Y2M
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Post by Y2M on Oct 12, 2011 16:43:13 GMT -5
Astrodome, Pontiac Silverdome, Kingdome, Olympic Stadium (Montreal) and the Old Yankee Stadium. I hate how the new Yankee Stadium is the same thing with out the history. The Olympic Stadium still exists, it's just not being used as often.
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The Line
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Post by The Line on Oct 12, 2011 16:58:17 GMT -5
I've seen a lot of comments about noise level and I think that's a big problem with a lot of newer stadiums, as beautiful as they are. They're just not built to hold in as much noise. The new Yankee Stadium isn't nearly as loud as the House that Ruth Built. There's also the crazy ticket prices pricing out all but the most well-off of fans (who may not even be real fans; we've sorta got Lakers syndrome in how a lot of front row seat holders are there to be seen rather than watch a game). At least the bleacher seats are still cheap and rowdy. As another example, the new Meadowlands stadium (not used to calling it MetLife Stadium) isn't nearly as loud as the old Giants Stadium. And as any San Diego or Seattle fan can tell you, crowd noise can be a big advantage for the home team. While I hate the Red Sox with every fiber of my being, I think that atmosphere is a huge part of why Fenway is the best place to watch baseball in the country. Indeed. Seattle, having played in the Kingdome, knew what a loud home crowd could do, and for Qwest CenturyLink Field, decided on a design that could more or less replicate the acoustic qualities of a dome, while still being open-air. A 2nd advantage of this construction is that because how the seats are arranged, there really isn't a bad seat in the house, which is hard to say about a 67,000 seat stadium.
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Post by Koda, Master Crunchyroller on Oct 12, 2011 18:28:58 GMT -5
I miss All Sports Stadium, the old baseball stadium that was at the Oklahoma State Fairgrounds. I saw my first ever live baseball game there, watching the Oklahoma City 89ers a few years before they moved downtown and turned into the Oklahoma City Redhawks.
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Post by MiLB Fan on Oct 12, 2011 18:49:04 GMT -5
For me, it's Three Rivers Stadium. When I was a kid I loved running up and down the big ramps that connected the various seating levels. Every baseball season, I got a customized card with my name and picture on it. When Disney re-made Angels in the Outfield, the city hosted a screening at the stadium since the original was filmed in Pittsburgh. Every seat was filled, including the outfield upper-deck sections that were usually tarped off during baseball season. So you had over 60,000 people watching these huge movie screens that were placed on the field.
This past February marked the 10-year anniversary of the stadium's implosion. Even though I love PNC Park and Heinz Field, it's weird walking past them and knowing that where there's now a parking lot, "there used to be a ballpark right here."
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TuneinTokyo
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Post by TuneinTokyo on Oct 12, 2011 21:43:16 GMT -5
The Oakland Alameda County Coliseum. It still stands but it ain't what it was. My first wrestling and Dead shows were there.
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Post by HMARK Center on Oct 12, 2011 22:05:31 GMT -5
I don't know about worldwide, but I'm pretty sure the oldest stadium in the U.S. that's still in use is Fenway Park which turns 100 next year. Watch ESPN never shut up about it come the start of next season. ![:P](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/tongue.png) And this might be unpopular amongst Cards fans, but I think the new Busch is far superior to the old concrete bowl, which got unbearably stuffy during the hot days in summer. Yeah, a lot of the 60's era multi-purpose stadiums were just awful, all enclosed, often with artificial turf, stuffy, etc.
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Post by rawthentic on Oct 12, 2011 22:26:07 GMT -5
No personal stadiums have been torn down yet, but i always thought it sucked when Yankees Stadium, Boston Garden, or Shea Stadium get torn down. All that history torn down like nothing.
The 49ers are likely moving out of Candlestick Park in the next few years when they build a new stadium in Santa Clara, it would be a huge drag if they tore it down with all the history involving not just the 49ers and the Giants...but the f***ing Beatles played their last concert there. Not to mention i've attended some awesome Metallica shows there.
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Toxik916
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Post by Toxik916 on Oct 13, 2011 19:14:22 GMT -5
No personal stadiums have been torn down yet, but i always thought it sucked when Yankees Stadium, Boston Garden, or Shea Stadium get torn down. All that history torn down like nothing. The 49ers are likely moving out of Candlestick Park in the next few years when they build a new stadium in Santa Clara, it would be a huge drag if they tore it down with all the history involving not just the 49ers and the Giants...but the f***ing Beatles played their last concert there. Not to mention i've attended some awesome Metallica shows there. My second home is Candlestick park I'll miss the history and tradition when it's gone, but we desperately need a new stadium. I'm glad the Cow Palace is still standing since there are rumors about it being torn down every year.
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Post by mattperiolat on Oct 13, 2011 21:35:36 GMT -5
It still "exists" but the original Soldier Field in Chicago before the spaceship landed.
You KNOW you have messed up if you actually lose your National Register of Historic Places ranking because of a remodel.
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Post by OGBoardPoster2005 on Oct 13, 2011 23:01:57 GMT -5
No personal stadiums have been torn down yet, but i always thought it sucked when Yankees Stadium, Boston Garden, or Shea Stadium get torn down. All that history torn down like nothing. The 49ers are likely moving out of Candlestick Park in the next few years when they build a new stadium in Santa Clara, it would be a huge drag if they tore it down with all the history involving not just the 49ers and the Giants...but the f***ing Beatles played their last concert there. Not to mention i've attended some awesome Metallica shows there. My second home is Candlestick park I'll miss the history and tradition when it's gone, but we desperately need a new stadium. I'm glad the Cow Palace is still standing since there are rumors about it being torn down every year. I really hope that they keep Candlestick up or do what they did to Kezar Stadium (lower the capacity and keep it afloat). Kezar and Candlestick are two iconic stadiums that should always stay.
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Post by darthobiwan on Oct 13, 2011 23:07:25 GMT -5
I don't know about worldwide, but I'm pretty sure the oldest stadium in the U.S. that's still in use is Fenway Park which turns 100 next year. Watch ESPN never shut up about it come the start of next season. ![:P](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/tongue.png) And this might be unpopular amongst Cards fans, but I think the new Busch is far superior to the old concrete bowl, which got unbearably stuffy during the hot days in summer. At least I could see the game. Last year in may when it was really sunny and I was sitting almost to the top with the sun in my eyes the whole time (since they have half the stadium opened) where I could not see the game at all!
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Post by Deleted on Oct 14, 2011 9:11:43 GMT -5
To those who miss the dank, dark, dreary, uninspiring "feel" of the Kingdome or Olympic Stadium on TV, turn on a Tampa Bay Rays game. Man, they really nail that dull TV look!
To say I miss "Old" Comiskey Park would be a lie. The "new" park (US Cellular is 20 years old) is nice...and I can see the game from anywhere!
I'm not watching a ball come out of a post holding up the upper deck. (Seems like you could only either see the batter or the pitcher, never both.)
To show what the place was even in the 1930s, Luke Appling once stumbled over something on the field. He dug it out and it was an old coffee pot from when the place was an actual dump.
I do miss Tiger Stadium. It was an old bandbox with character. Hit a 300 foot HR to the right field porch or a 450 foot out to center.
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Post by Dr. Bunsen Honeydew on Oct 14, 2011 14:25:27 GMT -5
It still "exists" but the original Soldier Field in Chicago before the spaceship landed. You KNOW you have messed up if you actually lose your National Register of Historic Places ranking because of a remodel. Soldier Field looks like a toilet bowl inside of a cruise ship now. Looking at it now is why I love Lambeau Field even more. The Packers managed to upgrade it without it losing it's aura.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 14, 2011 16:38:06 GMT -5
Market Square Arena and the Hoosier/RCA Dome.
Both were small, but when the teams were good and the crowd was on the Pacers and Colts' side, you could feel the energy. In fact, MSA shook like crazy when things got raucous.
And, also, it hosted the old Racers squad, something that I wish would return.
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