Worst Stadium your ever attended?

Submitted by Michigan Hocke… on
What has been the the worst stadium you have ever attended. My would be chase field. It's not in the greatest spot of Phoenix and the parking garage like most doesn't fit big cars. Plus the diamondbacks haven't been playing well of lately.
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Wolvie3758

July 30th, 2015 at 3:58 PM ^

Ive been to all the Big stadiums except Rutgers and Maryland...Not including Ohio which is by far the worst ..Iowa was my worst experience..The fans were incredibly vulgar and rude including young kids who were cussing and swearing at us..I was really uncomfortable and did not feel safe...The good news was after the first half where we trailed the Iowa fans were incredibly obnoxious but in the 2nd half Michigan blew Iowa off the field and the stadium fell SILENT and I never felt better about a win than I did that day...

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WolverineHistorian

July 30th, 2015 at 4:28 PM ^

I've been to a few Iowa games at the big house and I was surprised to hear their fans chanting, "Let's go Hawks!" during the playing of the national anthem, which I thought was a dick move.



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Yard Dog

July 30th, 2015 at 4:50 PM ^

Every fan I ran into (except one jackwad behind us in the stands) were great.  Had a fun time post game at the bar talking with a few Hawkeye faithful.  Really enjoyed the experience.

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cschaffer26

July 30th, 2015 at 6:10 PM ^

Had a similar experience in 2009, as well. I remember being heckled and cussed at as fans walked by our tailgate all day. The first thing we were greeted to was a woman squatting and relieving herself in the corner of a parking garage stairwell. I don't think I will go back.

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Blue_sophie

July 30th, 2015 at 4:48 PM ^

Three Rivers stadium.

Multi-purpose stadiums sound like a great idea for financially strapped municipalities, but in practice they are terrible. What a terrible legacy for Roberto Clemente.

Edit: except the Coliseum, which is awesome.

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TheFugitive

July 30th, 2015 at 4:04 PM ^

The Silverdome was really crappy. Also the Delta Plex in Grand Rapids. I did see P.O.D. there when I was a kid so that was cool.

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Rupertus

July 30th, 2015 at 4:20 PM ^

The only games I ever went to in the old Silverdome were MHSAA state finals. That place got really creepy after the Lions moved out: weird, ugly "MHSAA" lettering in the end zones, closed-down concession stands, ads that were several years old, etc. Of course, it's much worse today. That place could get loud though, even with only 10,000 fans for a high school game.

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IB6UB9

July 30th, 2015 at 4:13 PM ^

I won tickets to the Saints/Vikings playoff game in 2000.  The Southwest plane that picked me up out of Kansas City going to Minneapolis originated out of New Orleans and was mostly a Saints playoff junket.  I did not have skin in the game until the drunken Saints fans were all screaming "Who dat? Who Dat?  Who Dat SAINTS!!!" over and over.

The seats were in the upper deck of the dome near the speakers.  I love football and Culpepper to Moss was there all day and fun to watch but the artificial sound was so deafening that I had a migraine by the 4th quarter and the only time in my life I wanted to leave a football game before it was over.

Vikings fans were fine but the Metrodome for both Michigan games (not as bad not as loud) and Vikings worse place ever.


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Billy Ray Valentine

July 30th, 2015 at 7:24 PM ^

Video proof: http://www.nfl.com/videos/nfl-network-top-ten/09000d5d8114a236/Top-Ten-Home-Field-Advantages-Veterans-Stadium

 

For those of us who grew up in Philly in the 80's and 90's, the Vet was both magical and miserable.  The Bad = Fights, idiots, court, profanity, foul smell, hideous yellow and orangey-red seats, deathtrap turf, concrete, concrete, concrete.  The Good = insane/intimidating fans, LOUD(!), the Phanatic and RV, Dan Baker's voice (PA Announcer), Phanavision, Army/Navy, childhood memories.

 

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M-Dog

July 30th, 2015 at 10:54 PM ^

It all depends upon your perspective.  For a young boy seeing the Vet after it opened versus Connie Mack before it, it was dazzling.  

Everything was bright and modern and new.  When you walked into it from outside, it was an explosion of color . . . the bright green field, the bright yellow and orange seats, the lighted scoreboards.

It got old and dingy and poorly maintained, but when it first opened it was as exciting to people in the area as Jerry World is today.

You really have to measure these kinds of things by what came before them, not what came after.  The Vet was a big improvement over Connie Mack. 

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Yard Dog

July 30th, 2015 at 4:54 PM ^

Maryland's stadium is like three totally different stadiums morphed into one, with none of them being good.  Northwestern's stadium is outclassed by several Texas HS stadiums - feel free to drop a few bucks on improvements, Wildkittens.  Spartan Stadium has zero charm - it feels like a WWII bunker with all that cement.  Hollis keeps trying to put lipstick on the pig - good luck with that.  Special bonus - Beaver Stadium.  Sat in the endzone upper deck - completely sucked except for the sight line.  Could really see plays develop, but I was exhausted from the hike.

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StephenRKass

July 30th, 2015 at 4:56 PM ^

I never liked the 70's style domes. Have been in Tropicana, Silverdome, Superdome, Astrodome, and Georgia Dome, none of which I liked. But I think the worst was going to an Expos game in the Olympic Stadium in Montreal in 78.

For a different experience, I have avoided Wrigley Field like the plague. However, with recent renovations, might consider going for the first time in my life.

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