re: What's the most iconic stadium in American Sports?

LA Coliseum for me, has hosted two Olympics, pro football and baseball, and one of college football’s blue bloods. Also in an iconic American city

Honorable mentions:
Fenway
Wrigley
Rose Bowl
Lambeau
Indianapolis Motor Speedway (something to say for hosting the world’s biggest attended sporting event, arguably the biggest single auto race in the world, been going on since 1911, basically created and almost destroyed its own racing series, and also it hosts/has hosted NASCAR and the PGA tour FWIW)

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As for your point, Rose Bowl yes. Casual and non-sports fans know it from the parade and the Rose Bowl is a highly iconic American event that shares the name with the venue. Hard to overstate that when you're talking about recognition to non-sports folks.

I just think we're overestimating the number of people who pay attention to/can recall events in the Coliseum. The number of very casual and non-sports fans (and non-Californians) who could even name the Coliseum would be surprisingly low, I think. Honestly I think a lot of non-sports people would mistake it for the Rose Bowl, because they know the "Rose Bowl" name much better but would recognize the Coliseum as an LA-area venue.

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See I thought it would be the Coliseum with the Olympic history.

But with the Rose Bowl hosting Super Bowls, the Grandaddy of them all in CFB and the World Cup Final in 1994 and 1999...

I think you convinced me.

There's a reason the US picked the Rose Bowl to host the World Cup final in its first ever hosting of the World Cup.

I would say it trumps the Coliseum and Fenway.

It seems the most quintessential American stadium. Like, you wanna see what we're about to the international world, this is what we're about.

I'm going to ignore your thoughts that basketball arenas are not eligible because Allen Fieldhouse and Cameron Indoor are about as iconic as it gets.

In the South, I would argue Neyland Stadium is at the top of iconic sports venues. Neyland had 100k in the 90's long before the rest of the SEC thought facilities were all that important. Kids from California would commit to Tennessee just to get to play in Neyland.

The question basically has to exclude MSG because it’s far and away the most famous sports venue in the country.

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There's a reason the US picked the Rose Bowl to host the World Cup final in its first ever hosting of the World Cup

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I forgot to mention this earlier, but the Rose Bowl has a good shot at hosting the WC final again in 2026. It'll be there or the new Stadium in LA. Coliseum wasn't even on the list.

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Neyland had 100k in the 90's long before the rest of the SEC thought facilities were all that important.

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But the place was a dump for the fans.

Lots of historic games but I don't think 100k seating is reason enough for elite status.

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Rose Bowl
Wrigley
MSG
Fenway

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And as much as I hate to say it, I think LSU’s Tiger Stadium is the most iconic college football-only stadium.

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I think LSU’s Tiger Stadium is the most iconic college football-only stadium.

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Nope. Notre Dame or Michigan. LSU? Lmao

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Ugh I forgot they had that as part of the bid. Imagine the biggest game in the entire world taking place in f'n New Jersey

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Eh they’d have NYC right over the river.
No one would actually stay near MetLife
I’d rather MetLife easier for me to go