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10. Louisiana Superdome, New Orleans Even before Katrina, the place came across as drab and soulless as a long-abandoned warehouse. Great symbol of New Orleans' resilience, lousy place to see a game.
9. Madison Square Garden, New York Oh, the arena itself ain't half bad, especially if you like $8.75 Miller Genuine Drafts and $16 "personal pizzas." Alas, the Knicks call it home. The Knicks could play in a shiny magical palace with gumdrop waterfalls and we'd still find the venue appalling, owing to its choice in tenants.
8. Mellon Arena (the Igloo), Pittsburgh If folks from Pittsburgh—among the hardiest fans in sports—are saying, "Dude, this place could use, like, a fresh coat of paint," you know it's about one windy December afternoon away from implosion. One of North America's five most prominent candidates for a massive, raging electrical fire.
7. U.S. Cellular Field, Chicago Né "New Comiskey," "The Cell" is the most recently constructed of the cookie-cutter, rounder-than-Aykroyd ballparks that plagued baseball from the early 1970s until the Y2K construction wave. It opened its doors around the same time as Camden Yards, ("Yards?" Whatever.) leaving it particularly vulnerable to which-of-these-things-is-clearly-inferior-to-the-other comparisons. Do stadiums have feelings? If so, this one boasts lower self-esteem than several generations of Hilton women.
6. Cameron Indoor Stadium, Durham Those Duke kids—they're craaaay-zeee. They create their own refugee camp outside rickety Cameron and, whether through Jedi mind-trickery or massive ingestion of hallucinogens, proceed to pretend that their honky hardwood heroes ply their craft in something other than a barn.
5. Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles Hello? Anybody here? Remind me again: Why is the NFL so darn eager to place a pro football team that nobody wants in a stadium that nobody likes?
4. Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome, Minnesota Never mind that it's named after a Vice President memorable for being so utterly, remarkably unmemorable. The stadium boasts precisely two noteworthy features: fences baggier than Snoop's trousers and a pale ceiling that makes locating simple pop flies an arduous task. And yet local citizens—communists, all—took 65 years and 22 special-ballot elections before okaying the use of public funds to replace it.
3. Shea Stadium, New York Don't get us wrong, the neighboring auto-body shops lend a certain je ne sais quoi to the fan experience, as do the gently wafting scents of rot and tire fires. The bigger problem is inside the cavernous park, where even the box seats are way recessed from the field. Spatially, it's the baseball equivalent of a de-elasticized waistband.
2. Fenway Park, Boston Sure, they've gussied up the joint in recent years: seats on the Green Monster, elimination of the trough urinals, etc. Still, you can slap as much rouge on an old, decrepit whore as you'd like; She still remains, at her core, an old, decrepit whore…in this instance, one with ghastly sightlines and seats designed to accommodate the 5'4", 125-pound hominid of the 1820s.
1. Joe Louis Arena, Detroit We're on board with anything named after the great Joe Louis—Joe Louis Pancake Batter, Eau de Joe cologne, anything. But his name/legacy, as well as the Red Wings, deserve better than a crumbling facility in a scary (and not in a Regis-without-makeup way) neighborhood. It's sportsdom's only arena where the presence of teeth and veritable rivers of sputum in the concourses doesn't prompt any reaction vaguely resembling surprise.
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Quote: 10. Louisiana Superdome, New Orleans Even before Katrina, the place came across as drab and soulless as a long-abandoned warehouse. Great symbol of New Orleans' resilience, lousy place to see a game.
I agree. They could've at least made it nicer with all the money they poured into it.
9. Madison Square Garden, New York Oh, the arena itself ain't half bad, especially if you like $8.75 Miller Genuine Drafts and $16 "personal pizzas." Alas, the Knicks call it home. The Knicks could play in a shiny magical palace with gumdrop waterfalls and we'd still find the venue appalling, owing to its choice in tenants.
I like the garden. I would love playing there as a hockey/bball player. Right in NYC!
8. Mellon Arena (the Igloo), Pittsburgh
If folks from Pittsburgh—among the hardiest fans in sports—are saying, "Dude, this place could use, like, a fresh coat of paint," you know it's about one windy December afternoon away from implosion. One of North America's five most prominent candidates for a massive, raging electrical fire.
No complaints here. Not bad, not great.
7. U.S. Cellular Field, Chicago Né "New Comiskey," "The Cell" is the most recently constructed of the cookie-cutter, rounder-than-Aykroyd ballparks that plagued baseball from the early 1970s until the Y2K construction wave. It opened its doors around the same time as Camden Yards, ("Yards?" Whatever.) leaving it particularly vulnerable to which-of-these-things-is-clearly-inferior-to-the-other comparisons. Do stadiums have feelings? If so, this one boasts lower self-esteem than several generations of Hilton women.
Yeah, never liked this, especially under its original billing as "The New Comiskey"
6. Cameron Indoor Stadium, Durham Those Duke kids—they're craaaay-zeee. They create their own refugee camp outside rickety Cameron and, whether through Jedi mind-trickery or massive ingestion of hallucinogens, proceed to pretend that their honky hardwood heroes ply their craft in something other than a barn.
Hate it for the unfair advantage DOOKIES get in it
5. Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles Hello? Anybody here? Remind me again: Why is the NFL so darn eager to place a pro football team that nobody wants in a stadium that nobody likes?
Yeah, it's fugly. I hate how they light the torch, too. That was reserved for the Olympics. Disgraceful.
4. Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome, Minnesota Never mind that it's named after a Vice President memorable for being so utterly, remarkably unmemorable. The stadium boasts precisely two noteworthy features: fences baggier than Snoop's trousers and a pale ceiling that makes locating simple pop flies an arduous task. And yet local citizens—communists, all—took 65 years and 22 special-ballot elections before okaying the use of public funds to replace it.
This is one of those places that you might hate now but you'll wish it was still around when it's gone
3. Shea Stadium, New York Don't get us wrong, the neighboring auto-body shops lend a certain je ne sais quoi to the fan experience, as do the gently wafting scents of rot and tire fires. The bigger problem is inside the cavernous park, where even the box seats are way recessed from the field. Spatially, it's the baseball equivalent of a de-elasticized waistband.
One of the stadiums I'd love to see a game at. It'll be gone soon, though
2. Fenway Park, Boston Sure, they've gussied up the joint in recent years: seats on the Green Monster, elimination of the trough urinals, etc. Still, you can slap as much rouge on an old, decrepit whore as you'd like; She still remains, at her core, an old, decrepit whore…in this instance, one with ghastly sightlines and seats designed to accommodate the 5'4", 125-pound hominid of the 1820s.
Ditto what I just said. It is sooooo old, but so unique and classic. I think a new Fenway should be built with exactly the same dimensions/shape.
1. Joe Louis Arena, Detroit We're on board with anything named after the great Joe Louis—Joe Louis Pancake Batter, Eau de Joe cologne, anything. But his name/legacy, as well as the Red Wings, deserve better than a crumbling facility in a scary (and not in a Regis-without-makeup way) neighborhood. It's sportsdom's only arena where the presence of teeth and veritable rivers of sputum in the concourses doesn't prompt any reaction vaguely resembling surprise. Ehhhh
I have some bad places of my own: The King Dome; Monster Park (49ers); the formerly Fleet Center (can't replace the Garden)
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How about the Hartford Civic Center Arena? Built in 1975, in 1978 the roof collapsed under the weight of snow just a few hours after a basketball game ended.
I disagree with the Fenway Park assessment. They have done a ton of work to it in the last few years and it a much nicer, user-friendly, experience for it. More concessions, new seating areas, wider concourses to walk wherever possible, new and more bathrooms, etc. The only real downside to the park are the tiny seats in the lower bowl. They are narrow with only moderate legroom. If you're a big person you probably want to sit in the newer areas. Though this problem too will be solved in the next several years when they rip out all of the seats in the lower bowl and give everyone bigger seats. It's planned. All in all, it's a great blend of 100 year old history with modern touches. (Just take out a mortgage though to pay for the tickets and parking )
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You left out the Alamodome. Nothing but very steep stairs to get to the balcony seating and 2,000 distant parking spaces separated by a railroad to accomodate 65,000 stadium goers in a city with average public transportation. Not to mention the dome sits on top of contaminated dirt from an old processing plant. In spite of attracting some of the largest crowds in NBA history, the Spurs couldn't wait to get out of it to move to SBC/ATT Center and finally turn a profit. Even the dang courtside seats were about 40 feet away from the court. And they would need $150 million in improvements and plenty more luxury seating to attract an NFL team. Not only that facility as it was planned was originally meant to be built for baseball, but Henry Cisneros vetoed the idea during construction. Incredibly, they missed a shot at landing either the Expos or the Marlins.
The Astrodome was also a wonderful facility before Bud Adams tore down the state-of-the-art-for-1965 flashing scoreboard to add seating for the Oilers, who moved anyway when Bud wanted a bigger stadium. Now the 8th Wonder of the World sits pretty vacant--a relic of round stadiums past.
The only real downside to the park are the tiny seats in the lower bowl. They are narrow with only moderate legroom. If you're a big person you probably want to sit in the newer areas. Though this problem too will be solved in the next several years when they rip out all of the seats in the lower bowl and give everyone bigger seats. It's planned. All in all, it's a great blend of 100 year old history with modern touches. 
the metrodome is cool
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