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.

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.

 

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.

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.

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

Jerry-tron

The cowboys new stadium is uniquely known for its enormous screen location on the roof just above the 50 yard line. people pay for seats where you cant even see the field but can see the huge screen. it holds 80,000 actual seats and about 110,000 with the seats available to see the screen ( probably why they hosted the superbowl there last year) the screen in the field is about 160 ft long making it the largest hd screen ever. pretty exciting to know if dumb people are standing in front of you the whole game and you just wanna watch the game you could just look up and watch it..

new edition

The newest addition to major league ball parks is actually an old field just rebuilt right next door and costs 1.2 billion dollars... Yankee Stadium.. the old yankee stadium was one of the oldest ball parks and they literally crossed the road and made a new and improved one. this new yankee stadium is one of the best 1.2 billion dollars that could have ever been spent it was worth every penny. its in the bronx new york so theres other forms of transportation getting there besides just driving (which you probably wont wanna do) Deffinitely a park im dying to visit just because of the prestige the yankee program has!

Wrigley

Another amazing stadium i would love to visit in my life time is the Chicago Cubs Wrigley field. again one of the oldest fields in baseball, built in 1914 but started being used in 1916. it is also one of the only 3 "classic" stadiums and also very unique. Its whole outfield wall is just ivy covered walls giving it its own unique look.also they are onne of the only stadiums that still change the scoreboard by hand. it got its name from the team owner back in 1926 William Wrigley Jr. of the chewing gum company Wrigley. The whole stadium is surrounded by bars and restaurants if you want to just watch the game from near by but id deffinitely love to watch a ball game in there

Fenway

One of the nicest most prestigious fields in all of baseball, the Boston RedSox's Fenway Park. ive always wanted to go watch a game there in left field on the green monster. This field is THE oldest field in baseball history, although it has been modified throughout the years. it is one of the only three "classic" fields left in baseball along with Wrigley and Dodger Stadium. Fenway is one of the most unique fields in the game with "the triangle" and most known for its green monster in left field. this stadium holds the record for most consecutive sell out games at way over 650 games. Next year will be its 100th year as a ball park. the stadium is also used for many concerts and some soccer games.. they are also open for tours. you could get a tour any day of the year from about 9 am to 3 pm and 12 pm on sundays. i would love to go see this field and maybe get a tour one day.

This is a view of the field from the green monster

Marlins new ballpark

Starting next seaon the marlins will finally have a new stadium.. thank god. best thing about it is i live 10 minutes away from it so now i can catch more home games. im really excited to see how it ends up since ive been watching them build it from the start and have been able to see how its progressed. its right where the orange bowl used to be so the area is used to having big amounts of crowds there, and best part is i wont have to pay for parking because my cousin lives on the block where the stadium was built!

Tally

About 2 weeks ago I went to Tally and got to watch an FSU football game. If you wanna talk about crazy stadiums thats the perfect one to start with. Back when the Doak S. Campbell stadium first opened in 1953 it only seated about 15,000 people. Now after all these renovations through the years it now holds up to about 85,000, which was the case for the UM vs. FSU game in 05. Watching a game there was one of the craziest environments I've ever been a part of in my life. Just from the early morning tailgate till the actual game is something I wish I could do every week. There is such a tradition on that campus and pride for its football field.

Intro

i decided i'd do my blog on different stadiums across the country and let you guys know the good the bad and the ugly of it. give you a little history and backround on the stadiums and its ups and downs.