Cities that need new stadiums

The high pricing obviously doesn't help, but it's hard to have atmosphere when the home team just puts together strings of three-and-outs. I'm sure it'd be rocking of Cleveland didn't suck.

Now, I loves me some Jacobs Field.

 

I don't have an answer to this. I thought it was nice. Although going to Busch II so many times in my life, i have to admit i missed it.

they're getting rid of shea, so that's not the answer to the question anymore.

 

Starman: Agree, for the most part, but looking at the capacity of the Redskins' home and the 125,000 or so Jones has planned for Dallas.

You're so right about the on-field product in C-Town, but when it was good here, that, combined with the 80,000 animals made the old place very intimidating, save for Horse Face, of course. Grrrrrr.....

 

Starman: Good point about the shrinking stadium capacities so there can be more luxury boxes. With the Yankees attendance, why wouldn't you want a stadium which could seat 75,000. The obvious answer is you want to create a higher-priced ticket, but I think that pricing people out will not be good in the long run.

As for a new Madison Square Garden - so long as they can sell out every seat and luxury box, it probably won't happen. I believe the Garden has been refurbished several times since 1968.

 

One city that has not been mentioned is Kauffman Stadium in Kansas City. When I was up there in late July, we met with the architect who was in charge of the design for the renovation. He showed us 8 full-color charts of what it is going to look like.

Wow.

Tearing down the old massive crown scoreboard in center field and replacing it with a (I believe these dimensions are right) 120x80 high-definition big-screen in center field. Until Dallas goes with a bigger one next year for their new stadium, I think it's the biggest, or maybe the second-biggest behing Sky Dome.

 

There will be a new MSG before long. Cableboy Dolan wants to build it behind the old post office building across the street from the current Garden.
He wanted to take over the post office building but it has been declared a landmark for preservation.
The long-range plan is for the old post office to become the new Penn Station with a new MSG right behind it (I guess that would make it 10th Ave. and 34th St.)
Probably 5 years away...but more likely to happen than Bruce Ratner's Brooklyn arena pipe dream for the Nets.

 

Went on a vacation with my dad through the Midwest last month and we were able to see a game in KC. We also saw a game there in 1985, the last time I'd been through the area. I thought overall it was a great looking stadium then and I still think, overall, it's a great-looking stadium.

However, I mentioned to my dad that they really needed to update the scoreboard. Both the main scoreboard and the color video board could be considered high-tech -- if we were still in the early 1990s. It's good to hear that will be rectified in the near future.

Although I hope they keep the logo-shaped scoreboard. It's looks really good in the scheme of the park's design and it looks really cool when you pass by it on the freeway, especially when you're passing the bank of trees by the road and suddenly see the stadium emerge.

 

You're right, it's the signature of that place.
To add to the earlier posts, Arizona said that next year, Chase Field will have the biggest jumbotron (bigger than Turner Field). Wonder if KC is on target to break that.

 

Are we saying these stadiums are pieces of crap for media or fan purposes?

Fans like Busch III. The media hates Busch III.

There are maybe five stadiums -- Fenway, Yankee, Shea, Tropicana, Dolphin -- in MLB that you can say with a straight face, "they should be replaced." Fenway won't be for a long time, Yankee and Shea are going down the tubes (though Yankee Stadium always has been fine with me), and Tropicana and Dolphin won't host MLB teams in five years or so, the rate things are going.

 

RFK's GOT to go. Can't wait to see that ballpark soon enough. As for Shea, Flushing Meadows doesn't just need that new stadium, it needs some decent life around the stadium, a la Fenway Park.

 

When was the last time you were inside Jacksonville's stadium? Hardly a dump.

 

I'm sorry I'm late gewtting back but touching off the Pompeii-jack is one of my proudest SportsJournalists.com moments.