Rating All 30 MLB Stadiums From Worst (Tropicana Subject) to Greatest

The beleaguered Coliseum, which, just like the Rays with their stadium, the A’s have been making an attempt to switch for years, is simply as charmless as Tropicana Subject. However not less than you possibly can benefit from the sunshine and the stadium is conveniently situated close to public transportation.

The house of the Angels is the fourth-oldest ballpark within the majors and hasn’t been renovated because the late ’90s. The way forward for the stadium is unsure after proprietor Arte Moreno tried to purchase it and the encompassing land from the town of Anaheim in a deal that fell by amid an FBI investigation into alleged corruption by the town’s mayor. The Angels may get a brand new stadium, or select to renovate the present one for the primary time because the Rams left city, however for now it’s a mediocre place to catch a sport.

Multipurpose stadiums aren’t the very best however not less than Toronto’s has a retractable roof and is situated downtown. The staff made extensive renovations through the 2022–23 offseason to make the stadium really feel extra like a baseball-only park, although, and followers will get their first have a look at the brand new design on April 11 with the Blue Jays’ house opener towards the Tigers. The solar shines properly on a gentle Canadian summer season day when the roof is open and, in the event you’re sitting in the best spot, you will get a very good view of the CN Tower.

There’s nothing particular about Detroit’s Stadium. The Tigers have been in want of an improve at the beginning of the millennium to switch the getting old Tiger Stadium, and Comerica actually is an enchancment. However there isn’t a lot to set it aside. 

Phoenix’s stadium is gigantic (48,405 seats, the third largest within the majors). When it’s packed and rocking prefer it was through the World Baseball Basic, that’s nice. However the Diamondbacks don’t constantly draw huge crowds (they ranked twenty first in attendance final season), so the stadium simply finally ends up feeling empty.

One other ho-hum retractable roof stadium. Bernie Brewer’s slide out in left-center is a nifty characteristic, although.

What are you able to say about Progressive Subject? No, severely. I’ve received nothing. 

A collection of renovations within the early 2000s lowered capability from greater than 47,000 to about 40,000, making the stadium really feel considerably extra intimate.

As a feat of engineering and structure, Minute Maid Park is de facto attention-grabbing. The ballpark was constructed across the former Union Station, with the previous practice station’s essential foyer serving as the doorway to the stadium. Apart from that, it isn’t a lot completely different from different stadiums with retractable roofs—and the Astros not often depart the roof open for video games.

This one would have been increased up the checklist if the Marlins hadn’t gotten rid of the house run sculpture.

A phrase of warning to any fan attending a day sport at Nationals Park throughout these scorching, muggy Washington, D.C., summers: watch out which facet of the stadium you sit on. In case your seat is within the solar on a day when it’s 90 levels out with D.C.’s notorious swampy humidity, not less than the concourses present a very good view of the sphere.

The house of the Royals is among the few ballparks within the majors that isn’t situated within the middle of a metropolis. There isn’t something to do earlier than or after a sport moreover wait in site visitors in your approach out of the parking zone to get on the interstate and go house. However give the Royals credit score for a $250 million renovation after the 2009 season that upgraded the getting old park. Switching the taking part in floor from synthetic turf to pure grass in 1996 additionally made it extra interesting. It’s one of many older stadiums nonetheless in use (in-built 1973) but it surely’s held up nicely.

It’s a very nice stadium, but it surely’d be higher if it hadn’t been constructed to this point outdoors the middle of the town.

MLB’s most valuable team doesn’t have essentially the most distinctive stadium, but it surely does have some cool options that assist set it aside from different ballparks constructed across the identical time. The present stadium stored the identical discipline dimensions as its predecessor, which is a pleasant nod to the staff’s historical past. For extra Yankees historical past, followers may take a look at Monument Park behind the centerfield wall.

After Fenway Park and Wrigley Subject, Dodger Stadium is the subsequent oldest ballpark within the majors. Whereas the ballpark at Chavez Ravine is way more fashionable than these 100-plus-year-old ones, it nonetheless has a sure mid-century allure that’s distinctive amongst at present’s stadiums. (A type of throwback quirks is the truth that the whole stadium isn’t wired for sound. Your entire PA system is a pair of speaker towers in middle discipline that was upgraded in 2020.) It’s value seeing not less than as soon as—so long as you possibly can courageous the site visitors.

Embedding the out-of-town scoreboard in the best discipline wall is a cool old-school contact. Utilizing bushes and shrubs to type the middle discipline batter’s eye is a artistic fashionable resolution.

The Rangers most likely didn’t have to construct a brand new stadium to switch the previous Globe Life Park, which wasn’t even 30 years outdated when it was changed in 2020, however Texas followers should be glad to have a retractable roof for these 100-degree days in July. The stadium seems to be stunning on the within. From the surface, although, it seems to be like an enormous airfryer.

The Reds’ stadium is pretty typical, aside from one very artistic characteristic. The grandstand has a gap in it alongside the third-base facet that permits followers to see downtown Cincinnati and folks within the metropolis to see into the ballpark. This stadium additionally will get bonus factors as a result of it’s even more homer-friendly than Coors Subject, and all people loves homers.

That view of the Gateway Arch is pretty much as good because it will get. 

The massive scoreboard in middle and the view of downtown over the left discipline wall make this a stupendous place to look at a sport.

The illuminated check in middle discipline that includes the Twins’ authentic brand (one participant representing Minneapolis, the opposite representing St. Paul, shaking palms over the Mississippi River) could be my favourite single ballpark characteristic within the majors.

That is the stadium that began the pattern of downtown, retro-inspired ballparks. It’s nonetheless one of many greats, however different stadiums have caught as much as it. The Orioles wish to make enhancements, although. They’re negotiating with government officials to make some renovations.

The seats in the best discipline higher deck have the very best view in the home—not of the sport, essentially, however of the solar setting over the Rocky Mountains within the distance.

I’ll give the ballpark in Queens an edge over the one within the Bronx though I’m a Yankees fan as a result of Citi Subject is only a higher place to look at a sport. For one factor, it has higher meals choices than the stadium throughout city. The perfect characteristic, although, could be the big concession space in middle discipline with loads of house to take pleasure in some meals earlier than the sport.

The outfield ivy is actually Wrigley’s most iconic characteristic, however the marquee and middle discipline scoreboard are equally memorable. You’re at all times surrounded by historical past at Wrigley. 

A downtown location and flawless Southern California climate? It doesn’t get a lot better than that.

It’s unimaginable to not really feel the historical past of Fenway Park when sitting in a seat there. Looking on the iconic inexperienced outfield wall you keep in mind moments like Bucky Dent’s 1978 house run or David Ortiz’s game-tying grand slam within the 2013 ALCS. However on the identical time, the stadium isn’t dated. The Purple Sox have performed an incredible job of modernizing it whereas retaining its historic allure.

How cool is it to have San Francisco Bay because the backdrop for a baseball discipline? Hardly any ballpark within the league can compete with that.

The one higher backdrop needs to be in Pittsburgh, with the town’s downtown, the Allegheny River and the 2 bridges painted in Pirates colours. It’s only a disgrace the franchise can’t discipline a successful staff.