National Football Post ranks all 31 NFL Stadiums.

[Slingin Sammy 33]

Originally Posted by skinsfaninok

I have seen most of you folks really complain about FedEx especially traffic. Must be pretty bad, interesting enough this article complains about the Neighborhood location But I think most stadiums are in the "rougher" neighborhoods, I would figure the land would be cheaper.

I'm not sure the writer knows what the hell he's talking about. Maybe he's getting Fed-Ex and RFK mixed up. Most games I've gone to at Fed-Ex, I've taken Metro and walked from the stop. Never felt the least bit concerned for mine or my son's safety(including night games). Last time I checked they don't have $ 300K + townhouses on the walk from the train to the stadium in "rough" areas. I'll bet there are far more arrests per year in Fed-Ex and in the parking lot than there are in the area immediately surrounding Fed-Ex.

[BringBackJoeT]

This isn't a list to be taken seriously. Several years ago, Jim Caple at ESPN did a season-long tour of MLB stadiums in which he ranked each team's venue from a score derived from ten different categories (or something like that). The scores weren't perfect, and there was room for disagreement, but overall, it was a great series to follow, given the depth of analysis for each team. By contrast, this is a list that seems like it was scratched together on a long plane ride. The writer is glaringly inconsistent in some of his points and, as just about everyone else has said, ludicrously labels as a warzone an area that basically has distinguished itself by its barrenness.

While I haven't been to Arrowhead, I'm assuming a more seriously contemplated list of NFL stadiums would have it ranked near the top. Additionally, Ralph Wilson would probably register a much higher ranking, and the writer himself actually makes the case for RW being higher in his description of it, despite his ranking of it as #20.

[skinsfaninok]

Originally Posted by Slingin Sammy 33

I'm not sure the writer knows what the hell he's talking about. Maybe he's getting Fed-Ex and RFK mixed up. Most games I've gone to at Fed-Ex, I've taken Metro and walked from the stop. Never felt the least bit concerned for mine or my son's safety(including night games). Last time I checked they don't have $ 300K + townhouses on the walk from the train to the stadium in "rough" areas. I'll bet there are far more arrests per year in Fed-Ex and in the parking lot than there are in the area immediately surrounding Fed-Ex.

I always heard how ghetto RFK was but not FED EX

[tryfuhl]

Originally Posted by Schneed10

Philly's stadiums are in a sports complex that's sort of cordoned off from surrounding neighborhoods. But there are surrounding neighborhoods; South Philadelphia. They're not bad neighborhoods; they're working class.

You can walk around those neighborhoods at night and not run into trouble.

But you're right, you don't really feel like the stadiums are amongst neighborhoods because they're kind of cordoned off, and the exits to the interstate are right there. You just hop right back on 95 and you're out of there.

yep, never had a prob in the area

[Monkeydad]

Originally Posted by sportscurmudgeon

Giantone:

Lincoln Financial Field is in a good neighborhood with good road access, public transit and parking. The stadium is top-shelf too.

The fans who inhabit the stadium - - and their average state of iniebriation - - leave something to be desired. But Lincoln Financial Field is a light-year ahead of Fed Ex.

I have not yet been to New Meadowlands so I cannot say what that stadium is like.

I've been to the old Meadowlands for a concert. It's just in a complex off the NJ turnpike. (exit 16 if I remember right). No neighborhood around.

Good to know about the Linc...going there in June with my son for a Monster Jam event.


Baltimore is the same way. Camden Yards and M&T are beside each other and in a clean, safe part of Baltimore, one of the few. You can take the Metro literally right up to the stadiums and it's about 2-3 blocks from the Inner Harbor.

Stay near the Harbor when in Baltimore. You'll get mugged, shot and an STD if you venture one street over too far.

[GTripp0012]

Originally Posted by BringBackJoeT

This isn't a list to be taken seriously. Several years ago, Jim Caple at ESPN did a season-long tour of MLB stadiums in which he ranked each team's venue from a score derived from ten different categories (or something like that). The scores weren't perfect, and there was room for disagreement, but overall, it was a great series to follow, given the depth of analysis for each team. By contrast, this is a list that seems like it was scratched together on a long plane ride. The writer is glaringly inconsistent in some of his points and, as just about everyone else has said, ludicrously labels as a warzone an area that basically has distinguished itself by its barrenness.

While I haven't been to Arrowhead, I'm assuming a more seriously contemplated list of NFL stadiums would have it ranked near the top. Additionally, Ralph Wilson would probably register a much higher ranking, and the writer himself actually makes the case for RW being higher in his description of it, despite his ranking of it as #20.

I was at Arrowhead in January (not the playoff game), and I really wasn't very impressed by the stadium, particularly the 2009 re-design. Cool atmosphere and everything, but the stadium struck me as a big, old building which wasn't improved in any way by the renovations, and the upper deck is a pain in the butt to navigate, as parts of the upperdeck just end, and then you have to go down/up a level to reach the next quarter of the stadium.

Ford Field is the most impressive sports venue I have ever been in. But there are a whole bunch of NFL venues (including FedEx) that I've never been to.

[sportscurmudgeon]

Gtripp:

I had been to the old Silverdome in Pontiac but have not seen Ford Field. I presume from your location that you probably also visited the Silverdome.

For its time, I thought the Silverdome was a lot better than most of the other "first generation domes". How is Ford Field better - - other than the fact that it is newer and with advanced tech gadgets?

[TheSmurfs22]

Went to a game at Arrowhead years ago when my brother and sister-in-law lived in KC. It was a great stadium all the way around. It reminded me of RFK in some ways. Nothing fancy, the way stadiums used to be.

[TheSmurfs22]

Denver has a nice stadium, I have never been there for a game but have visited the stadium. I used to work for the Panthers and when they built their stadium it was one of the better ones. Their admin offices are all based out of there too. I remember the guys from Pburg and NE came to check out how we had things laid out especially in the basement where I worked. The location of the stadium is in an awkward part of town. It doesn't really lend itself to tailgating. However most Carolina fans tend to be of the wine and cheese variety.

[GTripp0012]

Originally Posted by sportscurmudgeon

Gtripp:

I had been to the old Silverdome in Pontiac but have not seen Ford Field. I presume from your location that you probably also visited the Silverdome.

For its time, I thought the Silverdome was a lot better than most of the other "first generation domes". How is Ford Field better - - other than the fact that it is newer and with advanced tech gadgets?

Grew up near Chicago, and I have never been to the Silverdome. I do live with someone who grew up in Dearborn, and thus has been to the Silverdome multiple times, but it wouldn't help to make a comparsion.

Ford Field blew me away with how a football venue can be built to have state of the art facilities from the bathrooms to the concessions, to the the sightlines, be indoors, be as large as the stadium is, and still not have the game experience ruined by a stadium that is as large and not open-air as Ford Field is. Basically, I was impressed by the gameday experience, even though the Skins-Lions game I went to was in Detroit's 0-16 year.

Arrowhead, by comparison, is a really impressive football atmosphere, but for a football-only stadium, really was kind of a pain. There are "good" kinds of old, and Arrowhead wasn't of that kind. I know they did a really expensive renovation on it recently, but I have a hard team believing the stadium improved in any meaningful way.

(Kauffman Stadium (KC Royals) -- on the other hand -- is a beautiful venue, albiet preposterously limited in # of seats for an MLB park. I suppose though if you're the Royals, that doesn't much matter.)

[sportscurmudgeon]

Originally Posted by GTripp0012

Grew up near Chicago, and I have never been to the Silverdome. I do live with someone who grew up in Dearborn, and thus has been to the Silverdome multiple times, but it wouldn't help to make a comparsion.

Ford Field blew me away with how a football venue can be built to have state of the art facilities from the bathrooms to the concessions, to the the sightlines, be indoors, be as large as the stadium is, and still not have the game experience ruined by a stadium that is as large and not open-air as Ford Field is. Basically, I was impressed by the gameday experience, even though the Skins-Lions game I went to was in Detroit's 0-16 year.

Arrowhead, by comparison, is a really impressive football atmosphere, but for a football-only stadium, really was kind of a pain. There are "good" kinds of old, and Arrowhead wasn't of that kind. I know they did a really expensive renovation on it recently, but I have a hard team believing the stadium improved in any meaningful way.

(Kauffman Stadium (KC Royals) -- on the other hand -- is a beautiful venue, albiet preposterously limited in # of seats for an MLB park. I suppose though if you're the Royals, that doesn't much matter.)

Thanks.

The only time I was at a game in Arrowhead was in '74 or '75. My recollection was that it was a wonderful venue for that time - - much nicer than RFK or The Vet or Three Rivers or the bandbox the Pats played in back then (cannot even remember its name).

That was almost 40 years ago and certainly stadiums and amenities have advanced since then. I'll just prefer to remember Arrowhead for what it was.

Oh, and I used to love to go to see the Royals when I had to be in KC on business... Haven't been to Kauffman Stadium since about 1990.

[Giantone]

Originally Posted by sportscurmudgeon

Thanks.

The only time I was at a game in Arrowhead was in '74 or '75. My recollection was that it was a wonderful venue for that time - - much nicer than RFK or The Vet or Three Rivers or the bandbox the Pats played in back then (cannot even remember its name).

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The Pats played in Foxborough in a stadium built on the side of a hill next to a dog track the place was called "Schaeffer Stadium"...after the beer for and even 6 million dollars.I know this becuase my college was the closest to them and when they needed to practice on grass they would use our field and when we needed to play on turf we would bus about 1 mile over to the stadium, you could see it from my dorm room window.

[sportscurmudgeon]

Schaefer Stadium! That's it!

It would probably have taken me 30 years to dig that name out of the memory banks - - and the odds are that I am not going to be around 30 years from now.

What a dump that place used to be...

[skinsfaninok]

I remember going to saints games back in the 90s and no one was there. Since Katrina they have done a better job with the once called dump.. It's a unique place just for the atmosphere alone. The nicest I've been to was Raymond James, really nice facility IMO. I went to the new cowboys stadium but haven't seen a game there so I don't think that counts. I had tix to the skins game this yr but I decided I needed $ more than the game. I'll see them next yr hopefully

[Giantone]

Originally Posted by sportscurmudgeon

Schaefer Stadium! That's it!

It would probably have taken me 30 years to dig that name out of the memory banks - - and the odds are that I am not going to be around 30 years from now.

What a dump that place used to be...

LOL....oh hell yah and back then the fields were humped backed (bowed) for drainage,you could stand on one side and not see below the wast of someone on the otherside of the field.That field was concrete and out door carpet....nothing else!