more left to see (Seattle)!
Kaufman Stadium is nowhere near that nice.
I find almost each one of your rankings reasonable, but there were two that suroprised me of how high they were: Citi Field and Dodger Stadium.
I don't get what is so special about Dodger Stadium. It looks as fun as a bowl of vanilla ice cream.
@@fantasticvoyage262 I do like how it looks overall, especially the yellow and blue seat colors, but it doesn't have anything that it's unique, so it's kinda boring.
@@dominicanball2361 I don't like the yellow seats. And there's nothing that stands out about it.
@@fantasticvoyage262 Yeah, I could see why someone doesn't like it. I just think it's the only thing that makes it unique.
Dodgers stadium is the most outdated and overrated ever
I could see the outdated argument, but I absolutely love that background of the hills. It's beautiful in my opinion!
Do minor leage ball park rank
Who is here after hurricane Milton and what it did to Tropicana field
Not me
Oracle is awful, windy constantly in right field.. Dodger stadium is perfectly symmetrical. No excuses or advantage for left or right field. It's the ideal field with perfect weather usually.
God forbid anyone in SoCal feel any wind lol
What isn't amazing for this guy?!
Comerica at #19 is crazy
Fenway Park is a work of art 🎨. 😀👍⚾️
Very true!
Meh, it's a dump
@@rskrillyExactly! people rate it base on its age 😂
Except for Toronto, all retractable roof stadiums look dumb, and it's because the retractable roofs look bulky and tacky and added-on after the fact. At least Toronto's looks integrated into the structure.
Of the parks I've been to...
1. OPACY
2. Great American
3. Coors
4. CBP
5. Citi
6. Fenway
Angel stadium and dodger stadium literally have the same weather 💀
The Rockies stadium has colored seats that are exactly a mile high
You might limit use of the phrase, "That being said."
In my opinion, #4, #3, #2 do not belong in the top 20.
This might be the lowest you put any Wisconsin thing on any list haha. Not complaining of course. You have your own opinion after all. Next for sport stadiums I'd say the NHL ones (Unless you did that already and I'm just forgetting haha)
I could definitely do NHL arenas, the only thing is that it would be very similar to the NBA ranking because plenty teams share, but I still might!
@@HeapsYT True, but you also did it before with the NFL ones, so it wouldn't be anything new haha
@@emeraldaura9031 That's true!
The Brewers stadium takes a hit because the retractable roof design has grown tired imo. Problem is, if Baseball is played in Milwaukee in late October/early November, the roof is needed. Denver & Minneapolis could use roofs for that purpose as well but the aethstetic appeal of those stadiums would take a hit.
Oracle Park number one beautiful ball park
I’m guessing Trop just got dropped to the bottom 😂
Of the ones I’ve been to:
1. Citi
2. Great American
3. Wrigley
4. Fenway
5. American Family Field
6. Guaranteed Rate
Wish I've been to that many!
@@HeapsYT loving in the Midwest is a huge advantage, there are so many relatively nearby. I went on vacation last year to Boston and New York and we hit up Fenway and Citi. Best plan is to do day trips if possible and group the others together if possible.
@@jameserickson5372 I live in the Northeast so it isn't that unreasonable to visit NY ballparks or even parks in Pennsylvania! I just have had no time haha
Great American is severely underrated
So I should preface by saying I have only been to the old Busch Stadium, which I still think ruled the cookie cutter stadiums; Kaughman Stadium, Three Rivers Stadium in Pittsburgh, the Trop, and the Marlins new stadium. So much to evaluate in terms of ballparks and people often overlook the concourse area. I think you totally missed it here in terms of ranking. That said, you really have to rank based on interior, exterior, and concourse in my opinion because some stadiums are great on the inside but suck on the outside. Minute Maid is the prime example. Worst stadium ever on the outside bar none, but one of the best on the inside. The Trop is similar. Not much color and pretty boring exterior; however, very underrated inside and domes make great loud atmospheres. I should also say I'm a modernist, so I really like the more modern approach even though I'm a Cardinal fan and love the new Busch. But I have to admit that the Royals have bar none the best stadium in baseball in terms of design, simplicity, feeling at the game, and everything. The other bonus is that it is right next to Arrowhead and I'm a big Chiefs fan. The stadium is right off 70 so it is much easier to get to and park than Busch and almost any stadium in baseball; although the Trop is also very easy to get to off the interstate. I think easy of getting parked and into the stadium should be part of the evaluation too. I also want to say that none of the new ballparks, in my opinion, truly capture the look and feel of the old ballparks, especially the square ones. I wish baseball would bring back the square parks, like Shibe, League Park, etc. I loved those. I also believe that the new Las Vegas A's stadium will be the best in baseball by a long shot when it gets completed based on renderings I've seen and the Rays are finally getting a new stadium which will rival it.
As a Rays fan, I can agree with Tropicana Field being second to last. Thankfully a new stadium is in the future for the team, despite being right next door to The Trop.
Homedepot Park had to get rid of their fishtank got hit by a baseball.
Are u drunk in what world is the oldest stadium Wrigley field not the worst stadium and i know its your opinion and i support your opinion bit why is Wrigley field better then bush stadium
Kauffman with a scenic background?! Bro c'mon.
So u saying my st Pete stadium bad???
You put coors field too low
Fair! Definitely a great ballpark!
I actually like the Oakland Colliseum
As a yankee fan living in Florida, the only time I get to enjoy my yanks is at Tropicana field in Tampa. When hurricane Milton tore up the stadium, a part of me was happy. Maybe it’ll force the owner’s hand to update that piece of shit stadium.
You nailed it until #1. San Francisco’s stadium is the most overrated in the league
Globe life field at 24 has to be a crime and I don’t even like the rangers
There is no way i just heard Oakland having a loyal fanbase 💀
That's why they're moving, sucks for them though, I'll always be a Giant's Fan. 😉
To be fair, they do. But that loyal fan base is confined to only like 47 people
Those fans have been through a lot
They did until like 3 years ago
I have a hard time believing any fan base in any city would be loyal under their recent reign of leadership.
Globe Life Field is not an eyesore from the outside.
The braves have one of the best
Id say great list all except Rogers centre. should be higher like middle of the pack
D-backs fan here. I love Chase Field a lot. One of the reasons why they don't open the roof is, as you said, it's in the desert. The roof itself has tons of issues because of the construction workers messing up the roof. They would open it a lot, when we had real grass, and now it's fake grass, which really sucks. They will open it when it's nice out. The best thing at Chasr Field is the pool, and a sandlot for kids. I really do wish there were a lot more things there.
Great video! I've only been to six, or eight if you want to count the old Yankee Stadium and Shea.
My personal order counting it down of the one's I've been to:
6) Rogers Centre
5) Yankee Stadium
4) Citi Field
3) Oracle Park
2) Wrigley Field
1) Fenway Park and IT'S NOT EVEN CLOSE (and I'm a born and raised New Yorker and Yankee fan).
Thanks man! Love this ranking too!
wrigley and fenway for sure are below the top 5
Have you been to these stadiums?
my guess is no
Coors Field should be in top 5 😀⚾🗻Petco Fenway Wrigley, and Oracle round out top 5. I live in Colorado partial season ticket holder. Come to Rooftop at Coors so much fun Jack N Cokes and beer. 😀👍🏻🥃🍻