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Monday, February 08, 2010
Best Stadiums you’ve been to
At any rate, if people like stupid lists, that’s perfect for me. My two specialties are making lists and being stupid. This is right up my alley. Besides - it’s the off-season. If it wasn’t for dumb lists what the hell would we have left to talk about?
This week’s dumb list: ranking stadiums I’ve attended. No, it isn’t even a remotely deep or original idea. It’s still a fun, dumb column to scrawl out, though.
I’ve been to very few, so my list is:
Fenway
Yankee
Skydome
Big O
Shea
You really need to cozy atmosphere. For example, at Le Forum, it was GREAT. In the new arena (Bell Centre), I went to see the 1996 World Cup, Canada v USA. One set of friends sat in the lower level, and we sat in the upper level (but right at the first row of the upper level). In talking to him after the game, it was as if we saw two different games. We thought the game was good, and he thought it was incredible. Basically, we got the TV angle, and some of the fan response, while he got the ice-level view with great fan response.
I’ve had the same experience at Giants / Jets stadium, where when we sit in the top level, it’s one feeling, but down in the bottom level is a whole other thing. I think their new pricing for the new stadium reflects that. I would say it’s fair that if you have a 75$ ticket for the upper level, that that’s the same as 300$ for the lower level. I think in all the sports, the price between the worst ticket experience and best ticket experience in the same stadium should be about 3x to 5x. (Excludes courtside seats, and obstructed view seats.)
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