Tuesday, December 6, 2011

AT&T Park

This is a really fun park in San Francisco, California. Its home of the SF Giants and they won the world series 2 years ago. This is a fun park because its home of Barry Bonds' infamous homerun to break the single season homerun record. Also in this stadium he hit his 756th homerun where he ended his career in homeruns. It is probably most famous for its fans waiting out on the San Francisco Bay waiting for homeruns throughout the games. It is a gorgeous stadium and pretty modern just being built in 1997. It holds just about 42,000 fans.

Lambeau Field

Lambeau field is one of the most prestigious football stadiums today. It was named in memory of Packers founder, player, and long-time head coach, Curly Lambeau, who had died earlier in the year. Lambeau is the second largest stadium in the state of Wisconsin behind Camp Randall Stadium on the campus of the University of Wisconsin in Madison. Its home of the Super Bowl Champs the Green Bay Packers and extremely for the Lambeau Leap, when a player leaps into the crowd after scoring a touchdown.

Tuesday, November 8, 2011

Coliseum

The Oakland Raiders and the Oakland Athletics are the current users of the Coliseum. Since the Marlins are getting their own stadium now, the Coliseum is the only multisport stadium in sports right now. They host both baseball and football games. It was one of the craziest football environments in the country and they have the famous black hole where a huge group of fans dress in all black usually with crazy face and body paint to support their raiders. During baseball season you could see the baseball dirt in the field towards the endzone.
 

Thursday, October 27, 2011

Miller Park

Miller Park home of the Milwaukee Brewers got its name because of the Miller Brewing company so as you guessed it they only serve Miller products. it was built in 2001 so its relatively new and it holds up to about 45,000 people. In 2005, Sports Illustrated conducted fan surveys that rated Miller Park the best ballpark based on value per dollar spent. During the seventh inning stretch, in addition to "Take Me Out to the Ballgame", fans at Miller Park sing "Roll Out the Barrel", in salute to Milwaukee's beer-making history. They are also known for having a big slide in left field.

Tuesday, October 25, 2011

Sunlife

What is now Sunlife Stadium has gone through more names than you can imagine. They are home of the Miami Dolphins, University of Miami Hurricanes and now are done but hosted the Florida Marlins for their whole time playing. Also since the Orange Bowl was torn down it now hosts the BCS national Orange Bowl. Its was originally named Joe Robbie Stadium, it has also been known as Pro Player Park, Pro Player Stadium, Dolphin Stadium, Dolphins Stadium, and Land Shark Stadium. The stadium has hosted 5 SuperBowls, 2 World Series, 3 BCS National Championships, the 2010 Pro Bowl and a National Baseball Classic.

Wednesday, October 19, 2011

the swamp

Ben Hill Griffen Stadium, also known as the swamp, is home of the Florida Gators football team. one of the top 10 largest college stadiums it holds over 90,000 people. it got its name as the swamp because a coach in the early 90's said this..  ". . . a swamp is where Gators live. We feel comfortable there, but we hope our opponents feel tentative. A swamp is hot and sticky and can be dangerous. Only Gators get out alive.". it is a stadium i have gotten to visit and its atmosphere is something like no other. 





Busch Stadium

Busch stadium, one of the few stadiums named after a beer company, is hosting the world series right now as home of the St. Louis Cardinals. As you might guess they only serve Busch products in the beer department but the nicest part of the stadium is probably how you could see St. Louis arc in the back round in center field. the current Busch stadium is the newest of 3 and is there to stay for a while. Id love to go watch a world series game there