Pro and college sports venues you've been to

[BellevueBuckeye]

Inspired by jmorgret07's threads about HS gyms and football fields, here's a version for pro and college sports.

List yours however you want.

Here's mine: 

Attended games:

MLB
Cleveland Municipal Stadium
Progressive Field
Great American Ballpark
Comerica Park
PNC Field
Turner Field
Wrigley Field
Oracle Park

NFL
FirstEnergy Stadium*
Paul Brown Stadium
Lucas Oil Stadium (Big Ten Championship Game)

NBA
Rocket Mortgage Fieldhouse

NHL
Nationwide Arena
Joe Louis Arena

MLS
Historic Crew Stadium
Lower.com Field

D1 College Football
Ohio Stadium*
Michigan Stadium 
Sanford Stadium (Georgia)
Nippert Stadium* 
Doyt Perry Stadium 

D1 College Basketball
Value City Arena 
St. John Arena* 
James A. Rhodes Arena (Akron) 

D1 College Hockey
Value City Arena*

D1 College Baseball
Bill Davis Stadium

D1 College Soccer
Jesse Owens Stadium

Set foot inside of not for a game:
Lambeau Field - official tour
Fenway Park - official tour
War Memorial Stadium* (Wyoming) - just wanted a pic while passing through, gates were open and I walked out onto the ground level field
Fifth Third Arena* (Cincinnati) - helping a UC student friend set up for an event
Anderson Arena* (Bowling Green) - Buckeye Boys State
Muirfield Village Golf Club* - The Memorial opening ceremony
Pebble Beach Golf Links - visitors center, clubhouse and area surrounding 18 green

* venues where I have been on the field/playing surface

And then there's a whole bunch of others that I have seen and/or photographed from the outside but have not set foot inside.

[sithbucknut77]

MLB
Tiger Stadium
Comerica Park
Cleveland Municipal Stadium
Progressive Field
Great American Ballpark

MiLB
Fifth Third Field(Toledo Mudhens)
UPMC Park(Erie Seawolves)
LMCU Park(West Michigan Whitecaps)

NHL
Joe Louis Arena
Little Caesars Arena
Nationwide Arena

Minor League Hockey
Toledo Sports Arena
Huntington Center
Heritage Bank Center(Cincy) 

NFL
Cleveland Municipal Stadium

NBA
Rocket Mortgage Fieldhouse

D1 Football
Doty Perry

D1 College Basketball
St. John's Arena
Value City Arena

[sportsvideo]

Feb 2, 2022 20:59:59 GMT -5 BellevueBuckeye said:

Inspired by jmorgret07's threads about HS gyms and football fields, here's a version for pro and college sports.

List yours however you want.

Here's mine: 

Attended games:

MLB
Cleveland Municipal Stadium
Progressive Field
Great American Ballpark
Comerica Park
PNC Field
Turner Field
Wrigley Field
Oracle Park

NFL
FirstEnergy Stadium*
Paul Brown Stadium
Lucas Oil Stadium (Big Ten Championship Game)

NBA
Rocket Mortgage Fieldhouse

NHL
Nationwide Arena
Joe Louis Arena

MLS
Historic Crew Stadium
Lower.com Field

D1 College Football
Ohio Stadium*
Michigan Stadium 
Sanford Stadium (Georgia)
Nippert Stadium* 
Doyt Perry Stadium 

D1 College Basketball
Value City Arena 
St. John Arena* 
James A. Rhodes Arena (Akron) 

D1 College Hockey
Value City Arena*

D1 College Baseball
Bill Davis Stadium

D1 College Soccer
Jesse Owens Stadium

Set foot inside of not for a game:
Lambeau Field - official tour
Fenway Park - official tour
War Memorial Stadium* (Wyoming) - just wanted a pic while passing through, gates were open and I walked out onto the ground level field
Fifth Third Arena* (Cincinnati) - helping a UC student friend set up for an event
Anderson Arena* (Bowling Green) - Buckeye Boys State
Muirfield Village Golf Club* - The Memorial opening ceremony
Pebble Beach Golf Links - visitors center, clubhouse and area surrounding 18 green

* venues where I have been on the field/playing surface

And then there's a whole bunch of others that I have seen and/or photographed from the outside but have not set foot inside.

Not that many but a few..

MLB -
Municipal Stadium cleveland,
progressive field cleveland,...
tiger stadium detroit,
commerica park detroit
Sky Dome , Toronto (not game but tour)

NFL
Municipal Stadium Cleveland
First Energy Stadium Cleveland
Ford Field Detroit

NBA
Old Coliseum Richfield
Gund Arena, Quicken Loans Arena Cleveland (every single NBA playoff game at this venue)
Silver Dome, Pontiac MI Pistons vs Bulls when the bad boys played MJ
Palace, Auburn Hills  Pistons vs Cavs on 2 occasions
Little Ceasars Detroit  Pistons vs Cavs
Bankers Life Field House  Indianapolis    Cavs vs Pacers

NHL
Nationwide Arena  Columbus, Blue Jackets
Joe Lewis Arena  Detroit , Redwings

College  too many to name..   ohio state, indiana, Michigan, Mich State   Akron, Kent, Toledo, BG,  Most of the OAC teams  
 

College Basketball   St John Arena  Shott  - columbus...   Michigan, Michigan state, indiana, notre dame,   Eastern Michigan,  hillsdale,  grand rapids,  Toledo, bgsu, kent cleveland state, wright state, akron, most of the OAC,  

[clb6110]

Just a few as well
MLB
Municipal Stadium
Jacobs Field
Sky Dome (also no game but a tour although the Blue Jays were on the field doing some light workout)
**EDIT** I forgot about Camden Yards
NFL
Municipal Stadium
First Mortgage
Riverfront Cinci
Lucas Oil
**EDIT** I forgot about the stadium the Ravens play in. I've seen the Browns play there twice.
NHL
Nationwide
Joe Louis
1974 St Louis Blues Arena to watch NC State vs. UCLA basketball. #1 vs.#2 UCLA in a blowout. Don't recall name of the venue.
NBA
The old Cleveland Arena downtown. Watched Pistol Pete
Coliseum I still get off that exit to get to my son's house. Every time I come around the bend on 271 I can see the grand old lady sitting on top of the hill.
Quicken Loans
Madison Sq Garden. Sell out with Knicks vs.?? Fans chanting MVP MVP for Patrick Ewing the whole game

[sportsvideo]

Feb 15, 2022 8:17:24 GMT -5 clb6110 said:

Just a few as well
MLB
Municipal Stadium
Jacobs Field
Sky Dome (also no game but a tour although the Blue Jays were on the field doing some light workout
NFL
Municipal Stadium
First Mortgage
Riverfront Cinci
Lucas Oil
NHL
Nationwide
Joe Louis
1974 St Louis Blues Arena to watch NC State vs. UCLA basketball. #1 vs.#2 UCLA in a blowout. Don't recall name of the venue.
NBA
The old Cleveland Arena downtown. Watched Pistol Pete
Coliseum I still get off that exit to get to my son's house. Every time I come around the bend on 271 I can see the grand old lady sitting on top of the hill.
Quicken Loans
Madison Sq Garden. Sell out with Knicks vs.?? Fans chanting MVP MVP for Patrick Ewing the whole game

did the sky dome tour in  july of 1989 it was brand spanking new...couldnt get any blue jay tickets..they were sold out for the season..  i actually took video of it..  went down under the bleachers into the toronto CFL teams "dugout" out onto the field..  went up to press row..  was pretty awesome.. 

[clb6110]

I did a similar tour. There was a restaurant high in centerfield we ate at afterwards.

[jmorgret07]

For the sake of stadiums changing names, I'll go with who plays in said park.

MLB:
Chicago Cubs
Chicago White Sox
Cincinnati Reds
Cleveland Indians
Detroit Tigers
New York Yankees
Pittsburgh Pirates

NBA:
Cleveland Cavaliers

NFL:
Detroit Lions

NHL:
Detroit Red Wings (Joe Louis)
*Little Caesar's Arena (for WWE)

NCAA Football:
BGSU Falcons
Heidelberg Student Princes
Mount Union Purple Raiders
Tiffin Dragons
Toledo Rockets

College arenas:
Ohio State Buckeyes
Michigan Wolverines (for a band concert, lol)

Minor league stadiums/arenas:
Toledo Mud Hens
Toledo Walleye

[Buckeye2b]

I don't have that big of list for bigtime-D1 and Pro sports- but I have been to a few different places, and my list is like many of yours. However, for my dime, the coolest place ever was the Pontiac Silverdome, when I was 17 years old to watch the Detroit Lions play the Vikings in a 45-7 rout, at my first ever NFL game. Our seats were at the 50 yard line, in the 3rd row and you could actually talk to the players from our seats....we were that close. December 12, 1981 was snowy outside with swirling ten degree winds, but when we walked into the building, we were greeted with a nice blast of 70 degree air and had to remove our coats to just walk around. The place was massive and for a small town Upper guy, it was very impressive. I also remember how high the inside roof was and how the smoke just hung in the air inside the bowl. Sad to say, the Silverdome is no more... there are a few pics below of it in it's glory and at the end...

Silverdome then...

Silverdome at the end...

It got worse...

How it looks today as an Amazon Fulfillment Center...  Damn Bezos!!

[cbus]

MLB-1. Guardians (Municipal & the Jake) 2. Reds-Riverfront 3. Pirates-PNC 4. Cubs-Wrigley 5. Cardinals-Busch 6. Tigers-Tiger Stadium & Comerica 7. Twins-Metropolitan Stadium 8. Orioles-Camden Yards 9. Yankees-old Yankee Stadium 10. Nationals 11. Astros-Astrodome 12. Royals-Kauffmann 13. Rockies-Coors Field 14. Dodgers-Dodger Stadium 15. Giants-PacBell 16. A's-Oakland Coliseum
Baseball Minors-Mud Hens, Clippers-Huntington Park & Cooper Stadium

NFL-Browns-Municipal-First Energy, NBA-Cavs-Cleveland Arena-Richfield-Quicken

NHL-Blue Jackets-Nationwide, Hockey minors- Toledo Goaldiggers-Toledo Sports Arena

Pro Soccer-Minnesota Kicks-Metropolitan Stadium

College Basketball- Ohio St-St Johns, Value City, BGSU-Anderson Arena, U of M-Chrysler Arena (MAC Tournament), Eastern Michigan, Toledo Rockets-Centennial Hall

College Football-The Shoe, BGSU-Doyt Perry Stadium, Toledo Rockets-The Glass Bowl, U of M-The Big House

[fredgarvin]

Municipal Stadium - Indians and Browns
Jacob’s Field (or whatever now) - Indians
Riverfront Stadium - Reds
Great American Ballpark - Reds
Fenway Park - Red Sox
Cooper Stadium - the Indians and Reds used to play one game there between spring training and the start of the season
Mud Hens - not the current place, don’t know the name. It was at the fairgrounds I think?
Canal Park - Akron Aeros back then
First Energy - Browns
Heinz Field - not for a game. Kenny Chesney concert
Richfield Coliseum - Cavs
Rocket Mortgage - Cavs and NCAA MAC Tournament
Nationwide - Blue Jackets
Boston Garden (the old original one) - Bruins
Ohio Stadium - Buckeyes
Kinnick Stadium - Iowa Hawkeyes (for a Buckeye road game)
Rubber Bowl - Akron
St. Johns - Buckeyes
Schottenstein Center - Buckeyes
Anderson Arena - BGSU
Savage Hall - Toledo
U of Dayton Arena - for HS state tournament

[Glitch]

Pro
Municipal Stadium - Indians and Browns
First Energy - Browns
Progressive Field - Indians
Riverfront Stadium - Reds
Old Comisky Park - White Sox
Canal Park - Akron Aeros
Richfield Coliseum and Quicken Loans - Cavs
Nationwide Arena - Blue Jackets

College
The Shoe - Buckeyes
The Schott and St. Johns Arena - Buckeyes
JAR - Akron Zips
Rubber Bowl - Akron Zips
Memorial Athletic and Convocation Center - Kent State Flashes
Centennial Hall Toledo - High School games
Bearcat Arena - Cincy
Ashland U Arena
Wooster College Arena
Otterbein University Arena

[shelbyrr11]

I don't have a ton, but I like my list so far.

MLB
Progressive
Fenway Park
PNC Park

NFL
First Energy
Gillette Stadium

NHL
TD Garden
Nationwide Arena
PPG Paints Arena

NBA
Quicken Loans

NCAA Basketball
The Dunkin Donuts Center
Cintas Center
Hinkle Fieldhouse
Schottenstein Center

NCAA Hockey
Schneider Arena (Providence College)
Matthews Arena (Northeastern)
Yost Hockey Arena (Michigan)
Keybank Center (Buffalo Sabres, but it was for the college championship game, so I'll put it here)



Some thoughts. Fenway Park is awesome the first few times you go, but it's very hard to overlook the quality that newer places like PNC and Progressive have. Big concourses and aisles so it doesn't take an hour to leave the stadium, and much less horrific parking situations. Don't even get me started on the price of beer per ounce. Cleveland is the second cheapest and Boston is the most expensive.

Hinkle Fieldhouse is by far my favorite place I think. It's highly unique on the inside and reminds me of a high school gym, all the way down to the concessions. The fans are amazing too. A mom casually brought her two kids under the age of 5 to the game and sat next to me. It's a big devotion these folks have. After the game (where unranked Providence beat #14 Butler), fans were thanking me for traveling to see the game. They were tickled that someone came so far to check out their home.

[clb6110]

Back about 10 years ago when my oldest was playing AAU we were in Indy and we went to Hinkle. Somewhere I have a video of him dunking there. Not during a game mind you but during a volleyball camp that our whole team interrupted. We were escorted out right after that. Ha.But it was a very cool venue.

[shelbyrr11]

Hinkle is very deceiving on TV. If you go out of bounds on the baseline near the student section and started walking about 20ft, you'd wind up outside. But I can't say I ever dunked it on the court either, that's a good story right there.

[shelbyrr11]

If we're talking about elite sport venues, the Spire Institute in Geneva, OH is one of the most impressive I've seen in terms of sheer magnitude. I dated a girl who is from Geneva and her dad got me in there to show me around. They were hosting the B10 indoor track championships, the Big East swimming championships, and a massive volleyball camp all in the same day. It did not feel crowded at all. That site could have held a football camp that day and still had plenty of room for parking.