What Sports Stadiums/Areas have you been to?

[Dru Edwards]

Wow - you might be the winner. We'll have to wait and see.

You've been to the Avenir Centre? My father had seasons tickets to the Moncton Golden Flames for a few years in the mid-80s so I saw about 100 games at the old Coliseum. Calgary Flames and Boston Bruins joint farm team.

Originally Posted by Everton FC

Ok. I'm in! Here's my list:

Shea Stadium (Mets/Jets)
Yankee Stadium (Yankees)
Madison Square Garden (Knicks/NIT/NCAA holiday basketball tournaments/concerts)
Michie Stadium (Army Football)
Gillis Field House (Army Men's basketball)
JFK Stadium/Philly (Army/Navy games)
Capital Centre (Washington Capitals)
RFK/Washington DC (Grateful Dead/June 1991)
The Meadowlands (Giants Football)
Sun Devil Stadium (Arizona State U football/Who 1982)
McHale Center (U of Arizona men's basketball)
Arizona Stadium (U of Arizona football - cool place/dorms inside stadium!)
Hi Corbett Field (U of Arizona Baseball)
Roy P. Drachman Track & Field Stadium (U of Arizona Track & Field)
The Old Checkerdome (St. Louis Blues Hockey)
Busch Memorial Stadium (St. Louis Cardinals)
Buccaneer Arena (Des Moines Buccaneers/USHL)
Iowa State University Ice Arena (ISU Hockey)
Kemper Arena (Kansas City - U of Kansas Hockey/Big 12 Basketball tournament/KC Blades hockey)
Memorial Stadium (U of Kansas Football)
Kaufmann Stadium (KC Royals)
Arrowhead Stadium (KC Chiefs)
Allen Fieldhouse (U of Kansas Basketball)
Bramlage Coliseum (Kansas State Basketball)
Camden Yards (Baltimore Orioles Baseball)
Tropicana Field (Tampa Rays Baseball)
Saddledome (Calgary Flames)
McMahon Stadium (Calgary Stampeders Football)
Father Bauer Arena (Calgary Royals/AJHL)
Sherwood Park Arena (Sherwood Park Crusaders/AJHL)
Avenir Centre (Moncton Wildcats/QMJHL)
Foothills Stadium (Calgary Cannons Baseball)

That was quite an exercise! Thanks for the thread - brought back some fond memories, and many a road trip!

[buddyhu]

Pacbell Park
Candlestick Park
Oakland Colliseum
Dodger Stadium (“Chavez Ravine”)
LA Colliseum
The Rose Bowl
Long Beach Arena
The Forum
Staples Center
Anaheim Stadium
Wrigley Field
Fenway Park
The Astrodome
Wherever the St. Louis Cardinals (football) were playing in 1986


And some college stadiums and arenas.

[Dru Edwards]

Originally Posted by Earl49

I'm not a big "go to the arena" kind of guy, and would rather watch on TV. So my limited list is:

Oakland Coliseum (XFL Invaders)
Lambeau Field (Packers game, from the sidelines as a photographer)
Candlestick Park (Giants, never could get 49's tickets, Joe Montana era)
Briggs Field (the old Tiger Stadium)
Joe Louis Arena (hockey tournament)
Michigan Speedway (NASCAR)
Michigan Stadium Ann Arbor (Ohio State game and others)

What a fantastic rivalry (although one sided the last few years) and crowd atmosphere at the OSU/Michigan games. 100,000+ people show up.

[chuckroast]

I think I can remember them all:

Football:
Arrowhead Stadium (Chiefs)
Memorial Stadium, Lincoln, NE (Cornhuskers)
Memorial Stadium, Lawrence, KS (Jayhawks)
Snyder Family Stadium, Manhattan, KS (KSU Wildcats)

Baseball:
Kaufmann Stadium (Royals)
Johnny Rosenblatt Field, Omaha, NE (CWS)
Metrodome, Minneapolis, MN

Motorsports:
Indianapolis Motor Speedway
Bristol Motor Speedway
Kansas Speedway
Texas Motor Speedway
Phoenix International Raceway
Pikes Peak International Raceway (no longer in existence)
Talledega Super Speedway
Darlington Raceway
The Milwaukee Mile
Heartland Park, Topeka, KS

[Everton FC]

Originally Posted by chuckroast

I think I can remember them all:

Football:
Arrowhead Stadium (Chiefs)
Memorial Stadium, Lincoln, NE (Cornhuskers)
Memorial Stadium, Lawrence, KS (Jayhawks)
Snyder Family Stadium, Manhattan, KS (KSU Wildcats)

Baseball:
Kaufmann Stadium (Royals)
Johnny Rosenblatt Field, Omaha, NE (CWS)
Metrodome, Minneapolis, MN

Motorsports:
Indianapolis Motor Speedway
Bristol Motor Speedway
Kansas Speedway
Texas Motor Speedway
Phoenix International Raceway
Pikes Peak International Raceway (no longer in existence)
Talledega Super Speedway
Darlington Raceway
The Milwaukee Mile
Heartland Park, Topeka, KS

I'd love to see Darlington, Talladega, and Bristol. Especially prior to the new NASCAR - back in the good ole' days, when they raced "Southern Style".

[Everton FC]

Originally Posted by Dru Edwards

Wow - you might be the winner. We'll have to wait and see.

You've been to the Avenir Centre? My father had seasons tickets to the Moncton Golden Flames for a few years in the mid-80s so I saw about 100 games at the old Coliseum. Calgary Flames and Boston Bruins joint farm team.

Yep. Been to the Avenir. Moncton hosted Chicoutimi. I drove w/a friend from Boston, to Moncton, via the Cape. Slept in our car (October - no lodging/off season) in Port Hood, home of Al Macinnes. Also got to cross the mighty Confederation Bridge into PEI. It was a glorious road trip! I still have both the Wildcats and Sagueneens pucks I got that night. Always had a soft spot for the Sagueneens!

Brett Hull play for the old Golden Flames. So did Randy Burridge, Bob Sweeney, Gary Roberts, Neil Sheehy, Bill Ranford, Pat Riggin... Your dad saw some good hockey back then - and plenty of scraps!

[Brucebubs]

- Melbourne Cricket Ground
- Adelaide Oval
- Adelaide F1 Grand Prix 1986
- Melbourne F1 Grand Prix 1998

[LyleGorch]

Connie Mack

[Dru Edwards]

Originally Posted by Everton FC

Yep. Been to the Avenir. Moncton hosted Chicoutimi. I drove w/a friend from Boston, to Moncton, via the Cape. Slept in our car (October - no lodging/off season) in Port Hood, home of Al Macinnes. Also got to cross the mighty Confederation Bridge into PEI. It was a glorious road trip! I still have both the Wildcats and Sagueneens pucks I got that night. Always had a soft spot for the Sagueneens!

Brett Hull play for the old Golden Flames. So did Randy Burridge, Bob Sweeney, Gary Roberts, Neil Sheehy, Bill Ranford, Pat Riggin... Your dad saw some good hockey back then - and plenty of scraps!

What a great trip! Yes, I went to 36 out of the 40 home games the season that Brett Hull become the first AHL rookie to score 50 goals in a season. Joel Otto was my favorite player and Mike Vernon was there as well. Yes, lots of fights and some bench clearing brawls back in those days.

[Mr. Paul]

Polo Grounds ... fence at the RF pole was 299 feet
Shea
Yankee Stadium
Chase Field. Phoenix ... '01 World Series
Mile High Stadium
Coors Field
Cyclone Stadium ( now Jack Trice Stadium) ISU
Memorial Stadium KU
Miche Stadium Army
Folsom Field CU
Ohio Stadium OSU

MSG current and former
McNichols Arena Denver
Pepsi Center Denver
Denver Coliseum
DU Arena
Hilton Coliseum. ISU
Joe Louis Arena Detroit
The Summit Houston
Brendan Byrne Arena (Meadowlands)
Minneapolis Auditorium

McNichols Arena in Denver was the most visited. Two years Avalanche season tix, one year Nuggets. DU hockey, Jethro Tull, The Who, Peter Gabriel, Plant/Page, Grateful Dead, Springsteen, Stones etc. etc.

Biggest dump was the Polo Grounds

[Everton FC]

Originally Posted by Mr. Paul

Polo Grounds ... fence at the RF pole was 299 feet
Shea
Yankee Stadium
Chase Field. Phoenix ... '01 World Series
Mile High Stadium
Coors Field
Cyclone Stadium ( now Jack Trice Stadium) ISU
Memorial Stadium KU
Miche Stadium Army
Folsom Field CU
Ohio Stadium OSU

MSG current and former
McNichols Arena Denver
Pepsi Center Denver
Denver Coliseum
DU Arena
Hilton Coliseum. ISU
Joe Louis Arena Detroit
The Summit Houston
Brendan Byrne Arena (Meadowlands)
Minneapolis Auditorium

McNichols Arena in Denver was the most visited. Two years Avalanche season tix, one year Nuggets. DU hockey, Jethro Tull, The Who, Peter Gabriel, Plant/Page, Grateful Dead, Springsteen, Stones etc. etc.

Biggest dump was the Polo Grounds

You seem to have traveled a similar path as I, from NY to "elsewheres"! When were you at Memorial Stadium/KU? That's my alma mater!

[Mr. Paul]

We did a road trip from Ames to Lawrence in October 1974. One fellow rented an RV and we stuffed it with as many students as we could. Overnighted in a Lawrence McDonald's parking lot.

ISU scored early and often

[Everton FC]

Originally Posted by Mr. Paul

We did a road trip from Ames to Lawrence in October 1974. One fellow rented an RV and we stuffed it with as many students as we could. Overnighted in a Lawrence McDonald's parking lot.

ISU scored early and often

Before my time at KU, but the Cyclones have scored early and often against KU, many times in the recent past. One fo the best basketball rivalries, still. I always liked the Cyclones - my son had both a KU and Iowa State t-shirt, as a little guy (he's 17 now). I kept both for my someday grandson! (my daughter's also wore both t-shirts, as my son grew!)