World's 100 Best Sports Venues
by Wild Weasel on Feb 3, 2012 1:29 PM EST
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1) Architecture, ambiance, and aesthetics
2) History: an aggregate score of the historical importance of the team, the games played at the stadium, and the venue itself.
3) Passion How much do the fans care about the team who plays there? The roar of the crowd can do more for a stadium than almost anything
A great many are outside the U.S. (think soccer) and most are home to professional sports teams.
Guess what's missing.
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Is a very, well, let’s just say eclectic list. He did reference ‘cheep’ beer (is that a brand?), which he may well have been deep into when he came up with about 2/3 of the venues. Since the vast majority of readers will never, ever attend an event in or even near some of those places, it’s hard to argue with him. I don’t think he considered too much NCAA anything, and he may well be from New Mexico…jes’ sayin’…
IMO a Terrible List
Tough to argue when it is all opinion, but ranking AT&T and Busch ahead of CoorsField is crazy. Neither are in the same class as Coors. Now the fans in STL are great, but the Giant fans? Awful.
The list doesn’t include West Point (drawing a blank on the name) and several folks have told me, including a former college radio commentator, that it is the most beautiful setting in the US.
by darkandbloody@gmail.com on Feb 5, 2012 9:14 AM EST reply actions
Looks like a Packers fan to me
No PBS, GABP, or Rupp? I’ve been to all of these places and some on the list and IMO they are better than most.
by Bigcatdaddy on Feb 10, 2012 1:08 PM EST via Android app reply actions
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