MLB Stadiums - How Many?

[Melanie]

I'm really missing going to a game right about now (although I get to go next month), so I've been thinking about the stadiums I've been to. Much like I want to visit all the Disney parks in the world, I also want to go to a game in as many MLB stadiums as possible. I still have so many to go!

I'm curious to know who's been where, and please include those no longer in existence as well. Let's see who's been to the most! Oh, and for good measure, what's your favorite and why?

So here's my list -


No longer with us:
Atlanta-Fulton Co. Stadium
Cleveland Municipal Stadium
Three Rivers Stadium

Current NL Parks:
Turner Field
Wrigley Field
Minute Maid Park

Current AL Parks:
New Comiskey (US Cellular Field)
Fenway Park
Camden Yards
Yankee Stadium
Kauffman Stadium
Angel Stadium
Tropicana Field
Rangers Ballpark in Arlington
Safeco Field (didn't attend a game, just took a tour)

Hmmm, favorite is hard to say, but if I must choose, I really like the atmosphere at Camden Yards. Good times!

So let's have it!

[BronxTigger]

My list is short.

Kingdome (gone)
Coors Field
Yankee Stadium

I hope to add Shea Stadium to my list this year.

[LouRodriGIS]

Veterans Stadium (gone...but not forgotten)
Citizens Bank Park
Oriole Park at Camden Yards
Yankee Stadium
Jack Murphy Stadium (gone)
Petco Park

favorite stadium... Yankee Stadium if you like history but Camden Yards is amazing. Petco Park is also amazing but any park you put in San Diego is going to be amazing.

[EpcotNut]

Here's my list - of course some may not be called now what they were when I was there:

No longer with us:
Atlanta Fulton County Stadium
Three Rivers Stadium

Here, but not being used:
Houston Astrodome

Current:
Yankee Stadium
Fenway Park
Shea Stadium
Oriole Park at Camden Yards
Citizens Bank Ballpark
Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome (Indoor baseball is weird!)
Minute Maid Park
The Great American Ballpark

Other:
Legends Field in Tampa (the Yankees were there, so I guess that would count)

Favorite: Yankee Stadium.

Hopefully Ill add a couple of new ones this summer!

Go Yankees!!

[Hammer]

Here is my list:

No longer with us (Carol, we need a little gravestone)
The Vet
Stade Olympique-Olympic Stadium (I think it is still there, just there isn't a team)

Current stadiums

Citizens Bank Park
Shea Stadium (16 years between visits and nothing had changed)
Tropicana Field
ATT Park (formally known as Pac-Bell)
Fenway Park

[Melanie]

Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome (Indoor baseball is weird!)

Well put! That's why Tropicana Field is definitely my least favorite ballpark of the ones I've visited.

[wpgminnie]

Let's see...
Old
Pitts
Detroit
Philli

Old and New
Cleveland
Milwaukee
Baltimore
Minni (with a new one coming)
Cinci
Atlanta

current
Both Chicagos
Boston
T-Bay
Houston
Seattle

Next March I will be going to see the
Spring Training homes of the Mets and Orioles, then I will be to all old and new
Spring Training parks in Florida.

My dream is to go to all ball parks!!

Spring Training at WDW is my dream come true...baseball and Disney... perfect!!

Thanks for the great post? Northern League
Independent Baseball starts today in Wpg!
Go Goldeyes!

[Scar]

Wow, I'm impressed with a few of these lists.

Gone:

Three Rivers
Veterans
Baltimore Memorial (Saw the last game played there. This was, by far, the most fun I've ever had at a game.)

Current:

Shea
Yankee
Fenway
Camden Yards
Citizens Bank

Hopefully this year:

RFK

And just for the heck of it

NFL:

Gone:

Baltimore Memorial
Foxboro
Veterans
Shea (gone for the Jets anyway)

Current:

Giants (both Giants and Jets)
Lincoln Financial

[Red Randal]

Fun thread. Some of you folks have great lists. Here's mine...

Current
Yankee Stadium
Fenway Park
Rodgers Center (SkyDome)
Jacobs Field
The Metrodome
Citizen's Bank Ballpark
PNC Park

Former
Veteran's Stadium

This Season
Camden Yards (for sure)
Shea Stadium (possibly)

I'd love to get to Wrigley Field for the history and to PETCO Park, Minute Maid Park, and whatever they call Pac Bell Park these days.

My favorite is Yankee Stadium, just because of my love of the Yanks. Fenway Park is also an amazingly historic place that every baseball fan needs to see once. PNC Park is a great stadium in an intimate and beautiful setting. Definitely my favorite of the newer stadiums.

[alphamommy]

The Tigers no longer play in Tiger Stadium; they now play at Comerica Park. Tiger Stadium is still standing, although it probably will eventually be torn down.

[AwPhooey]

Here's my list:

Former Stadiums:
Olympic Stadium (Montreal Expos)
Municipal Stadium (Baltimore Orioles)
Veterans Stadium (Philadelphia Phillies)

Current Stadiums:
Fenway Park
Yankee Stadium
Shea Stadium
Toronto SkyDome (currently called Rogers Centre)
Camden Yards
Citizens Bank Park
SBC Park (current called AT&T Park)
McAfee Coliseum

This summer I'll be visiting Wrigley Field (tour only) and US Cellular Field.

[Damon18]

I have a short list ...
Gone :
Exhibition Stadium - Toronto
Olympic Stadium - Montreal (stadium there, team gone)

Current:
Skydome
HHH Metrodome
Fenway Park
Wrigley

Wrigley and Fenway were by far my favorites. Olympic Stadium in Montreal was easily the worst stadium in the league. And frankly the Metrodome is not great for baseball either.

[Donald A]

What a great question!

Major League, no longer here:
1) Cleveland Municipal

Major League, Current:
1) Jacob's Field, Cleveland (Dozens of times - Go Tribe)
2) PNC Park, Pittsburgh
3) Comiskey then (US Cellular Field now), Chicago
4) Coors Field, Denver
5) A spring training game in Arizona probably 20-25 years ago

Minor League Parks:
1) Victory Field (Indianapolis Indians, AAA Pittsburgh)
2) Thurman Munson (ballpark for old Canton/Akron Indians, AA Cleveland). Saw "Joey" Albert Bell hit a few out of there.
3) Canal Park (Akron Aeros, AA Cleveland)
4) Blair County Ballpark (Altoona Curve, AA Pittsburgh)

[Melanie]

I'm enjoying reading everyone's list!

Oh yeah, list your minor league parks as well, if you want to. I think going to a minor league game is just as fun, if not more fun, than a major league game. Some of the parks have such great atmosphere.

AutoZone Park - Memphis (TN) Redbirds - awesome, awesome, awesome park!!
Dell Diamond - Round Rock (TX) Express
Smokies Park - Tennessee Smokies
Ernie Shore Field - Winston-Salem (NC) Warthogs
Durham Athletic Park (aka The DAP) - former home of the Durham (NC) Bulls
Durham Bulls Athletic Park (aka The DBAP) - Durham (NC) Bulls
Coastal Federal Field - Myrtle Beach (SC) Pelicans
War Memorial Stadium - former home of Greensboro (NC) Bats
Knight's Castle - Charlotte (NC) Knights, although the park is actually located in SC
Grainger Stadium - Kinston (NC) Indians
Brooks Field - Port City (Wilmington, NC) Roosters, team moved
Joseph P. Riley, Jr. Park - Charleston (SC) RiverDogs
Howard Johnson Field - Johnson City (TN) Cardinals
Riverfront Stadium - Norfolk (VA) Tides
L.P. Frans Stadium - Hickory (NC) Crawdads
Fieldcrest Cannon Stadium - Kannapolis (NC) Intimidators
J.P. Riddle Stadium - Fayetteville (NC) Generals, team moved
Five County Stadium - Carolina Mudcats

Going to see the Frisco (TX) RoughRiders in a few weeks.

[Sean Riley Taylor's Mom]

My list is short...

Shea as a kid.

Yankee Stadium more times then I can count!! I go to at least 3-5 games a month.

[Red Randal]

3 to 5 times a month at Yankee Stadium? That's awesome (and why I sometimes wish I lived closer to NYC...until I get in the car to drive home and begin shouting things not fit for Intercot.)

As for minor league parks, I've only ever been to one, our hometown PNC Field (formerly Lackawanna County Stadium) home of the Scranton/Wilkes Barre Yankees (formerly the Red Barons, a Phillies affiliate.)

If you've never been there, it's huge and only has one road in and out but with new natural grass, a picturesque setting in the mountains, and a couple restaurants and party decks, it's a really great place to see a game.

[Sean Riley Taylor's Mom]

3 to 5 times a month at Yankee Stadium? That's awesome (and why I sometimes wish I lived closer to NYC...until I get in the car to drive home and begin shouting things not fit for Intercot.)

Yes, we go in a lot. Like I posted in the Yankees thread, we buy two 7 game flex packs (14 games total), we go to Opening Day and then buy single game tickets in between. This is the longest stretch in between games, we don't have tickets until July 2nd right now. That will change if I can find some good seats though! My father is also a major fan and gets amazing seats in Field Champ level (from a friend that has season tickets for that level) that he brings me to. Those seats have the most amazing view. I wish I could have them every game! As for the drive, it makes me crazy. Thankfully, my DH does not mind it at all. It is the parking that is horrendous!!

I keep telling my son how lucky he is we can go so often. I was never able to growing up!!

[kakn7294]

Me:
Three Rivers Stadium - no longer with us
PNC Park - awesome place despite the team

My DH:
Three Rivers Stadium
PNC Park
Comiskey Park
Fenway Park
Camden Yards
the ballfields at Cooperstown

Someday we'd love to make it to a game at every MLB park.

Yankee Stadium more times then I can count!! I go to at least 3-5 games a month.

Next year we'd like to make it to New York for a ballgame at Yankee Stadium. Perhaps we'll meet there!

[Melanie]

I keep telling my son how lucky he is we can go so often. I was never able to growing up!!

He is a lucky boy!

I've always only lived close to a minor league park, so we do that a lot!

And we now live in the home of Japanese major league baseball spring training, so we went to a lot of workouts and even a game this spring. The Japanese love their baseball - obsessed, more like it. What fun!

[princessjojo]

Hmmm, favorite is hard to say, but if I must choose, I really like the atmosphere at Camden Yards. Good times!

Boy do I agree with that! Camden is so relaxed and just a great place to do nothing more than just hang out while waiting for the game. We usually get tickets just behind first base there, somewhere between rows 5-10. There is nothing better than a baseball park made for baseball only. And to have that feeling of almost sitting on the field, there is nothing better.

I've been to the Minute Maid Park back when it was still Enron Park but that was just blah to me. I love my baseball, but wish we could go more often.

Durham Bulls Athletic Park (aka The DBAP) - Durham (NC) Bulls (so much fun - We go about 1/week)
Durham Athletic Park (aka The DAP) - former home of the Durham (NC) Bulls & location of film Bull Durham
Five County Stadium - Carolina Mudcats
Brooks Field - Port City (Wilmington, NC)