Changing venues

[goalmouth]

Moving from Yankee Stadium to Yale Bowl just completely discombobulated the Giants' plans.

 

[micropolitan guy]

Bills won the 64 & 65 AFL Championship and lost the 66 championship. That's 2 more championships than they've won since. .

Well, they have won four AFC championships.

They were horrible in their final seasons at the Rockpile after the core of those title teams got old. They improved considerably when they first went to Rich.

 

[HanSenSE]

Definitely the Giants moving from Candlestick to Pac Bell. The whole vibe surrounding the team changed significantly.

OTOH, despite a Super Bowl appearance, Candlestick to Levi's has not been good to the 49ers.

 

[DanOregon]

Is that the worst "new" stadium in the NFL in the last 30 years? Don't know why they oriented it the way they did - unless they didn't have room to flip it 90 degrees so fans wouldn't be staring into the setting sun for three hours. Bad design. Bad traffic.

 

[heyabbott]

Is that the worst "new" stadium in the NFL in the last 30 years? Don't know why they oriented it the way they did - unless they didn't have room to flip it 90 degrees so fans wouldn't be staring into the setting sun for three hours. Bad design. Bad traffic.

I don't know what it's like for the rich people in boxes but the new Meadowlands Stadium sucks. Unimaginative design. Lousy concessions, sauerkraut on a hotdog is the height of their cuisine . Cramped narrow seats. Maybe the amenities for the players is awesome but foe the fans it's a generic experience in New Jersey.

 

[Huggy]

The Blue Jays' fortunes improved considerably - both on the field and at the gate - when they moved from the Ex to the SkyDome. The dome's location and ease of accessibility - unlike the Ex - changed the whole neighbourhood downtown.

 

[wicked]

Patriots when they moved across the street into Gillette Stadium — ol' Sullivan Stadium was cursed.

The Orioles were decent before Camden, but they had a nice little run with Davey Johnson once they moved in.

The Phillies when they left the Vet for their new ballpark.

I feel like the Reds have been bad since they left Riverfront.

 

[Songbird]

 

[Sam Mills 51]

I don't know what it's like for the rich people in boxes but the new Meadowlands Stadium sucks. Unimaginative design. Lousy concessions, sauerkraut on a hotdog is the height of their cuisine . Cramped narrow seats. Maybe the amenities for the players is awesome but foe the fans it's a generic experience in New Jersey.

Have heard that the new facility was soulless. For the money spent, it doesn't seem like an impressive return on investment.

 

[heyabbott]

Have heard that the new facility was soulless. For the money spent, it doesn't seem like an impressive return on investment.

Giants are sold out, that's 10 full price expensive sellouts, PSLs and $25 parking. And there's no choice but to park. Jets sold out?
20 sellouts. It's printing money as long as the team doesn't dive for a prolonged period of time. See Washington.

 

[FileNotFound]

The Bucs went from perennial joke to annual playoff threat (and Super Bowl champion) when they moved from The Big Sombrero to Raymond James Stadium in the late '90s. I was never sure whether it was the new stadium or the simultaneous ditching of the creamsicle uniforms that made the difference.

 

[Batman]

The Bucs went from perennial joke to annual playoff threat (and Super Bowl champion) when they moved from The Big Sombrero to Raymond James Stadium in the late '90s. I was never sure whether it was the new stadium or the simultaneous ditching of the creamsicle uniforms that made the difference.

Guessing the hiring of a Hall of Fame coach, and then hitting on two Hall of Famers in the first round of the 1995 draft and two more of the best players in franchise history in the 1997 draft also had something to do with it.

That's the funny thing with a lot of these moves that ushered in great eras, is that the moves seemed to coincide with when a struggling franchise finally got its act together in a lot of other areas.
The Phillies moved in the early 70s, and then again in the early 2000s, right about the time their stockpiled minor league talent was ready for the majors.
The Seahawks moved from mediocrity to contender when Qwest Field opened in 2002, but it was also right about the time Mike Holmgren's rebuilding plan was starting to bear fruit.
The Buccaneers drafted Warren Sapp and Derrick Brooks the year before they hired Tony Dungy.
The Lakers moved into Staples Center the same year Phil Jackson came on board with Shaq at his peak and Kobe just entering his prime.
The Patriots won a Super Bowl their last season at Foxboro and became a dynasty at Gillette.

It's hard to figure out if some of those are just coincidences, the result of long-term plans coming to fruition, or what.