is they expanded the West concourse area behind the upper deck a few years ago. They went from two tiny mens rooms on both ends of the concourse to one slightly less tiny mens room for the entire upper level. unbelievably poor planning and design.
Breslin Center - to take the bar exam. But when it comes to academics, not particularly intimidating competing with people from MSU even if it's on their home court.
not among the 5,000 or so people who had decent seats. Will never go back to a big-format basketball game. Just awful.
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Agreed. Football field/dome venues suck for basketball. Ford Field for the regionals was like watching planes take off at San Francisco International--interesting, but not at all intimate. Never again. I love the Red Wings and they created some great memories there, but the Joe is a fucking dump and impossible to get to reasonably on a weeknight in January. I've routinely turned down free tickets just because it sucks. They can't build the new area fast enough.
And just to prove that I am a reasonable man, I thought Jenison Fieldhouse was pretty cool.
Loved it! Walked up to the window and asked for the best single ticket they had (day of -- first in line)! Must have been a NO SHOW -- set next to the NCAA Big Boys about ten rows up! Duke beat Ohio and St. Johns beat Connecticut!
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Don't feed the troll. He accidentally confirmed later on last summer that he'd never even been to Michigan Stadium so clearly was just trolling by calling it "the worst."
Didn't bother downvoting you 1st time you posted it, but the idea you thought your response bore a repeat posting gets all the downvotes!
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Went there for the Under Armour All American game, and can confirm its a dump. Couldn't imagine watching a baseball game there.
By the time the buyout is cheap enough where they could actually start looking at building a new place, the team could very well be relocated by then. Attendance is piss poor save for when the Yankees or Red Sox are in town, and even then, 60-70% of the people there are opposing fans.
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possible locations to relocate are
- Montreal
- Hartford
- Las Vegas
- Norfolk/Virginia Beach
but none of them are really viable by their formula. (Cool article; Grand Rapids has plenty of capacity for other types of franchises by their formula. A baseball team is the most difficult/costly type of franchise for a city to support).
And this article says other options might include Mexico City and Havana. Sorry, but I kind of doubt it. Grim future for the Rays.
Old Comiskey gets my vote for worst venue.
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and the old Exhibition Stadium in Toronto was a brutal place to watch baseball too. Especially in the grandstand in the outfield. That was where my Dad would buy us tickets b/c they were cheap.
back in the day -- We should have known the seats (not even the ":Cheap" seats) were bad when we walked by a binoculars concessin stand ....
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Just because.
The Astrodome was pretty bad, too. Also agree re Tropicana. Terrible place to see a game.
Astrodome was meh for football, but HORRIBLE for baseball. Many seats were positioned so that when you were looking straight ahead, you were staring down the center fielder. Had to turn to see the pitcher/catcher. It was quieter than most churches and, of course, the speakers hanging from the ceiling came into play every now and again. The only plus was that it was so quiet, I could Nolan Ryan grunt when he threw the ball.
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I was shocked that a high profile program like USC played at a complete shithole. I'm sure the player and team facilities are nice but the fan experience is garbage and the stadium looks and feels like its a crumbling mess.
The campus was pretty nice, (with the exception of the surrounding area of the stadium which fels like Stabbsville) the coeds were spectacular but the stadium, woof.
For a very long time, the Coliseum was controlled by a quasi-governmental organization called the Coliseum Commission (since it is a historic landmark). They pretty much refused to approve or fund any kind of major rehab over the years. SC just recently took control of the property and with their coming investment and the likely arrival of an NFL team to play in the Coliseum, the stadium should look and feel (no more broken seats stabbing you in the leg) a lot nicer within a couple of years.
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US Cellular is now just a slightly below average ballpark, but I maintain that New Commiskey when it was built before the renovations was just awful. Especially in the upper deck. I'm a huge White Sox fan and it's just a shame really. The only positive are the wide concourses and organist, which just leads it to feeling like a nightmarish clown prison.
I imagine the new Yankee Stadium is terrible.
Worst stadium I've been too was definitely old Yankee Stadium. It was the final year of the old stadium, and that place was a dump. Yeah, yeah, its nice and historical, but it was still a shithole.
Old Yankee Stadium stunk, the new park is beautiful. Shame I don't like the Yankees otherwise I'd go more. Went to the Pinstripe Bowl there last season Penn State v. BC, decent digs for a football game as well. The subway to and from the game is choice.
Citi Field is very nice too.
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The home run thing.... wtf were they thinking?
or the Wiggles?
Part of an attempt to get to all 30 ballparks --- those were 23 and 24 --- anyway, those two are BY FAR the worst baseball or football stadiums I've ever seen. Just terrible.
I get with the Florida climate that you need a park that is either indoor or has a retractable roof, but wow: Tampa did it wrong initially and Miami did it wrong when they got a 2nd chance at a park. Neither venue comes close to working.
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For amateur venues it's that old Windsor Arena. It had its "cool" features but that place was and still is a dump. Was the old home of the Windsor Spitfires of the OHL and back in the 1920s was the home of the Detroit Cougars (later the Red Wings) while the Olympia was being built. The Barn has history but was just a crappy old venue
Edmonton Oilers place is vey old too
I'm a huge Wings fan and I've never been a fan of the Joe. It's basically a concrete box with no windows.
WTF was the architect thinking?
back in the day. was an old barn even then (70's). wonder if it still exists.
Old and outdated.