re: Visit all MLB stadiums bucket list

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Petco is definitely in my top 3 so far.

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Interesting the love for Petco here. I went and it was nice enough but of the parks I've been to I'd rate Pittsburg, San Fran and Coors field of the ballparks built during the rise of new park craze ahead of it...close race for the next spot between Minute Made and Petco for 4th in my ratings.

Now that's the newbies...still have Wrigley and Fenway ahead of all of them.

Stadiums I've been to:
Wrigley Field
Dodger Stadium
Coors Field
Minute Maid
Sky Dome

Regret not going to San Fransisco and San Diego when I visited those cities in the summertime.

Really would like it to make it to Fenway one day.

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I'm actively doing so. Been to 24 of the current 30 MLB ballparks plus 6 former ones.

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Very similar to me.

Usually see one MLB game per year; try to make it in a new ball park. Seen 16 current, plus 8 former ones. Seen or passed by another 8 current ones and 5 former or demolished one when they were still in around or in use (Baltimore Memorial, RFK, old Busch, Metrodome, Ballpark at Arlington).

My in-person attendance list:

Tropicana Field (4)
Safeco/T-Mobile Field (4)
Petco Park (2)
Dodger Stadium (2)
Enron/Minute Maid Park
Anaheim Stadium
Chase Field
Citifield
Fenway Park
Wrigley Field
O.co Stadium
AT&T Park
Comerica Park
PNC Park
Coors Field
Yankee Stadium (new)
Yankee Stadium (original-demolished)
Kingdome (demolished)
Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium (demolished)
Shea Stadium (demolished)
Veterans Stadium (demolished)
Candlestick Park (demolished)
Astrodome (defunct)
Turner Field (repurposed)

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I'm not anywhere close to seeing even half the stadiums, but I'm going to Pittsburgh in a couple weekends and really looking forward to that stadium (and the city in general).

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You will not be disappointed. I'd put PNC up against any other stadium in the majors. I have not been to many, but it's the nicest I have been to by a mile. I have been to a game there in the evening as the sun sets over the river, and it was nicer than any stadium I've seen on TV.

My list...
All 3 Houston stadiums
2 Texas stadiums
2 Yankee stadiums
Fenway
Baltimore
Washington
2 St Louis stadiums
Kansas City
Milwaukee
Wrigley
Denver
Seattle
Oakland
San Francisco
Dodger
San Diego
Arizona
Tampa Bay
Cleveland
Toronto

I have a good list of college stadiums too (just about everywhere LSU has played over the past 25 years plus most Texas stadiums...

My List...
Wrigley
Old Astrodome
Minute Maid
Old Yankee
Fenway
Petco
Coors
Citi-Field (Mets)
Philly
Washington D.C.
PNC (Pittsburg)
San Francisco

Next year I'm hoping to knock out Tampa Bay, St. Louis, Cincinnati, and maybe KC or Texas.

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Row 27 and higher on the 3rd base side (lower level) will have shade no more than 30 minutes into the game. Everything below 27 will get shade as the game goes along. Front rows on the field will have sun the entire game.

My season tickets are in row 27 and I usually have full shade by the end of the 1st inning

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Appreciate the info. Taking my 8 year old son. Of course he wants to sit as close to the field as possible. He wants to visit all MLB stadiums and he picked Petco this year. I’m gonna try and convince him to sit farther back.

Ive been to about half. i try to work in a nearby game around family vacations but its hard to do living in Louisiana. Some have new stadiums since ive been, so my goal is just to see a home game for each team.


Astros
Blue Jays
Braves
Cardinals
Cubs
Dodgers (tour only)
Giants
Mariners
Mets
Nationals
Orioles
Phillies
Rangers
Rays
Reds
Red Sox
Twins
Yankees

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So far: (Very sad list)
Wrigley
Miller Park
Minute Maid

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Right there with you. I've done Minute Maid and Toronto. And Montreal back when they had the Expos.

Had an opening to visit Tropicana Field this spring, but kids were tired from hiking Universal and didn't feel like making the late night Orlando to Tampa to Orlando round trip.

I've got the Oakland dump on my to-do list. Hoping to make it there before they leave town for good. Arlington is penciled in for next April. Otherwise, I want to watch games in Wrigley, Fenway, Yankee Stadium, and Oracle Park. And Green Bay, even though that's a different sport.

I read an article probably 20+ years ago about a dude who made like $1 million in the dotcom era. He did an early retirement, invested his money, lived in his car, and did a yearly 162 game tour of MLB. A different stadium every night. Bought the cheapest tickets, lived off McDonald's dollar menu. I don't have that level of commitment or the spouse who would allow it, but I'd like to get out and experience as many stadiums as possible.