What Sporting Venues Have You Been To?

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volinbham

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Thought I'd start a thread about which sporting venues you've been to and which you'd like to go to. Here's mine.

Been To:

College Football - Neyland, Bryant-Denny, Northwestern, Notre Dame, Northern Illinois, Legion Field (Birmingham), Commonwealth (Kentucky), Fulton County Stadium (Peachbowl).

MLB - Three Rivers Stadium (Pittsburgh), Wrigley Field, SF Giants (AT&T Park), Petco (San Diego Padres - going tomorrow night :dance2: )

Pro Football - Soldier Field

Pro Basketball - Chicago Stadium, United Center (Chicago)

College Basketball - Stokley Athletic Center, Thompson Boling Arena, Rupp Arena, Bartow Arena (UAB), NIU's Field House.

Auto Racing - Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Mid-Ohio, Talledega, Milwaukee Mile, Texas Motor Speedway, Barber Motorsports Park, Atomic Speedway :p

Horse Racing - Keeneland (Lexington), Arlington (Chicago), Del Mar (San Diego)

Want to go to:

Madison Square Garden, Yankee Stadium, Daytona Speedway, Watkins Glen, Grand Prix of Monaco, Nurburgring (sp?), Heinz Field, Fenway Park, Churchill Downs, LeMans, etc. etc. etc.
 
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Funny, I just posted on this topic in the Wimbledon thread.
I finish the post and your topic is waiting when I get out.

The top of my not yet (and likely never) list...

Sunday at The Masters
Quarterfinals day at Centre Court Wimbledon
 
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Sorry - didn't read that thread. Obviously Wimbledon isn't at the top of my list :w00t: but I agree about the Masters.
 
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Been too:
College Football--
Neyland Stadium (Tennessee)
Sanford Stadium (Georgia)
Florida Field (Florida)
Commonwealth Stadium (Kentucky)
Dudley Field (Vanderbilt)
Williams Brice Stadium (South Carolina)
Bryant-Denny Stadium (Alabama)
Scott Field (Miss. State)
Notre Dame Stadium (Notre Dame)
Memorial Center Mini-Dome (ETSU)
Tucker Stadium (Tennessee Tech)
Johnny Red Floyd Stadium (MTSU)

Pro Football--
The Coliseum (Titans)
Georgia Dome (Falcons)
Joe Robbie Stadium (Dolphins, but during the Orange Bowl)

Major League Baseball--
Atlanta Fulton County Stadium (Braves)
Turner Field (Braves)
Old Busch Stadium (Cardinals)
Great American Ballpark (Reds)

Minor League Baseball--
Smokies Stadium (Tennessee Smokies)
Howard Johnson Field (Johnson City Cardinals)
Greer Stadium (Nashville Sounds)

College Basketball--
Thompson Boling Arena (Tennessee)
Stokeley Athletic Center (Tennessee)
Brooks Gym (ETSU)
Hooper Eblem Arena (Tennessee Tech)
Murphy Center (MTSU)

College Baseball--
Lindsay Nelson Stadium (Tennessee)
Hawkins Field (Vanderbilt)
Noble Field (Mississippi State)
Reese Smith Field (MTSU)

Pro Hockey--
Gaylord Entertainment Center (Predators)
Knoxville Coliseum (Ice Bears)

NASCAR--
Bristol
Atlanta
Talladega
Daytona
Darlington
Charlotte
Richmond
Indianapolis

Want to go to:
Lambeau Field (Packers)
Yankee Stadium (Yankees)
Cameron Indoor Stadium (Duke)
Pauley Pavilion (UCLA)
Rupp Arena (Kentucky)
New Busch Stadium (Cardinals)
Camden Yards (Orioles)
Wrigley Field (Cubs)
Tiger Stadium (LSU)
Assembly Hall (Indiana)
Fenway Park (Red Sox)
Madison Square Garden (Knicks)
Joe Louis Arena (Red Wings)
Ralph Englestad Arena (North Dakota)
Monaco Grand Prix
 
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Been:
Neyland
Notre Dame
Memorial Stadium (KU)
Allen Field House
Thompson Bolin
Cameron
The Alamodome
Madison Square Garden
Arrowhead
Kaufmann
The Vet
Michie Stadium
Odessa-Permian
Busch Stadium
Turner Field
 
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College football - Reser Stadium (Oregon State), Autzen Stadium (Oregon), PGE Park (Portland State), Sun Devil Stadium (Arizona State), Ross-Ade Stadium (Purdue), LA Coliseum (USC). I've only been to games at Reser and Autzen, though.

NFL - Texas Stadium (Dallas Cowboys), RCA Dome (Indianapolis Colts), Sun Devil Stadium (Arizona Cardinals). Only saw the Cowboys play.

Auto racing - Indianapolis Motor Speedway. No racing, though. Just checking it out.

MLB - Ameriquest Field (Texas Rangers), Dodger Stadium (Los Angeles Dodgers), Kingdome/SafeCo Field (Seattle Mariners), Fenway Park (Boston Red Sox), Wrigley Field (Chicago Cubs), PGE Park/Portland Civic Stadium (AAA Portland Beavers/A Portland Rockies). Been to games at all except Fenway.

NBA - Rose Garden (Portland Trail Blazers), Staples Center (Los Angeles Lakers), Conseco Field House (Indiana Pacers). Only been to a game at the Rose Garden.

That's about it. Fairly modest list. I wanna go to Yankee Stadium, Neyland Stadium, The Horseshoe, The Swamp (only for Tennessee at Florida)... I dunno what else
 
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I've done the Superbowl (if I ever get tickets again I am scalping those bad boys), World Series, NC games, every SEC venue except Starkvegas, Birmingham and Red Stick, and the US Open. The only other event on my list is The Masters. I have connections to every ticket but that one. I have had several family members actually play Augusta Natl, but I can't get a D@#n ticket to anything but a practice round.
 
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Riverfront Stadium, The Coliseum, The GEC, Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Charlotte Motor Speedway, and Bristol Motor Speedway.
 
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mini dome(etsu), neyland, RCA dome, The Coliseum, bristol motorspeedway, charlotte, cinergy field, great american ballpark, turner field,wherever the charlote hornets used to play,where ever the hawks play and i saw a golf tournament at the Virginian.
 
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damn it must be nice to be able to go to all these places. i feel like a hermit.

i have been to.....

nascar- bristol
talladega.

neyland of course.

the coliseum in nashville.

i have been outside of minute maid park

gec in nashville.

greer stadium in nashville. whoopee.

what a sheltered life.
 
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hmm...
Neyland, Liberty bowl, Cotton Bowl, GA Dome (peach bowls and SEC title games), Vaught Hemingway (Ole Miss), Starkvegas, Legion Feild, William Bryce Stadium, Bank of America Stadium (Carolina Panthers), Heinz Feild, Coors feild, Pac Bell Park, the stadium where the diamond backs play, forget the name, PNC park (Pittsburgh Pirages), Turner Feild, AStro Dome, Wrigley Feild, Sun Devil Stadium, been to the Wachovia Championship and St. Jude Classic several times for Golf, and have been to Bristol, Lowe's Motor Speedway, Talledega, Rockingham, and Daytona for races....Daytona is the nicest, Bristol is the coolest.

that's about it...favorite stadium of those.....Neyland for obvious reasons, but Heinz Feild is pretty cool too...very fan friendly....they have escalators and elevators to get up to the upper deck, even for the folks that don't have club seats...parking is a breeze, and tail gaiting is easy there....nice big parking lots, and it's not far from the strip and north side bars....all wi/in walking distance.....easy to get in and out of too, well, if you know how to get around Pittsburgh that is....Coors feild is cool as well.

Wrigley though was cool. I relaly liked that. I liked Pac Bell in SF as well....but and i'm trying to be unbiased, but having troubel with that...PNC Park is the nicest bball park i've been too....it's really nice on the inside, and it's next to Heniz, so you get all the same fan friendly stuff that i mentioned for it...

places i want to go...Fenway Park, Athens, GA, Baton Rouge (but not for a TN game)....and a Super Bowl.

biggest dumps i've been to...Rockingham, the Cotton Bowl, The Liberty Bowl, in that order....Legion Feild isn't that far behind either.
 
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If you are a basketball fan, I would also suggest a trip to Rupp Arena. It is quite a spectacle.
 
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I've been to a few but never really felt like I absolutely had to see any of them. I know I'm terrible with stadium/arena names and could google them but I'm lazy!

College football: UT, Bama (both of them), Florida, UGA, Ole Miss, Memphis St., LSU, UK, Vandy, Ga. Tech, Air Force (not during a game), Arizona St., Univ. of Ariz. and some small schools
Bowl games: Insight, Fiesta, Peach (sorry), Liberty

College bball: only UK but it was a great trip, however I was in school during the Houston-O'Neill era so can you blame me?

NFL: AZ Cardinals and they will be good this year, Titans, Falcons, Panthers, and I saw the Steelers vs. Pats(?) in Neyland long ago

NBA: Suns, Lakers

MLB: Braves, D'backs, Blue Jays (not during a game), Royals, Rockies, (do the Smokies count?) and many spring training games in Phoenix and Tucson (Cubs, A's, Angels etc)

Nascar: Phoenix, Dega, Bristol

NFL: Coyotes

Golf: saw the Phoenix open twice and it is an amazing event

I'd like to see a game at ND, go to a US Open or Masters final round, and would definitely travel to watch UT play Texas, Mich or Ohio St.
 
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(volinbham @ Jun 26 said:
I went to that game.

Love the new Avatar - Looks like Gary's in trouble
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My dad and I went to see Bradshaw but I was disappointed.

Found the avatar and it made me laugh so I stole it! I figured the puppet porn scene was too much for VN...
 
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College Football
-Neyland Stadium
-Notre Dame Stadium
-Commonwealth Stadium
-Dudley Field
-Tiger Stadium (Never been to a game, just been around the outside)
-Vaught Hemmingway Stadium (Same as Tiger Stadium)

Pro Football
-The Coliseum

Baseball
-Fulton County Stadium
-Lindsey Nelson Stadium
-Greer Stadium

Hockey
-Gaylord Entertainment Center
-Municipal Auditorium (Nashville Knights)

Basketball
-Thompson Boling Arena
-MCI Center

Racing
-Lowe's Motor Speedway
-Bristol Motor Speedway
-Nashville Superspeedway
-Music City Motorplex


Want to see events at Daytona Superspeedway, Talladega Superspeedway, Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Wrigley Field, Rose Bowl. And I would like to go to a game at every SEC football stadium in a season.
 
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Been to the US Open (tennis) twice In the Big Apple. It really rocks for night matches when an American is playing. Want to go to Wimbledon, Rolan Garros and Melborne Park.
 
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(hatvol96 @ Jun 26 said:
The Orange Bowl makes Legion Field look like the Taj Mahal.
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yeah, i've only seen the Orange bowl, never been to a game there, but given the part of town it's in, and the looks of the stadium from what i could see, it didn't look too great to me...

I've also driven by Texas Stadium on several occaisons, and it looked like a dump too.

I got to go to a couple of Bobcats' games at the new arena here in Charlotte, and it's really nice too...though i have no other frame of reference for bball o/t TBA....
 
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