USA TODAY: The Most Unique Fields In Sports

[voldawgforever]

Neyland checks in at #4!

The nine most unique fields in sports | For The Win

What a great list to be ranked in! Boom!!

 

[jspvol76]

USA today likes us....ESPN hates us.

 

[ShowSomePride]

Only #4?!

USA Today hates us.

 

[strongtower]

they would show us over half empty :ermm:

 

[TNVolunteerGrad]

Wish they would have provided rationale. Not complaining, but the checkerboard effect must have pushed us right between TD Garden and Minute Maid Park. Pretty neat to see. Go Vols!

 

[hohenfelsvol]

they would show us over half empty :ermm:

So is Wimbledon. Ours is pregame it appears

 

[VolFan4Life87]

Nice list; wish they did one on just college football stadiums. Boise St. is definitely unique. Not sure how I'd feel about playing on a blue field.

 

[golfballs]

Wish they would have provided rationale. Not complaining, but the checkerboard effect must have pushed us right between TD Garden and Minute Maid Park. Pretty neat to see. Go Vols!

It must be the orange and white checkerboard.

:td:

 

[TNVolunteerGrad]

It must be the orange and white checkerboard.

:td:

I mean, they are pretty sweet

 

[Rudy123]

they would show us over half empty :ermm:

It appears to me that the stadium is half full. Seems everyone is away from their seat at half time.

 

[wcm100690]

Outsiders may say it's "us" being bias but it truly is an amazing environment.

 

[fade route]

Didn't know the Roos played on a red field. From the stands, it must look like they're playing in hell.

 

[golfballs]

Didn't know the Roos played on a red field. From the stands, it must look like they're playing in hell.

wow, you have a post to like ratio close to 1.

:clapping:

 

[vol_in_ar]

Nice to be Top 5

 

[LordVOLdemort]

Dont get me wrong, I LOVE Neyland Stadium, but how is our field so unique? I mean the checkerboard endzones is pretty sweet, but compared to the two other football fields (a blue one and a red one) how are we unique? Those are some amazing sites to be listed with...

What an honor!

 

[thebjd]

Good list. I never understood the hump in the outfield at MinuteMaid Park. Dangerous and dumb but definitely unique. Like playing a neighborhood wiffle ball game growing up.

 

[hohenfelsvol]

Dont get me wrong, I LOVE Neyland Stadium, but how is our field so unique? I mean the checkerboard endzones is pretty sweet, but compared to the two other football fields (a blue one and a red one) how are we unique? Those are some amazing sites to be listed with...

What an honor!

IMO it's just different enough to be cool but not overwhelming to be tacky (Boise)

 

[BigVolFan]

Neyland checks in at #4!

The nine most unique fields in sports | For The Win

What a great list to be ranked in! Boom!!

Would be nice to find out why these fields are so unique? is what their made of? how their designed?

 

[vollygirl]

they would show us over half empty :ermm:

The teams aren't even on the field. It's either pre-game (since the seat cushions you can see in the pic haven't been put up yet) or it's during one of the rain delays.

 

[VOL6479]

Didn't Dooley try to get them to replace the grass with field turf?

 

[Volunteer forever]

USA Today gets it

 

[Boca Vol]

Would be nice to find out why these fields are so unique? is what their made of? how their designed?

Not that difficult, IMO:

Indy- Actual bricks in the track (known as the Brickyard)

Roland Garos- The red clay courts

TD/ Boston Garden- The court is legendary

Minute Maid Park- The hump in center.

Wimbledon- Grass Courts

A blue & red football field- certainly odd

FIU's court- Pretty cool paint job. I like it better than Oregon's.

 

[Boca Vol]

Didn't Dooley try to get them to replace the grass with field turf?

I think he did. You could actually replicate the look with field turf.

I like the natural better, though.

 

[IdahoVol]

Not sure how I'd feel about playing on a blue field.

It's actually kind of a pain when your playing an all blue team, which a high school in the area who play's there is.

 

[FLVOL_79]

Dont get me wrong, I LOVE Neyland Stadium, but how is our field so unique? I mean the checkerboard endzones is pretty sweet, but compared to the two other football fields (a blue one and a red one) how are we unique? Those are some amazing sites to be listed with...

What an honor!

Neyland doesnt make one want to vomit like Roos field or the Boise one.