Your Worst Sporting Venue you ever attended

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What has been your worst sporting venue you ever attended?

RobM_24

July 19th, 2015 at 10:35 AM ^

Brickyard when it was like 100 degrees. I don't give a shit about racing, beer was like $8 a can, old hillbilly titties were being flashed everywhere, and there was nowhere to take a shower afterwards (most ppl camp at fairgrounds nearby).

His Dudeness

July 20th, 2015 at 8:17 AM ^

I went to the first NASCAR race in Kentucky (this was when I still lived in Michigan) with my older brother and his buddies.

We were in an RV which was great, but it was literally 100 degrees outside every day and the humidity was something awful. I could barely go outside the RV for more than 5 minutes at a time and I had to shower like 5 times a day.

To top it all off I ended up in jail. It was my fault, but it sucked. Good times.

I will never again go to a NASCAR event.

Rico616

July 20th, 2015 at 8:53 AM ^

Thanks for bringing it up, I just got over it! They would have been up 2-0, headed to Detroit with JV on the mound for game 3. Smh I'm convinced they would have rode that momentum train into the world series had they not blown it.

SFBlue

July 20th, 2015 at 6:22 PM ^

Second the love for Ryan Field. I like how it is integrated into Evanston, and nestled in the trees by the Lake. Didn't see too many Wildcat faithful when I went on a cold and drizzly night in November (2003), but there were pockets of old-timers here and there who were friendly, especially for a road crowd. 

Blue Durham

July 19th, 2015 at 10:43 AM ^

I don't know if if it qualifies as a sport, but I attended a wrestling event (WWF or something) in Philadelphia back in the mid 1980's.

Didn't want to go, but the business was given a suite and some of my coworkers twisted my arm (and these guys loved their wrestling). It was so, so bad (particularly the wrestlers' interaction with the fans) and so stupid that it was hysterically funny and I couldn't stop laughing.

Blue Durham

July 19th, 2015 at 3:31 PM ^

Boy its a tough crowd.

But yeah, it was at the Spectrum and for a "suite" it was solid gray concrete with meh amenities.

Next to the Spectrum (built in 1967, demolished in 2010) was JFK stadium (built in 1926, demolished in 1992), where the Army-Navy game used to be (saw one of those as a kid, got splinters in my ass from the old wooden benches, but they did have piss troughs in the Men's rooms like Michigan Stadium did, so JFK did have that going for it), and Veterans Stadium (built in 1971, was never liked much by anyone, and was demolished in 2004).

In the late 1980's these 3 stadiums consisted the South Philadelphia Sports Complex and had to be the worse collection of stadiums in 1 area in the country at any one time.

Michigan FTW Again

July 19th, 2015 at 12:32 PM ^

gets a bad rap. Would you rather they play 70 games outside in 95 degrees? I know it's baseball, so the players get a ton of breaks... but if I, as a fan, wanted to be sitting outside in the St. Pete sun for 3 hours, I'd be at the beach. If you're referring to the $9 beers though, I'm with you!

Signed,

Biased Rays Season Ticket Holder

Clarence Beeks

July 20th, 2015 at 12:08 AM ^

This is such a ridiculous red herring (I don't really personally mean that against you, but I'm so sick of hearing that it's not that bad because at least it's not outside). It's a shit hole, period. Of course no one wants to sit outside in 95 degrees in Houston or Miami, yet they don't have a spectacularly awful dome in either of those cities as we do here. Hands down the worst place I have ever seen a sporting event of any type, and that includes a lot of really old small town ice "arenas".

Tater

July 20th, 2015 at 12:09 AM ^

It's an excellent homefield advantage to play in the trop.  There's the catwalk.  The lighting is just different enough to make it a bit of an adjustment for players on other teams.  Sadly, the homefield advantage is offset agianst NY and Bos due to there usually being more away team fans than home team fans.

Boner Stabone

July 19th, 2015 at 10:45 AM ^

Went to a game at Comerica for a buddy's bachelor party and the best man had a terrible idea of buying standing room only tickets.  Needless to say, by the 7th inning my feet were sore, my legs were tired, and I just wanted to sit down somewhere.  When I tried to sit against the wall, the usher told me I had to stand up.  I was hot, tired, and just wanted to go home.

To top it off the Tigers lost and I learned that standing room only tickets are never an option unless it is a world series game.

Maize and Blue…

July 19th, 2015 at 11:52 AM ^

it is a hole.  Concessions areas are filthy. Went to old Comiskey Park and threw my pants away when I got home because they were so dirty from sitting in my seat.  Didn't care to much for MIS either.  Won tickets and took the family to experience drunks, swearing, people wearing stuff they shouldn't.  We were in turn 4 and couldn't see half the race.