I’d argue that LA Colosseum is not primarily remembered or known as a football/baseball multi used stadium. It’s well loved as a football/Olympic stadium.
I can't believe you forgot to mention the best multi-purpose stadium of all time--Rogers Centre, Toronto, Canada. Rogers Centre was the last of the cookie-cutter multi-purpose stadiums. The field-level seats on the baseball field are movable to create a rectangular field suitable for watching a football game. Previously, it was the home field for the Toronto Argonauts of the Canadien Football League. Additionally, the Buffalo Bills of the NFL played an annual game at the stadium as part of the Bills Toronto Series from 2008 to 2013. Rogers Centre was never a perfect fit for both baseball and football, but it is still the best multi-purpose stadium of all time. Also, there were two other U.S. multi-purpose stadiums that never had a major league baseball tenant. They are (1) Aloha Stadium in Honolulu, which opened in 1976, and (2) the New Orleans Caesars Superdome, which opened in 1975. Some major league teams played exhibition games at Aloha Stadium and at the New Orleans Superdome, but no official regular season major league games were ever played in those two facilities.
It’s not a multi purpose stadium anymore. When they installed the dirt infield in 2016, it removed the ability for the lower bowl seats to be shifted for football.
The only one that actually worked for both sports was Mile High Stadium in Denver. The worst had to be Oakland Coliseum and Atlanta Stadium. Oakland's conversion process was the worst ever devised.
BC Place stadium in Vancouver was originally multipurpose. Several MLB preseason games were played there in the 80s and 90s in addition to CFL and NFL games.
Hot take: I actually liked the Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome. Sitting up in the left-field nosebleeds with a Dome Dog in one hand and a Budweiser in the other was a classic ballpark experience.
I never went to the Dome for a baseball game, but I did go there for several football games (and other events like Supercross). While it may have been pretty basic, I'll always have fond memories of it.
Maybe it makes the most sense to think of multipurpose as an era, rather than a type of stadium. On the one hand, it's not clear why your list should exclude Wrigley (which the Bears and Cubs shared for 50 seasons) but include LA Coliseum (which the Dodgers and Rams shared for only four seasons.) MOST of the jewel box MLB parks hosted NFL at some point (Wrigley, Comiskey, Tiger Stadium, Forbes, Shibe, League Park, Ebbets ...) but they were all older than the NFL, so they couldn't have been built with pro football in mind. Maybe you can say that the "multipurpose era" really begins with Cleveland Municipal Stadium which opened in 1932, and it ended with Camden Yards (1992) which was clearly intended to be baseball-only.
I loved Atlanta Fulton County Stadium! It was a joyful atmosphere. The Braves of the 90’s helped overshadowed the looks of the stadium. It got very loud when fans war chanted and did the tomahawk chop.
It was bad for football - 50 yard line seats were at a minimum 40 yards from the sidelines. Too much foul territory for baseball. With that said si have great memories of attending games there.
6:27 It's strange seeing how different that area looked 60-70 years ago, considering that it's all built up today (with the Mall of America at the site of the stadium).
Would love to see a video addressing how the old multi-purpose stadiums dealt with the problem of reconfiguring the playing field for baseball and football. I know some stadiums had retractable seats while other ones had whole sections of seating that moved on wheels to re-position. These modifications also affected overall seating capacity.
It was hideous, cold and miserable but Exhibition stadium holds such great memories between Grey Cups, 85' Blue Jays and the biggest concerts of the summer during the Ex.
You ranked The Stick number 2? The only ballpark where you could get a sunburn and frostbite during the same game. Busch, when it had Astroturf, often got searingly hot. There was an NBC game of the week (against the Dodgers, IIRC) during the mid 1980s when it was so hot on the field that every camera, except the one upper deck cam that was meant to record base runners on first and second, burned out. After about the third inning, that was the only angle for the rest of the game. Qualcomm, before they built the upper deck beyond right field, always had a very comfortable, cooling breeze flowing through the stadium. And if they were intending to tear down the Oakland Coliseum anyway, the city should have started with Mount Davis after the Raiders left for Vegas. At least the A's would have a better venue until their stadium deal was settled.
When I was a kid, I really looked forward to the Pirates playing in the Astrodome. It was the first stadium with an animated scoreboard, and the Pirates broadcast would often show the animations. It made me really look forward to Three Rivers Stadium after I learned that the Pirates were going to build it.
The Pirates played their home games at 3 Rivers Stadium back in those days but when they got to play some games at the Astrodome it wasn t their home field They were one of the visiting teams
I have a lot of fond memories of seeing games in the Kingdome. Everyone from other cities constantly told us how terrible it was, but there was a kind of atmosphere that the Kingdome had that T-Mobile and Lumen lack.
They built so many of these back in the 60s and 70s. They didn't turn out to be as economical as they thought they would be. It took a crew of 200 workers 12 hours to convert the field from baseball to football and back. It turned out to be just as economical to give both your baseball and football team their own stadium.
Good list and pretty agreeable. I grew up in St. Louis and went to quite a few Cardinals games; both baseball and football. It wasn't until 1996 that they took all the outfield seats out and replaced the turf for grass. Before then, it was very much like the other cookie cutters but they did sell out a lot for baseball. Quite a scene with that place packed for a world series and loud as heck. One other thing....the Astrodome was so much better before they added the upper deck outfield seats. It was one big ass scoreboard from foul pole to foul pole and had very memorable graphics during Astros and Oilers games.
I'm confused why you included Exhibition Stadium, but not Rogers Centre/Skydome? Especially because it was designed for both football and baseball. The EX was a football stadium that they just slapped baseball onto.
Some of these were built before 1070 and seats were added while plans were made for new stadiums. Having been to the Met in Minny and CNE in Toronto I never had an issie with them. I also loved football being played over infields back in the day. The new stadiums are just as cold as the ones you criticize side note....I loved being in the elements, wheter playing or spectating
This was actually great video - way better than i expected it to be. Ill have to show it to my dad as he loves talking about how many of these old stadiums were complete DUMPS LOL
I have been sat watch baseball games in some of those stadiums. I saw MLB games at Busch Stadium Olympic Stadium and growing up around Philly the Vet. I have watch Orange Bowl game in Miami Iowa vs GA Tech. I feel old
Memorial Stadium, Baltimore, MD: ”The House of Magic” of the 70’s early 80’s (Orioles Baseball) and “The World’s Largest Outdoor Insane Asylum” as named by the old B-more Colts opponents of yesteryear due to how LOUD the place was at that time to play in, long may she be in the cherished memories of so many. Holy ground that old place was.
Mile High Stadium. Look into it. It’s #1 Also left off Anaheim Stadium and Skydome And I know it didn’t host any major pro teams (just pro bowl and a AAA team) but Aloha stadium was one of the more unique multipurpose stadiums. Would have been fun to rank as a wild card
I'm shocked the Vet wasn't last...it's problem was that it was bad for both sports. If you sat in the upper deck in the outfield, you couldn't see if balls were home runs or not. If you sat up there in the endzones for football, you couldn't see the endzones. Then there was the 100 Level seats that were good for baseball but useless for football.
I actually enjoyed sitting in the 600 level for football! Was an amazing atmosphere. Obviously towards the end, the issue with the turf and overall maintenance was terrible. But was great in the 70’s into the 80’s
Cinergy Field / Riverfront Stadium actually was better at the end when they removed the outfield sections because they got more natural light, and they installed natural grass.
The L.A. colosseum was never intended on being multipurpose, it was only the home of the dodgers for 2 years while dodger stadium was being built in the late 50’s
Not defending Three Rivers at all. It was a concert monster. But as a kid going to many games in the 1970s I was at a good number of games where the upper deck was fairly full. I think it originally held around 54,000. I know i was at one with more than 50,000 people and quite a few games with 45,000 +. And it was nothing to have 35,000 people there. Night games 20,000-30,000 was common. But the Pirates were a great team from the late 1960s to the early 80s. Always in the mix. It was a joke when they covered seats. Made no sense. .. I usually sat in the lower outfield seats. . except for some of those higher attendance games. The complete outfield both lower and upper deck was general admission. .so first in got the best seats... I believe when the stadium opened youth general admission was $.65 adult was $2.50. It was like that for a while.. it went up to $1,00 for youth in the mid 1970s. Later in the Late 1980s. The lower outfield became reserved.
To be fair, the upper deck in the Astrodome didn't encompass the entire stadium until the late 1980's. It was added because their total capacity for football was under 50k and they had the smallest stadium in the league.
The Astrodome had an awesome graphics board before the expanded seating was installed. It was cool when I visited MinuteMaid Park they gave homage to the old Astrodome Home Run animation
Enjoyed Memorial Stadium..the stadium was tall and massive..the light towers even more so. Great times in late 70s..Orioles packed over 50,000 on many ocassions. Oriole Park has never been loud like MS...
Totally agree! The House of Magic! May have officially moved home plate to Camden Yards when it opened, but The Magic remained on 33rd Street for sure. Long since gone but those memories remain. “There’s a thundering roar from 34…” Wild Bill and that cheer…😊
This is the first time I heard you talk about the Oakland Coliseum and mention the OLD true Oakland Coliseum pre-Mt Davis. THAT was a FAR better stadium for both sports and most people's memories of the great years in the 1970s of Oakland A's and Oakland Raiders came from that era. It was fantastic. Just once I'd like to see you post a picture of the pre-1995 Oakland Coliseum in baseball season looking out toward the Oakland hills. You are correct-Mt Davis was a colossal tragic mistake of the most epic proportions.
Did you ever actually see a game in these stadiums? I went to Riverfront and Fulton Co stadiums to watch baseball, not to soak in visual imitations of old ballparks. There wasn't a bad seat in most of these. Sightlines were good. Nobody cared where they watched the Big Red Machine in the mid-70s.
You Forgot the SkyDome in Toronto. It was used for CFL Football along with MLB Baseball from its opening until 2015. Another venue that could qualify for this would be BC Place in Vancouver. Broaden your horizons bru to the rest of North America (including our Mexican cousins as well) and you will have an plethora of further DG content to push out for us masses. Cheers.
One of the problems with the “Cookie Cutter” stadiums was that they all had artificial turf and that was murder on player’s knees not to mention “Turf Toe”
@@bkachief the only time Shea was used for something other than baseball aside from the occasional concert was when the Jets used it, other than that, it was mostly the home of the Mets
My favorite Cookie Cutter Stadium ist RFK and second Shae Stadium. They look different than the others. Riverfront looks better than the Metro in Minnesota or the old Baltimore one...
One thing is for certain, the current Busch Stadium is much better than the previous Busch Stadium. I never liked the concrete ashtray era of sports in general.
Mine as well!!! I was 15 min away from it as a kid and went to MANY PADRE GAMES. RIP TONY GWYNN. Used to love the quick access to it off the 15 freeway from my childhood house in Poway. Would show up at the murph at 3-4pm for batting practice then watch the game then stay after for autographs if we were lucky enough to catch them on their way to the bus.
The Indians sucked back then. I still have fantasies of the 95 season at Municial Stadium. The team came off of 40 years of sucking and that place would have been packing in 50,000+ for most games and probably 70k during the post season
Exhibition Stadium was so named for its location, near the grounds of the Canadian National Exhibition (basically our equivalent to a State Fairgrounds). Yes it was a poor fit for the Jays but saying the name is ridiculous is like saying Nashville Fairgrounds Speedway has a stupid name.
I thought Three Rivers stood out among the other cookie cutters because it had the best organist. But growing up and going to games for 30 plus years at Shea Stadium, you can understand my bias when it comes to this ranking.
The grandstand part of Exhibition Stadium (the part with the roof) must of had 1 woman washroom, I remember seeing women lined up from 1 end to another waiting for 4 innings to take a leak, it was also windy and cold in April because it was beside the lake and there was a lot of bleachers, the stands by the 1st and 3rd baselines were super close to the field
Exhibition Stadium was a football stadium built in the 50's. They put in turf in the 60's after the "Mud Bowl" Grey Cup. In 1977 the first opening day was played in the snow. They did not dare to postpone against the Cubs. They would have had a riot on their hands. It was actually very good for the fans in the baseball stands. The only redeeming thing about the covered grandstand was the tickets were only 25 cents. It was truly awful for the players because of the domed field for football and the terrible first generation Astroturf on top of ashfalt.
I agree with having the polo grounds at 1 for the legendary status of the stadium, but in my opinion no stadium fit football and baseball as good as shea stadium. Look up a picture of when the Jets played there and you’ll understand my take. I have not seen a stadium fit both sports that well.
This life long baseball and football enthusiast enjoyed getting to see even the Polo Grounds listed! This will make you really laugh; but could you ever do stadiums ever in use for pro ball along with their stories alongs with the teams that considered them home? Yeah, I know... ...HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!
Cleveland Municipal Stadium - “the center field bleacher section was not used for football” …. WTF? That was the original Dawg Pound, home of the true Browns die hards. I assure you it was used, and very loudly, for football.
I don't think he said that but it was an awkward and unclear transition from talking about baseball to football. "...the center field bleacher section was not used.... ... For football..."
Your list is good EXCEPT for #2. You CLEARLY have never been a 49ers game at the Stick. If you were unfortunate to sit in the Red and Gold Section, which is the section that wraps around the visitors' side bleachers you could only see half of the field. So to see the other half of the field you had to turn around and look at the smaller of two jumbotrons in order to see what was happening on the other side. The restrooms were ridiculously tight too and heaven help the visiting team and the walk they had to get to the field from the locker room.
To be fair, not many people know about the last 3 being multi purpose. Skydome on the other hand was the last true cookie cutter and is also the best of the bunch. I’m glad it’s getting renovated instead of replaced
I think the Original Yankee Stadium should be on this list. Home to the NY Football Giants after the Polo Grounds up until the renovation of 73. And the Trop, was home to the Lightning before the Rays came to existence.
Looking at the three different phases of Anaheim Stadium, it's hard to believe it's still the same stadium. By comparison, Dodger Stadium's appearance has hardly changed at all.
Ik most people hate on it, it had alot of bad seats, and was a str8 up icebox, but im a lifelong browns fan and ive never met an older fan that didn't absolutely love cleveland municipal. something about that stadium's energy was just special and new browns stadium just can't recreate it
Not everyone’s a stadium guru and not everyone has a good memory so it would be nice to know which teams played at these stadiums. Yes some are obvious and yes all might be obvious to some people, but for your average joe most people won’t know who or what is playing there
The Polo Grounds was horrible for baseball 1. Too much foul territory. 2. Over 50% of the seats were in the outfield. 3. The outfield seats were not directed to the infield. Of the cookie cookie cutters Atlanta was the worst. The football field went from foul to foul pole leaving the home plate seats at the 50 yard line. Thus means that the allegedly best seats were a minimum of 40 yards from the sidelines. The original Yankee Stadium was originally designed as a multi-purpose stadium. When it opened it even had a running track. From the stand point of being able to accommodate baseball and football with acceptable sight lines for both sports the best were probably Kansas City and Baltimore and the worst were Atlanta, Minnesota, and Oakland (check out the amount of foul territory).
I’d argue that LA Colosseum is not primarily remembered or known as a football/baseball multi used stadium. It’s well loved as a football/Olympic stadium.
A nascar track
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I can't believe you forgot to mention the best multi-purpose stadium of all time--Rogers Centre, Toronto, Canada. Rogers Centre was the last of the cookie-cutter multi-purpose stadiums. The field-level seats on the baseball field are movable to create a rectangular field suitable for watching a football game. Previously, it was the home field for the Toronto Argonauts of the Canadien Football League. Additionally, the Buffalo Bills of the NFL played an annual game at the stadium as part of the Bills Toronto Series from 2008 to 2013. Rogers Centre was never a perfect fit for both baseball and football, but it is still the best multi-purpose stadium of all time.
Also, there were two other U.S. multi-purpose stadiums that never had a major league baseball tenant. They are (1) Aloha Stadium in Honolulu, which opened in 1976, and (2) the New Orleans Caesars Superdome, which opened in 1975. Some major league teams played exhibition games at Aloha Stadium and at the New Orleans Superdome, but no official regular season major league games were ever played in those two facilities.
It’s not a multi purpose stadium anymore. When they installed the dirt infield in 2016, it removed the ability for the lower bowl seats to be shifted for football.
@HairySon92 considering that a bunch of stadiums on this list no longer exist, that shouldn't disqualify the Rogers Centre
The only one that actually worked for both sports was Mile High Stadium in Denver. The worst had to be Oakland Coliseum and Atlanta Stadium. Oakland's conversion process was the worst ever devised.
BC Place stadium in Vancouver was originally multipurpose. Several MLB preseason games were played there in the 80s and 90s in addition to CFL and NFL games.
SkyDome and Anaheim Stadium were pretty big misses.
SkyDome/Rogers Centre had MLB, CFL and NBA plus everything else.
Hot take: I actually liked the Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome. Sitting up in the left-field nosebleeds with a Dome Dog in one hand and a Budweiser in the other was a classic ballpark experience.
Me too! So many great memories in the giant inflatable 😅
I never went to the Dome for a baseball game, but I did go there for several football games (and other events like Supercross). While it may have been pretty basic, I'll always have fond memories of it.
@@gabingston3430 It was pretty bad for baseball but, nostalgic wise, I have so many great memories.
Every baseball player hated that place.
Maybe it makes the most sense to think of multipurpose as an era, rather than a type of stadium. On the one hand, it's not clear why your list should exclude Wrigley (which the Bears and Cubs shared for 50 seasons) but include LA Coliseum (which the Dodgers and Rams shared for only four seasons.) MOST of the jewel box MLB parks hosted NFL at some point (Wrigley, Comiskey, Tiger Stadium, Forbes, Shibe, League Park, Ebbets ...) but they were all older than the NFL, so they couldn't have been built with pro football in mind. Maybe you can say that the "multipurpose era" really begins with Cleveland Municipal Stadium which opened in 1932, and it ended with Camden Yards (1992) which was clearly intended to be baseball-only.
I loved Atlanta Fulton County Stadium! It was a joyful atmosphere. The Braves of the 90’s helped overshadowed the looks of the stadium. It got very loud when fans war chanted and did the tomahawk chop.
It was bad for football - 50 yard line seats were at a minimum 40 yards from the sidelines. Too much foul territory for baseball.
With that said si have great memories of attending games there.
Beautiful stadium
@@CGAWFA WoW! No wonder spectators bought binoculars to the games.
Not only, as mentioned by others, was Anaheim Stadium mentioned. It was another stadium that received a massive renovation to remove seats.
6:27 It's strange seeing how different that area looked 60-70 years ago, considering that it's all built up today (with the Mall of America at the site of the stadium).
No skydome/Rogers Centre?
You should do this with the NHL and NBA arenas too
RFK's bleachers that moved on the railroad tracks... they bounced. Looked amazing on TV. Was fun to be in at a game.
Would love to see a video addressing how the old multi-purpose stadiums dealt with the problem of reconfiguring the playing field for baseball and football. I know some stadiums had retractable seats while other ones had whole sections of seating that moved on wheels to re-position. These modifications also affected overall seating capacity.
so no rogers centre?
It was hideous, cold and miserable but Exhibition stadium holds such great memories between Grey Cups, 85' Blue Jays and the biggest concerts of the summer during the Ex.
You ranked The Stick number 2? The only ballpark where you could get a sunburn and frostbite during the same game.
Busch, when it had Astroturf, often got searingly hot. There was an NBC game of the week (against the Dodgers, IIRC) during the mid 1980s when it was so hot on the field that every camera, except the one upper deck cam that was meant to record base runners on first and second, burned out. After about the third inning, that was the only angle for the rest of the game.
Qualcomm, before they built the upper deck beyond right field, always had a very comfortable, cooling breeze flowing through the stadium.
And if they were intending to tear down the Oakland Coliseum anyway, the city should have started with Mount Davis after the Raiders left for Vegas. At least the A's would have a better venue until their stadium deal was settled.
Yeah, someone hasn't been to one of those night games at the Stick. In extra innings.
I think Busch stadium looked really good after the renovations and conversion to grass.
Great ballpark today for sure.
I agree
When I was a kid, I really looked forward to the Pirates playing in the Astrodome. It was the first stadium with an animated scoreboard, and the Pirates broadcast would often show the animations. It made me really look forward to Three Rivers Stadium after I learned that the Pirates were going to build it.
The Pirates played their home games at 3 Rivers Stadium back in those days but when they got to play some games at the Astrodome it wasn t their home field
They were one of the visiting teams
u forgot the rogers centre - also if your not ranking yankee stadium why rank cleveland
My dad was in the centerfield seats, eight rows from where Willie Mays made “the catch” in the 1954 World Series. He loved the Polo Grounds.
I have a lot of fond memories of seeing games in the Kingdome. Everyone from other cities constantly told us how terrible it was, but there was a kind of atmosphere that the Kingdome had that T-Mobile and Lumen lack.
They built so many of these back in the 60s and 70s. They didn't turn out to be as economical as they thought they would be. It took a crew of 200 workers 12 hours to convert the field from baseball to football and back. It turned out to be just as economical to give both your baseball and football team their own stadium.
What about Mile High Stadium Denver?
Originally built as a minor league baseball stadium
@@rand479m5 Yup, it was a baseball stadium before it was a football stadium.
Mile High was nice, how they had a whole section of the seats move hydraulically
Good list and pretty agreeable. I grew up in St. Louis and went to quite a few Cardinals games; both baseball and football. It wasn't until 1996 that they took all the outfield seats out and replaced the turf for grass. Before then, it was very much like the other cookie cutters but they did sell out a lot for baseball. Quite a scene with that place packed for a world series and loud as heck.
One other thing....the Astrodome was so much better before they added the upper deck outfield seats. It was one big ass scoreboard from foul pole to foul pole and had very memorable graphics during Astros and Oilers games.
I'm confused why you included Exhibition Stadium, but not Rogers Centre/Skydome? Especially because it was designed for both football and baseball. The EX was a football stadium that they just slapped baseball onto.
Didn't a lot of baseball players lose sight of flyballs / pop-ups in the Metrodome because of the white roof?
Some of these were built before 1070 and seats were added while plans were made for new stadiums. Having been to the Met in Minny and CNE in Toronto I never had an issie with them. I also loved football being played over infields back in the day. The new stadiums are just as cold as the ones you criticize side note....I loved being in the elements, wheter playing or spectating
This was actually great video - way better than i expected it to be. Ill have to show it to my dad as he loves talking about how many of these old stadiums were complete DUMPS LOL
But they did have character.
I think LA Colosseum should be a bit high since the product of nascar racing there has been great
I have been sat watch baseball games in some of those stadiums. I saw MLB games at Busch Stadium Olympic Stadium and growing up around Philly the Vet. I have watch Orange Bowl game in Miami Iowa vs GA Tech. I feel old
The Vet actually had fountains in the outfield along with Phil and Philis statues when it first opened
Love those Rank videos!
I really liked RFK stadium 🏟️ and Fulton County Stadium, because they had natural grass and the overall design.👍
I might not agree with your rankings but this was great nostalgia.
Memorial Stadium, Baltimore, MD: ”The House of Magic” of the 70’s early 80’s (Orioles Baseball) and “The World’s Largest Outdoor Insane Asylum” as named by the old B-more Colts opponents of yesteryear due to how LOUD the place was at that time to play in, long may she be in the cherished memories of so many. Holy ground that old place was.
This guy is the coolest guy around. The way he expresses his opinions are absolutely hilarious.
So many factual errors tho 😮
Finally you included my hometown stadium that doesn’t exist, Milwaukee County Stadium!
I’m going to rank every depressed ginger video
Mile High Stadium. Look into it. It’s #1
Also left off Anaheim Stadium and Skydome
And I know it didn’t host any major pro teams (just pro bowl and a AAA team) but Aloha stadium was one of the more unique multipurpose stadiums. Would have been fun to rank as a wild card
I'm shocked the Vet wasn't last...it's problem was that it was bad for both sports. If you sat in the upper deck in the outfield, you couldn't see if balls were home runs or not. If you sat up there in the endzones for football, you couldn't see the endzones. Then there was the 100 Level seats that were good for baseball but useless for football.
I actually enjoyed sitting in the 600 level for football! Was an amazing atmosphere. Obviously towards the end, the issue with the turf and overall maintenance was terrible. But was great in the 70’s into the 80’s
Cinergy Field / Riverfront Stadium actually was better at the end when they removed the outfield sections because they got more natural light, and they installed natural grass.
The L.A. colosseum was never intended on being multipurpose, it was only the home of the dodgers for 2 years while dodger stadium was being built in the late 50’s
I would also throw in Mile High Stadium and Aloha Stadium for consideration in rankings.
It’s by far the best conversion method/setup. It’s actually a shame it only got MLB for a year and a half. Had AAA for a long time though
Not defending Three Rivers at all. It was a concert monster. But as a kid going to many games in the 1970s I was at a good number of games where the upper deck was fairly full. I think it originally held around 54,000. I know i was at one with more than 50,000 people and quite a few games with 45,000 +. And it was nothing to have 35,000 people there. Night games 20,000-30,000 was common. But the Pirates were a great team from the late 1960s to the early 80s. Always in the mix. It was a joke when they covered seats. Made no sense. .. I usually sat in the lower outfield seats. . except for some of those higher attendance games. The complete outfield both lower and upper deck was general admission. .so first in got the best seats... I believe when the stadium opened youth general admission was $.65 adult was $2.50. It was like that for a while.. it went up to $1,00 for youth in the mid 1970s. Later in the Late 1980s. The lower outfield became reserved.
A sports venue like Candlestick Park would have been perfectly fine if it was actually remodeled for San Francisco 49ers!
To be fair, the upper deck in the Astrodome didn't encompass the entire stadium until the late 1980's. It was added because their total capacity for football was under 50k and they had the smallest stadium in the league.
The Astrodome had an awesome graphics board before the expanded seating was installed. It was cool when I visited MinuteMaid Park they gave homage to the old Astrodome Home Run animation
@@donkraemer50 yup, and still sing “Deep in the Heart of Texas” for the 7th inning stretch.
Enjoyed Memorial Stadium..the stadium was tall and massive..the light towers even more so. Great times in late 70s..Orioles packed over 50,000 on many ocassions. Oriole Park has never been loud like MS...
Totally agree! The House of Magic! May have officially moved home plate to Camden Yards when it opened, but The Magic remained on 33rd Street for sure.
Long since gone but those memories remain. “There’s a thundering roar from 34…” Wild Bill and that cheer…😊
the Kingdome was epic, indoor baseball is something you have to experience just once
Great video. But I don't understand why la coliseum is on the list and angels stadium isn't.
The current Yankee Stadium is multi purpose. It hosts MLB, MLS, College Football, & Concerts.
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This is the first time I heard you talk about the Oakland Coliseum and mention the OLD true Oakland Coliseum pre-Mt Davis. THAT was a FAR better stadium for both sports and most people's memories of the great years in the 1970s of Oakland A's and Oakland Raiders came from that era. It was fantastic. Just once I'd like to see you post a picture of the pre-1995 Oakland Coliseum in baseball season looking out toward the Oakland hills. You are correct-Mt Davis was a colossal tragic mistake of the most epic proportions.
Did you ever actually see a game in these stadiums? I went to Riverfront and Fulton Co stadiums to watch baseball, not to soak in visual imitations of old ballparks. There wasn't a bad seat in most of these. Sightlines were good. Nobody cared where they watched the Big Red Machine in the mid-70s.
You Forgot the SkyDome in Toronto. It was used for CFL Football along with MLB Baseball from its opening until 2015. Another venue that could qualify for this would be BC Place in Vancouver. Broaden your horizons bru to the rest of North America (including our Mexican cousins as well) and you will have an plethora of further DG content to push out for us masses. Cheers.
Surprised he included Montreal but not Toronto.
One of the problems with the “Cookie Cutter” stadiums was that they all had artificial turf and that was murder on player’s knees not to mention “Turf Toe”
Not the Oakland Coliseum Real Grass Man
@@ketchythegreat2096 I’ll give you that one but Riverfront, Three Rivers, and the others were all career killers
Shea didn’t have turf either
@@bkachief the only time Shea was used for something other than baseball aside from the occasional concert was when the Jets used it, other than that, it was mostly the home of the Mets
My favorite Cookie Cutter Stadium ist RFK and second Shae Stadium. They look different than the others. Riverfront looks better than the Metro in Minnesota or the old Baltimore one...
Loved Shea. While Citi Field is beautiful, many Mets fans miss Shea and still considerate it the home of the Mets.
Wow that proposed Three River Stadium 😂
So where does the Rogers Centre rank? You put Exhibition stadium but not the Rogers Centre?
Candlestick Park's movable right field seats had a "Kop" look to it, even though it was not in the end zone. About the only thing interesting there.
What about Skydome(Rogers Centre) in Toronto or BC Place in Vancouver?
One thing is for certain, the current Busch Stadium is much better than the previous Busch Stadium. I never liked the concrete ashtray era of sports in general.
The Murph was my childhood stadium.
Mine as well!!! I was 15 min away from it as a kid and went to MANY PADRE GAMES. RIP TONY GWYNN. Used to love the quick access to it off the 15 freeway from my childhood house in Poway. Would show up at the murph at 3-4pm for batting practice then watch the game then stay after for autographs if we were lucky enough to catch them on their way to the bus.
@anthonyanaya3490 I lived in the south bay, very close to a trolley, so I use to take that to padre games with my dad.
1990 went to a Jays / Indians series in Cleveland. Around 6,000 fans in a ballpark that seats over 70,000.
The Indians sucked back then. I still have fantasies of the 95 season at Municial Stadium. The team came off of 40 years of sucking and that place would have been packing in 50,000+ for most games and probably 70k during the post season
Three Rivers had the Allegheny Club. Well before it’s time and iconic views down the first base side. Set it well apart from its peers.
Exhibition Stadium was so named for its location, near the grounds of the Canadian National Exhibition (basically our equivalent to a State Fairgrounds). Yes it was a poor fit for the Jays but saying the name is ridiculous is like saying Nashville Fairgrounds Speedway has a stupid name.
I thought Three Rivers stood out among the other cookie cutters because it had the best organist.
But growing up and going to games for 30 plus years at Shea Stadium, you can understand my bias when it comes to this ranking.
The grandstand part of Exhibition Stadium (the part with the roof) must of had 1 woman washroom, I remember seeing women lined up from 1 end to another waiting for 4 innings to take a leak, it was also windy and cold in April because it was beside the lake and there was a lot of bleachers, the stands by the 1st and 3rd baselines were super close to the field
Excretion Stadium was another nickname for it.
Exhibition Stadium was a football stadium built in the 50's. They put in turf in the 60's after the "Mud Bowl" Grey Cup. In 1977 the first opening day was played in the snow. They did not dare to postpone against the Cubs. They would have had a riot on their hands. It was actually very good for the fans in the baseball stands. The only redeeming thing about the covered grandstand was the tickets were only 25 cents. It was truly awful for the players because of the domed field for football and the terrible first generation Astroturf on top of ashfalt.
It was a Chicago team, but it was the White Sox. No interleague play at that time. 9-5 win.
@@chrisdolson4840 Oops. You are absolutely right. I don't know how the Cubs got into my brain.
I agree with having the polo grounds at 1 for the legendary status of the stadium, but in my opinion no stadium fit football and baseball as good as shea stadium. Look up a picture of when the Jets played there and you’ll understand my take. I have not seen a stadium fit both sports that well.
This life long baseball and football enthusiast enjoyed getting to see even the Polo Grounds listed!
This will make you really laugh; but could you ever do stadiums ever in use for pro ball along with their stories alongs with the teams that considered them home?
Yeah, I know...
...HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!
Cleveland Municipal Stadium - “the center field bleacher section was not used for football” …. WTF? That was the original Dawg Pound, home of the true Browns die hards. I assure you it was used, and very loudly, for football.
I don't think he said that but it was an awkward and unclear transition from talking about baseball to football. "...the center field bleacher section was not used.... ... For football..."
I miss The Vet in Philadelphia, was just a simple nice stadium 🏟️ with good food 🥘
I dispise the St. Louis Cardinals, but they had some really nice stadiums over the years
RFK 17? You got to be kidding me. It's the only one with a unique roof design and the seats bounced!
Mass wall of seating! 😅
Your list is good EXCEPT for #2. You CLEARLY have never been a 49ers game at the Stick. If you were unfortunate to sit in the Red and Gold Section, which is the section that wraps around the visitors' side bleachers you could only see half of the field. So to see the other half of the field you had to turn around and look at the smaller of two jumbotrons in order to see what was happening on the other side. The restrooms were ridiculously tight too and heaven help the visiting team and the walk they had to get to the field from the locker room.
So you left our Skydome, BC Place, the Superdome, Aloha Stadium
To be fair, not many people know about the last 3 being multi purpose. Skydome on the other hand was the last true cookie cutter and is also the best of the bunch. I’m glad it’s getting renovated instead of replaced
I never noticed the massive rail yard next to the polo grounds.
How come there's nothing about the SkyDome that's currently in use?
I think the Original Yankee Stadium should be on this list. Home to the NY Football Giants after the Polo Grounds up until the renovation of 73. And the Trop, was home to the Lightning before the Rays came to existence.
Where is the SkyDome ?
Cool Video!
You forgot Angel Stadium. It looked like a carbon copy of Candlestick when the Rams played there.
Looking at the three different phases of Anaheim Stadium, it's hard to believe it's still the same stadium. By comparison, Dodger Stadium's appearance has hardly changed at all.
No Skydome (Rogers Centre)?
No Rogers Centre?
Great videos Ginger! Stop 🛑 being depressed!! 😅
I agree with this list especially the top 10
Ik most people hate on it, it had alot of bad seats, and was a str8 up icebox, but im a lifelong browns fan and ive never met an older fan that didn't absolutely love cleveland municipal. something about that stadium's energy was just special and new browns stadium just can't recreate it
Rank the MLS stadiums. Top 5 would be ATL, Nash, STL, LAFC, and Minn. The worst would be yankee stadium.
What about Anaheim stadium?
RFK Stadium was the greatest of all multipurpose stadiums
Missed Mile High stadium. A baseball stadium first, then football with MiLB til 1993 then baseball for two years with attendance records set
I love multi purpose fields and stadiums
No Yankee, Fenway, or Wrigley????
Not everyone’s a stadium guru and not everyone has a good memory so it would be nice to know which teams played at these stadiums. Yes some are obvious and yes all might be obvious to some people, but for your average joe most people won’t know who or what is playing there
Actually, it might have been fun to watch those right field home run balls in Exhibition Stadium roll on forever...and ever...and ever...
I loved all those stadiums. They all look like gladiator coliseums to me
Aloha Stadium? Hosted the NFL Pro Bowl, NFL Exhibition, WFL Team, MLB exhibition and a AAA team.
When do we see NBA building ranks?
The Polo Grounds was horrible for baseball
1. Too much foul territory.
2. Over 50% of the seats were in the outfield.
3. The outfield seats were not directed to the infield.
Of the cookie cookie cutters Atlanta was the worst. The football field went from foul to foul pole leaving the home plate seats at the 50 yard line. Thus means that the allegedly best seats were a minimum of 40 yards from the sidelines.
The original Yankee Stadium was originally designed as a multi-purpose stadium. When it opened it even had a running track.
From the stand point of being able to accommodate baseball and football with acceptable sight lines for both sports the best were probably Kansas City and Baltimore and the worst were Atlanta, Minnesota, and Oakland (check out the amount of foul territory).
The Blue Jays where horrible in 1977 to 1981 playing in that stadium. They where much better in the late 80's but the stadium was not.