NAME the number of Pro-SPORTS stadiums and Arenas you have been to ? I will go first...

[yuiyoshida]

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AT&T park (HOME of the SF GIANTS)
Candlestick park (before it was torn down) 49ers and Giants
Angel Stadium (aka Anaheim Stadium)
Dodger Stadium
Oakland Alameda County Coliseum (Home of the RAIDERS and Oakland A's)
Rogers Centre (Home of the Toronto Blue Jays)
The Garage (Home of the Vancouver Canucks hockey team)
Yankee Stadium (the old one)
MAPLE LEAFS Centre (Before it was retired)
Staples Center (home to the LA Kings, and Lakers Basketball team)
Busch Stadium (ST. LOUIS cardinals)
Fenway Park (Red Sox)
Arrowhead Stadium (Kansas City Chiefs)
American West Arena (Phoenix Suns NBA team)
The Pond (Orange County Ducks)

edited to note: I went to an All Star game once in Oakland, never been to a Superbowl or World Series game... as for most favorite place to go??

AT&T park...

[JonLP24]

1. The old Mile High stadium Denver, Colorado

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Sun Devil Stadium (Arizona State, Arizona Cardinals) -- I also saw the first BCS Championship there between Tennessee and Florida State (my aunt was both a Tennessee/Arizona State alumni). Also when wildfires struck San Diego I saw a free game there between the Chargers & Dolphins. LT & Ricky Williams. On edit - I liked the stadium better when it was a 70,000+ stadium "the house of heat" than its current renovations and ugly insurance and bank buildings in the view where they tore out the seats.
Talking Stick Arena (used to be America West Arena - Phoenix Suns, Arizona Rattlers, & Phoenix Coyotes)
CenturyLink Field (Seattle)

That's about it.

On edit -- Ive been to Bank One ballpark or Chase Field but I couldn't care less about the Dbags.

[procon]

3. Zero... just never got into sports.

[yuiyoshida]

4. omg!

I forgot I saw the PHOENIX SUNS play but I don't recall where it was I went... i think it was American West Arena!

[DarthDem]

2. A Few

29 of the 30 current Major League Baseball stadiums, as well as many of their immediate predecessors (missing only Atlanta, which just replaced its ballpark prior to the current season).

About half or maybe slightly less than half of the current NFL football stadiums.

Dozens of college basketball arenas and college football stadiums.

[ProfessorGAC]

5. OK, I'll Try

Wrigley
Comiskey
US Cellular
Soldier Field
Chicago Stadium
United Center
The OLD Busch Stadium
The newer Busch Stadium (the cookie cutter joint from the mid-60's)
The old Milwaukee Braves Park
Crosley Field
Riverfront Stadium
Joe Louis Arena
Marketsquare Arena
Chavez Ravine
Candlestick Park
Shea Stadium
Fenway
The old Turner Field
the old Tampa Bay Stadium (The Sombrero)
The Astrodome
The Superdome
Bradley Center (I think that was the name. Where the Bucks used to play.)

I think that's it.

[yuiyoshida]

6. Very cool!

[benld74]

7. Not too many

Busch Stadium Current
Busch Stadium Prior
Wrigley Field
White Sox Stadium
K.C. Royals Stadium
Camden Yard
Padres when they played in the football stadium
Astrodome
Savvis Center - St Louis Blues
The Arena - St Louis Blues
Chase Field - Arizona Diamondbacks

[Moostache]

8. Many, many over the years...

Hoosier Dome / RCA Dome (Indianapolis)
Soldier Field (Chicago - 66,000 seat version with original Colonnades)
Soldier Field (Chicago - new version with space ship in a bowl look)
Silver Dome (Pontiac, MI.)
Notre Dame Stadium (59,000 seat version)
Notre Dame Stadium (80,795 seat version)
Joyce ACC (Notre Dame basketball and hockey)
Assembly Hall (Indiana University basketball)
Memorial Stadium (Indiana University)
Memorial Stadium (Champaign-Urbana, IL.)
Ross-Ade Stadium (Purdue University)
Comiskey Park (original)
Comiskey Park (*1991 'new')
Comiskey Park (*2003 renovation)
Wrigley Field
Rosemont Horizon (Chicago)
UIC Pavilion (Chicago)
Chicago Stadium
United Center
St. Louis Arena
Savvis Center / Kiel Center (St. Louis Blues / NCAA Frozen Four)
TWA Dome / Edward Jones Dome / Dome at St. Louis
Busch Stadium (original)
Busch Stadium (new)
Papa John's Stadium (Louisville)
Raymond James Stadium (Tampa, FL.)
Superdome (New Orleans)
Georgia Dome (Atlanta)
Lambeau Field (Green Bay)
Arrowhead Stadium (Kansas City)
LP Field (Nashville)
Gator Bowl (Jacksonville)
Cotton Bowl (Dallas)
Riverfront Stadium (Cincinnati)

[exboyfil]

9. Anaheim Stadium

to see the Angels and the WFL Suns

Dodger Stadium to see my Reds as a 8th grader (yes it was a hostile crowd around me, but I held my banner proudly)

Riverfront Stadium to see my Reds

Wrigley Field to see the Cubs

Adelphia Coliseum to see the Tennessee Titans

I just realized I have never purchased a ticket to a pro game in any sport. All were purchased by my dad except the Titans which was paid for by my company. My last Wrigley game was in the 80s when I was in college. Saw the Titans in the 90s. My football tickets were supplied as part of my activity fee at Purdue. I did purchase some tickets to sports at our regional university, but that was to see my kids perform when they were young (dance and cheerleading).

I have no desire to attend any sporting event.

[cloudbase]

10. These:

Forbes Field (Pirates) Yes, I'm old.
Three Rivers Stadium (Pirates/Steelers)
Civic Arena (Penguins/ABA Condors)
Houston Astrodome (Astros/Oilers)
Enron Field/Minute Maid Park (Astros)
NRG Stadium (Texans)
The Summit (Rockets)
Toyota Center (Rockets/Aeros)
Camden Yards (Orioles)
Shea Stadium (Mets)
Long Island Coliseum (Islanders)
Humphrey Metrodome (Twins)
Target Field (Twins)
Safeco Field (Mariners)
Midway Stadium (St. Paul Saints-AA)
CHS Field (St. Paul Saints)
Constellation Field (Sugar Land Skeeters-AA)
Hank Aaron Stadium (Mobile Bay Bears-AA)

[rurallib]

11. Looks like I've been somewhere few have been

Milwaukee - the old County Stadium

St. Louis, KC both Chicagos and Minnesota both at the old Met Stadium and there new park for baseball.

And Arrowhead Stadium for the one super boring pro football game I ever went to.
I think that game cured me of watching pro football forever.

[OriginalGeek]

12. Hmmm

Wherever the Cincinnati Reds played in the late 60s - my first ball game ever. I was in first grade and didn't understand it really but I got a hot dog and a free bat and a day with my dad.

Then nothing until moving to Dallas and saw the Cowboys whip the Eagles at Texas Stadium. Roger Staubach with one of his many come-from-behind victories.
Arlington stadium for the Rangers (Not the new Ballpark they have now - the old one with 4 dollar bleacher seats and cheap hot dogs.)
Saw many games at both those stadiums before moving to Florida.

Been to the stadium where the Jaguars play but it was for the ACC championship game where Florida State whipped up on Virginia Tech. (VT Later returned the favor).

Saw Pink Floyd at the old Sombrero where the Tampa Bay Buccaneers used to play and have seen the Bucs play a few games in their newer Raymond James Stadium. (Always against Dallas and Dallas always won. *fist pump*).

Have been to a couple Miami Dolphins games and a couple huge blood drives at Joe Robbie Stadium.

Have been to Reunion Arena in Dallas for many concerts but never a basketball game.
Been to Orlando Arena (Old and new - I think it's named after that idiot soap huckster now) for both concerts and Magic games.
Daytona Beach Civic center, Charlotte Coliseum, American Airlines Arena (Home of the Miami Heat but I was there for an Iron Maiden show)

And I'll be adding the Denver stadium in September - going to hopefully watch my beloved Cowboys beat the home team there and try to make it out alive with my throwback Tony Dorsett jersey intact.

I guess the Citrus Bowl which was the Tangerine Bowl and is now called something else here in Orlando is a place where professional somethings play something. I've been there for Metallica and some UCF games.

[yuiyoshida]

16. Went to the EastWest Shrine Game

at AT&T Park not long ago...

[ProfessorGAC]

17. That Was Crosley Field

My parents and i used to go on short vacations to see the Cubs play somewhere other than Wrigley. I saw the Reds and Cubs at Crosley around 1967 or 1968. Not long after that, they opened Riverfront. That was the same time period where StL, Philly, and Pittsburgh all went to that round beheamoth dual purpose idea. All four of those stadiums were nearly identical.

I saw a Bears/Bengals game at Riverfront because i had some acquaintances from P&G who had tickets, and i was going to be in Cincinnati on Monday for R&D meetings. I went a day early and went to the football game with those guys.

Never saw a Reds/Cubs game at that place though.

On Edit: I see you saw a concert at the Sombrero. I saw Zeppelin there back in (i think) '75. I was still in college so it couldn't have been after '76.

[OriginalGeek]

28. Ahh that would have been neat

I've seen Page, Plant and Jones in various configurations but never saw the whole Led Zeppelin live. If you saw the whole show before 76 it was probably May 5th, 1973. I think the only other time they played Tampa stadium was in 77 and that show was cancelled after about 3 songs. It started pouring down rain and after about 45 minutes it cleared up but the announcer came on and said the show was cancelled. They intended to reschedule for the next day but the crowd riot was so intense they never did.

I have a bootleg of the show in Mobile, AL 8 days after yours. Here's a little taste of yours:

Not the worst audience recording I've heard lol. You guys set an attendance record at the time I think!

[ProfessorGAC]

34. Huh! Farther back then I remembered

That must have been right before I graduated HS
Thought I was in college when we went down there
Cool bootleg

[Lotusflower70]

13. Ok cool

Met Center (North Stars baby)
Metrodome (Vikings/Twins)
US Bank Stadium (Vikings)
Xcel Energy Center (Wild)
Target Field (Twins)
Target Center (Timberwolves)
RCA/Hoosier dome (Colts)
United Center (Bulls)
Rexall Place (Oilers)
Calgary Saddledome (Flames)
Great Western Forum (Lakers)
Madison Square Garden (Rangers)
Meadowlands Arena (Devils)
Spectrum (Flyers)
Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum (Islanders)
Mellon Arena (Penguins)
Joe Lewis arena (Red Wings)
Boston Garden (Celtics)
RFK stadium (Redskins)
Veterans stadium (Eagles)
Candlestick park (49ers)
Fenway park (Red Sox)
Yankee stadium
Wrigley field (Cubs)
Comiskey park (White Sox)
Soldier Field (Bears)
Lambeau field (Packers)

[LisaM]

14. Some of these are gone or have been re-named

Tiger Stadium
Fenway Park
Municipal Park (in Cleveland)
The Kingdome
Camden Yard
Joe Louis Arena (but for a concert, not a game)
GM Place (Vancouver, may have a new name)
Safeco Field
Seahawks Stadium (now CenturyLink)
Comerica Park
The Pond (Anaheim, probably has a new name)
The Shark Tank (San Jose, probably has a new name)
The Tacoma Dome (used by the SuperSonics for one year)

Favorite: Anywhere there's lots of Detroit fans!

[JonLP24]

15. I've been to the Tacoma Dome

but it was for a flea market in the mid 2000s.

It looks a lot like NAU's stadium in Flagstaff, Arizona where Ive seen Flagstaff high school football (varsity).

[LisaM]

19. Yeah, I only counted it becuase I went down there for a Pistons-Sonics game once.

They used it for the Sonics while they were refurbishing Key Arena one year. I saw a concert there, once, too.

[Iggo]

18. Okay.

Dodger Stadium. (The Los Angeles Dodgers Of Los Angeles)
Anaheim Stadium. (Orange County Angels)
The Epicenter (Rancho Cucamonga Quakes)
L.A. Sports Arena (Los Angeles Lakers)
The Fabulous Forum (Los Angeles Lakers)
Staples Center (Los Angeles Kings)
The Pond (Orange County Ducks)
Citizens Business Bank Arena (Ontario Reign)

Oops! Forgot one:

Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum (Los Angeles Rams)

[yuiyoshida]

23. omg! i forgot the pond...thanks

[Floyd R. Turbo]

20. ⚽️🏀🏈🏉⚾️🏒🥅

Camden Yards
Yankee Stadium
Doubleday Field
Montreal Forum
Cleveland Stadium
Jacobs Field
Guaranteed Rate Field
Commonwealth Stadium
Pacific Coliseum
BC Place Stadium
Nat Baily Stadium
King Dome
Dodger Stadium
L.A. Forum
Anaheim Stadium
L.A. Coliseum
Cashman Field
Thomas and Mack Center
Phoenix Muni
Blaisdell Center

[Iggo]

21. Thanks for reminding me it's Anaheim Stadium, not Angel Stadium.

I probably could have got away with The Big A.

[Floyd R. Turbo]

22. 👍🏻

[TlalocW]

24. Two

Royals Stadium a lot when I was a kid, and our quick vacation was a trip to Kansas City to see them play because my brother liked them (it was pure torture for me).

And now that I live in Kansas City, Chiefs Stadium - but never to watch the Chiefs play but to twist balloons for events or to decorate with balloons for other events.

Both are monumental wastes of space and money as are all sports stadiums.

TlalocW

[Awsi Dooger]

25. See how many I can remember

I'm from Miami but I went to college in California so that gave me a geographical edge to pick off many of these. Others are from summer trips as a kid with my parents, or more recently as a wandering adult:

* Orange Bowl
* Joe Robbie Garbage Bland Sterile Now-Contrived Irrelevant Location Whatever They Call It Now Bowl
* Lockhart Stadium (Ft Lauderdale Strikers)
* Miami Arena (Heat)
* American Airlines Arena (Heat)
* Tampa Bay
* Jacksonville Jaguars
* RFK Stadium
* Atlanta Fulton County
* Omni
* Shea Stadium
* Madison Square Garden
* Soldier Field
* Fenway Park
* Foxboro Stadium
* Comiskey
* Tiger Stadium
* Milwaukee Brewers
* Candlestick Park
* Oakland Alameda
* Dodger Stadium
* Big A Stadium
* Los Angeles Coliseum
* Sports Arena
* Fabulous Forum
* Qualcomm Stadium
* San Diego Sports Arena
* Sun Devil Stadium (Cardinals NFL played there)
* Olympic Stadium Montreal
* SkyDome (Toronto)
* Winnipeg Blue Bombers Stadium
* BC Place Stadium (Vancouver)

I've attended games at those stadiums. Many others I've visited during trips but not seen a game. Those include:

* Lambeau Field
* Cowboys Stadium
* Superdome
* University of Phoenix (Cardinals)
* Heinz Field
* Wembley Stadium
* Munich Olympic Stadium

The college stadiums where I have seen a game are too many to list. I try to add at least two new ones every fall. This year I am finally making it to Duke on Friday, September 29th when the Canes visit, and then the next day not too far away I'll see my first game at East Carolina as South Florida visits. Then I might pick off another game the following Saturday in that region. I've been trying to figure it out.

On edit: Oh yeah, Thomas and Mack after seeing another list. I left that out because I'm not sure it qualifies as a pro stadium although Tarkanian in his heyday wasn't shy with purchases, so to speak. I heard plenty of those stories from oldtime UNLV donors in the 25 years I lived in Las Vegas. Amazing how they were willing to spit out all the details on high schoolers they lured decades earlier, including specific dollar amount required and other perks, like new cars for family members.

[regnaD kciN]

26. By "pro-SPORTS," I assume you mean "major league"...?

Let's see...

Dodger Stadium (was there on its opening day -- sobering to realize it's now the second-oldest park in NL)
Fenway Park
Anaheim Stadium
Kingdome
Safeco Field
Jack Murphy Stadium
CenturyLink Field
Los Angeles Sports Arena (R.I.P.)
The Forum
Seattle Coliseum/KeyArena
Harvard Stadium (for a Patriots pre-season game)
Boston College Alumni Stadium (for the Boston Minutemen of the old NASL)
Starfire Sports Complex (for many Sounders US Open Cup matches)

[flotsam]

27. Been to more Nascar tracks than sports arenas...

but that's easy because I only went to one pro game-November of 1972 St Louis Cardinals vs NY Giants at the Yale Bowl in New Haven Ct.

[A HERETIC I AM]

36. I was going to say something similar.

I've been to just about every single major motor racing facility in this country, with the notable exception of Talledega, many small ones and numerous temporary tracks.

12 years working in the motor racing industry will do that to you.

[longship]

29. The absolutely wonderful Briggs/Tiger Stadium.

Always nice to see packed stands:


Kaline's corner in right field. Only a fool would attempt to tag up on third on a right field fly ball when Al Kaline was playing right field. He could throw a strike at the plate from the right field wall and did so when runners would try to tag up. What an arm! Seeing him play was wonderful.

Witnessing a Norm Cash home run that tops the third deck in right field is a special thing to witness as well.

[yuiyoshida]

30. very nice

[Awsi Dooger]

31. And the horse racing tracks

* Hialeah
* Gulfstream
* Calder
* Churchill Downs
* Keeneland
* Pimlico
* Laurel
* Belmont Park
* Saratoga
* Saratoga Harness
* Colonial Downs
* Hollywood Park (so sad it's gone)
* Santa Anita
* Los Alamitos
* Hastings Race Track

A few in Europe

[yuiyoshida]

32. My father used to drag me to

Golden Gate fields and Bay Meadows as a kid...my parents still go to Las Vegas and Reno every holiday to toss their money away. Well it is their money, not mine.

[Awsi Dooger]

33. Horse racing is a tough racket to beat

The parimutuel take is 17% or higher compared to sports wagering where the break even point is a considerably more manageable 52.4%

In Las Vegas I softened the horse racing disadvantage by eventually wagering on matchups only. That's where you merely wager on one horse to defeat another. Doesn't matter if they finish last and next to last you can still collect. The odds on that is like sports, with low juice.

Unfortunately you can't find those odds at the track, only at casinos or online casinos. For horse racing to survive many people think it has to change the way it thinks in regard to wagering. The younger types will not accept parimutuel only. The Stronach Group that now operates many of the major tracks -- including Pimlico where the Preakness is contested -- now has a woman in charge who seems to understand the need to modernize the wagering realities.

I wish I could have visited Bay Meadows before it closed. Maybe Golden Gate someday. I've done all the tourist stuff in the San Francisco area but I can't say I remember even contemplating those stops.

[Yavin4]

35. Here's mine in somewhat chron order

RFK Stadium
Capital Center (Landover, MD)
Candlestick Park
Oakland Coliseum
Dodger Stadium
LA Coliseum
LA Sport Arena
Pac Bell Stadium
Yankee Stadium(Old)
Shea Stadium(Old)
Madison Square Garden
Safeco Field
New Yankees Stadium
Citifield

[Initech]

37. Off the top of my head:

The Forum (Los Angeles, former home of Kings & Lakers)
Honda Center (Anaheim Ducks)
Citizens Business Bank Arena (Ontario Reign)
Angels Stadium (Los Angeles Angels)
Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum (USC Trojans)
Los Angeles Sports Arena (USC Trojans - demolished)
Hollywood Bowl (Hollywood)
Galen Center (USC Trojans)
Stub Hub Center (Los Angeles Galaxy)
Pauley Pavilion (UCLA Bruins)
Rose Bowl (UCLA Bruins)
Glen Helen Regional Ampitheater (San Bernardino)
Petco Park (San Diego Padres)
AT&T Park (San Francisco Giants)
Staples Center (Kings, Lakers, Clippers)
MGM Grand Garden Arena (Las Vegas)
The Joint (Hard Rock Hotel)
Mile High Stadium (Denver Broncos)
University Of Phoenix Stadium (Arizona Cardinals)
Chase Stadium (Arizona Diamondbacks)
Talking Stick Resort Arena (Phoenix Coyotes)
Rupp Arena (Kentucky Wildcats)
Safeco Field (Seattle Mariners)
Citi Field (New York Mets)
Comerica Park (Detroit Tigers)
Fenway Park (Boston Red Sox)
Madison Square Garden (New York Knicks, New York Islanders)
Nationals Stadium (Washington Nationals)
Citizens Bank Park (Philadelphia Phillies)
Yankees Stadium (New York Yankees)
Wrigley Field (Chicago Cubs)
Guaranteed Rate Field (Chicago White Sox)
Progressive Field (Cleveland Indians)
Coors Field (Colorado Rockies)

Smaller venues:

- Ontario Improv
- Brea Improv
- Irvine Improv
- Mattress Firm Ampitheater
- Pacific Ampitheater
- Hollywood Palladium
- House Of Blues Sunset Strip
- House Of Blues Anaheim
- New House Of Blues Anaheim
- SOMA
- The Observatory
- Planet Hollywood Theater
- Shrine Auditorium
- Kodak Theater

I'm sure there's more I'm forgetting but that's a lot.