5 of the Worst Located Stadiums in America

[@TheWhiteIan]

I live in San Francisco and it's easy to forget that the 49ers are "our" team. Compared to the Giants and Warriors (who play in easily walkable/transitable venues right next to downtown), it feels like the 49ers are light years away. You can't even access Levi's stadium via the bay area's metro system (BART)! Instead, you have to take a commuter train (CalTrain) and transfer to San Jose's light rail (VTA), which takes well over an hour. They might as well be called the San Jose 49ers!

[@jons2614]

Really? What about the BART green line south, transfer to the VTA at the Milpitas BART station (there's a elevated covered walkway from BART to the VTA , maybe a 500 ft. walk) and get off the VTA at the Great America Station? I grew up in the south bay and remember having to go to Fremont to use BART...........it's nice to have the extension into San Jose now AND with light rail connections!😀

[@TheWhiteIan]

@@jons2614 right, that route would work too, but it's still at least an hour-long commute (each way) that requires a transfer, which is not ideal

[@JasonTzzz]

For MetLife stadium you need to take a train from the Secaucus Junction Station. It serves almost all NJ Transit lives and is 1 stop from NY Penn Station. It's a 15 ride from Secaucus to MetLife.

[@mnik101]

Complaining about BART access, really?!? Bart never even went to candlestick, you had transfer to the muni metro then walk a mile through the Bay View to get to it!

[@cabalenproductions6480]

@@TheWhiteIan Yes and San Jose is technically larger than San Francisco. I know it's hard for me to get that given that I was born and used to live in the city. But I get it 49ers want to please the VCs and tech investors in the San Jose area.

[@thetimeisrite]

FNB Field being on an island is actually really cool from a fan's perspective. On of the most interesting ballparks I've been to.

[@LancGuy13]

Not only that, but the stadium itself has some unique quarks. Like the sound the bleachers make when a ball hits them, or when the fans rattle them

[@aegisofhonor]

FexEd Field is a case of an old owner being mad about another team's owner and building a stadium in a certain place nearly 100% out of spite for the other owner, then dying and then the new owner going "oh well!"; probably the single best example of a stadium that should have never existed in the history of top-level professional sports. The worst part is, RFK stadium still had a lot of great life left in it and is to many by far the best of the old style "cookie cutter" stadiums with a lot of class and history.

[@lemmiwinks09]

It doesn’t help that Snyder made terrible “renovations” 5 years into the stadium’s lifespan that added front row seats…which were useless since you need to stand to see over the players on the sidelines to catch the action on the field. At least Cooke was willing to fund most of the stadium it with his money, but as much as RFK was beloved, it’s seating capacity (56,000) was the fatal flaw. When other teams in your division have 70-80,000 seat stadiums, you’re making way less revenue every week (especially in those days, Washington had insane fan support and sold out the house every game).

[@dccavalier]

I am not a Redskin fan but I’ve lived in the area practically my whole life and I’m 64 years old. The romancing of RFK Stadium is kind of funny to me. For when it was built in 1961 until the last NFL game was played there in 1996 it was an ok stadium but it didn’t have any of the amenities that modern sports want today namely executive suites. Jack Kent Cooke was probably the last owner in the NFL that built a stadium with their own money for the most part. Since FedEx was built just about every stadium in the NFL has gotten a major chunk of their funding from local governments. It may have also been the last stadium that was built without fans having to put up money for a PSL. Get ready Redskin fans when this new stadium comes on board around 2026 when the FedEx lease is up. You may be asked to pay a PSL for the right to buy tickets like everyone else has.

[@King_Rey016]

RFK literally had concrete falling in the upper bowl section way before it stopped being used

[@VeryLegitPerson]

Now they want a new stadium in Virginia where the traffic is twice as bad as Landover/PG County and in an area not even close to the metro. Go ahead and build it in Prince William County, Dan Snyder, your fans literally would not get home until the next day.

[@MrMarkiemark67]

Who was the other owner JKC was mad at? I do not recall that. At one time he wanted the stadium at Potomac Yard in Virginia but that fell through. I think he couldn't in DC as some in government there objected to the name but my memory on that is hazy.

[@principalmcvicker6530]

That Harrisburg AA Nats affiliate stadium on the island actually seems super cool. Probably cold and windy sometimes. But yeah, there is definitely some location issues with it. Side note, I really hope to visit The Trop and Oakland Coliseum before they're demolished!

[@gregsmith8646]

Toronto's old minor league ballpark was also on an island. Babe Ruth famously hit a home run there while he was still in the minors: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hanlan%27s_Point_Stadium Just as well they moved back to the mainland, it's hard enough getting downtown let alone taking the ferry to the island.

[@LancGuy13]

If you go to a Senators game. Get one of the bleacher seats along the foul lines. They're made out of aluminum and make a unique sound when the crowd shakes them. If a ball hits them, it kinda sounds like a Star Wars laser

[@oriolephan]

I want to point out that most of those floods were 100 year floods.

[@christopherlapp4553]

Nothing wrong with the stadium except that it’s in Harrisburg

[@SantaDog81]

You can stand on a pile of rubble it'll have the same effect as a visit to O.co Coliseum.

[@billb1988]

Correction on longest distance between a college campus and the home football stadium. The distance between UCLA and the home field at the Rose Bowl is almost 27 miles.

[@dondajulah4168]

That popped into my mind immediately. Wasnt sure what the distance was, but sure as hell going to take you more than 45 minutes to get from Westwood to the Rose Bowl - even on a Saturday. Still, I'm sure the students and alumni would rather trek to Pasadena to see the Bruins play football than move back to the dreaded LA Coliseum.

[@billb1988]

I have lived near campus and have had season Tix for decades. Too much experience with the drive to let the comment pass without correction

[@VianoMusicAcademy]

I saw a game at Levi’s the day after a 6.3 earthquake. It took 4 hours to get back to San Francisco because the trains were down, you had to walk 45 minutes in 85 degree sun to get to a bus, and then get a train outside San Jose to get back to SF. They really could have picked a better spot.

[@boogitybear2283]

They should have built the stadium on Candlesticks Parking Lot.

[@vpolite1]

Your story is kinda hard to believe. How could you take a train that you said wasn't running? The trains never stop for more than a day after an earthquake. A couple of hours, maybe. Never a day. Where did you go to get a train outside of San Jose? The train runs through San Jose. And, it is confusing why you didn't just take the buses that stop outside of Levi's Stadium?

[@VianoMusicAcademy]

@@vpolite1 trains were definitely down. The earthquake happened at 3:20 am, and the game ended at 4pm. It was the second game ever at Levi’s. Maybe the bus routes weren’t established yet? Or they maybe had left. But I did have to take it to some train outside San Jose. I’m not even sure how this all works - I was just visiting from the East Coast and I had never been in an earthquake before.

[@vpolite1]

@@boogitybear2283 The 49ers didn't want to build in the parking lot.

[@mediochreeuchre8391]

@@vpolite1 There's a commuter train that stops at Levi's which was probably down. So it took a long time to get to the BART train (subway) that was operational.

[@jeffpelletier4132]

By limiting this to American stadiums, you missed out on Canadian Tire Centre, home of the Ottawa Senators. When I went to a Sens game back in November, the commute was nearly two hours long on public transit. The arena is the worst located NHL venue.

[@jasonfire3434]

Sunrise and Glendale are both pretty awful locations too

[@Staszu13]

Oh yes

[@JonMartinYXD]

As big floods become more frequent the Saddledome will eventually join the list. To think that before the deal fell through, Calgary was going to build its replacement *even lower in the flood plain*.

[@dondavis7687]

Dating myself here but the all time worst location, as far as being far from city center, was Richfield (Ohio)Coliseum! NBA Cavs somehow survived 20 seasons playing there since arena was about a 45 minute drive (no traffic ,clear weather!……Both rare for N.E. Ohio!)from Downtown Cleveland! NHL Barons only lasted 2 seasons and building location was very much a factor in keeping the real hockey fans away and if Cleveland had a Downtown arena in late 70’s pretty sure Barons would have survived.

[@forgottenplaces9780]

Maybe it will make another video…Stay tuned…

[@dwaynerichardson5380]

If FedEx Field and Levi Stadium makes your list, then you should add Truist Park. The Braves went from a field in the Atlanta city limits to suburban Cobb County. From my midtown hotel, I took the subway to a bus to wait 45 minutes for a circular bus. Then it dropped me off a half a mile from the stadium. This nightmare could go away if Cobb County allow MARTA to expand their rail system to the stadium for a one seat ride. But the County rejected that because they worry about 'easy access to the urban elements'. To me, that's code for racism.

[@DIMP11]

Well said.

[@geneseofootball1915]

Excuses Excuses 🙄

[@katherineberger6329]

One of my friends calls SunTruist "Lester Maddox Park" for this exact reason. The white suburban bourgeois doesn't want the "urban" hoi polloi in their stadium.

[@katherineberger6329]

@@geneseofootball1915 George Carlin was calling this shit out in the early 90s. "When did the word 'Urban' become synonymous with the word 'Black?'" It's lazy shit to just deny that racism exists so you can keep being comfortable in your smug complacency. Barack Obama didn't flare racism up. White people who were furious at the idea of being governed by a black man did.

[@dwaynerichardson5380]

@@katherineberger6329 well said!

[@michaeljuran633]

When my hometown lost a minor league team for a few years, I asked a friend who was a broadcaster for that team to tell me how to get to the Harrisburg stadium. The last part of his directions were to get on the Market Street bridge, then turn left halfway across. I'll never forget those directions.

[@fixpacifica]

Glad you mentioned Levi's Stadium. That place is a huge pain to get to, and it's surrounded by nothing but Silicon Valley office parks. There's nowhere to eat, drink or hang out before or after games. Plus, it's a bland, boring stadium with no character.

[@TheGumbyRules]

What about the amusement park right next door?

[@carlsaganlives5112]

@@TheGumbyRules Great reply, but maybe he means something not geared for the stroller and braces crowd.

[@mrAhollandjr]

Tropicana Field was originally named the Sun Coast Dome. It was originally built for the Chicago White Sox who were set to move there until the governor of Illinois got a deal done at the 11th hour to finance a new stadium in Chicago for the team. I think Levi Stadium and the Atlanta Braves home should definitely be on the lust.

[@JusNoBS420]

Then they tried to get the Seattle Mariners to move when the Kingdome in downtown Seattle was falling apart. Fortunately Nintendo bought the franchise and eventually Safeco Field (now called T-Mobile park) was built in 1999. But Tampa got the Devil Rays/Rays and it all worked out

[@HighpointerGeocacher]

The Atlanta Braves performed an analysis to determine where the largest number of their fans were located, and built the stadium in that area. The Braves have drawn higher attendance in their new ballpark at their current location, then at their previous ballparks in a less ideal location.

[@JasonTzzz]

Rentschler Field was built in Hartford to attract fans in the Hartford metro area. Surprisingly they get many US National soccer games booked here. It's an average college football stadium on the outskirts of Hartford. Pratt & Whitney donated the land which used to be an airport runway.

[@johnsamoilis6379]

sometimes CONCACAF hosts gold cup matches there as well. Its the best when the USMNT gets play a Gold Cup game there.

[@joanna4754]

Yeah the rent blows.

[@chasbodaniels1744]

UCONN was originally an agricultural college out in the sticks of northeast Connecticut. Over time, it’s become a major research university, but still 30-50 miles from the larger population centers of the state. The East Hartford location was meant to attract more wealthy non-academic fans, to the detriment of the campus atmosphere.

[@douglasdeguzman7729]

Levi Stadium is 40 miles away from San Francisco, and yes if you drive from San Francisco to the stadium in the middle of the night with no traffic, it is about a 45 minute drive but during the daytime, there's traffic! That's even without a game! Game days you're lucky if you're within an hour.

[@vpolite1]

Traffic down 101 on a Sunday isn't bad. Besides most people don't live in San Francisco.

[@tommytrinder.1226]

Gillette Stadium in Foxborough,Mass. is also miles and miles and miles away from Boston.Im a pretty keen Pats fan and I havent attended a home game in more than nine years as its a pain in the ass to get to from Boston.

[@evog35viii]

It's 24 miles away from Boston. I've been there 9 times and counting. Honestly leaving the stadium is the worse part.

[@harryasmith527]

They're the New England Patriots, not Boston.

[@tommytrinder.1226]

@@harryasmith527 They`re the damned MINNESOTA Vikings...yet they dont play in some tiny ass town miles from anywhere.They play in Minneapolis.

[@thephoenixxm4160]

@@harryasmith527 There are other cities in New England other than Boston. Like Worcester, Springfield, Providence, Hartford, etc... They don't have to play in some small rural town that is hard as hell to get to even in the pre-season just because of the name. Hell, like Tommy said there is a team called the Minnesota Vikings and yet they play in the most populous city in the state. What even is the excuse to play in Foxborough other than Kraft didn't want to play in Hartford and just decided on the same spot as the old stadium.

[@UserName-ts3sp]

@@thephoenixxm4160 they probably couldnt work out something in boston either. its not the greatest location by any stretch but there's worse. it's midway between two big cities, though one is obviously bigger

[@robbiekader1437]

niners shoulda just found somewhere else to play temporarily and then rebuilt candlestick, or built a new stadium on the same ground but a little bit further away while candlestick was still up so they wouldn’t have to play elsewhere temporarily. that would’ve been dope

[@Staszu13]

The original plan was to build at the Candlestick site, but that fell through because they wanted to put some other stuff (shopping, office space or something) and the road access wouldn't support a stadium and the other stuff.

[@fixpacifica]

@@Staszu13 The mayor in SF at the time, Gavin Newsom, wanted the 49ers to build at a place called Hunter's Point, just a little north of Candlestick. Hunter's Point had been an old shipyard, and nobody wanted to build there because of all the toxic chemicals in the ground. Newsom kept pushing the 49ers to clean up the site at the team's expense. He also was pushing for things like showers for fans so they could ride their bikes to the stadium. The 49ers finally got tired of it, and announced they would build the new stadium next to team headquarters in Santa Clara.

[@vpolite1]

@@fixpacifica The team expected money from the city. The DeBartolos have plenty of money. They could have paid for their own stadium, like the Giants did. But, with all the flooding, it is a terrible place for a ballpark.

[@fixpacifica]

@@vpolite1 The 49ers weren't trying to get SF to pay for the stadium. When they built the stadium in Santa Clara, taxpayers only paid $114 million out of the $1.2 billion cost,. The issue in SF was that the city kept trying to force them to build on a toxic waste site and kept adding conditions that the 49ers thought were absurd.

[@vpolite1]

@@fixpacifica The Niners got $850 million from Santa Clara to build their stadium the rest came from the league. The Warriors and Giants self-funded their own stadiums and they got built. SF was forcing them to build at Hunters Point. The Navy has approved any public construction yet. It was apart of the deal to build a new stadium at Candlestick.

[@keithford8706]

TD bank ballpark in Bridgwater, NJ is in a very good location but does get flooded out due to being near Bound Brook, NJ.

[@pappaslivery]

UMass Amherst played games for a few years at Gillette stadium, a 90 minute drive

[@robfreedman6496]

Levi's Stadium isn't close to SF, but convenient for people that live in San Jose though!

[@TheGumbyRules]

Which is where the fans are.

[@johnharris6655]

In Defense of Levi's Stadium, the 49ers tried for years to build a new stadium and multi use entertainment and shopping complex at Candlestick park. They ran to into Corrupt San Francisco politicians at every turn demanding more money and kickbacks. The 49ers built Levi's stadium on land they owned at the current site. It was their headquarters and practice complex. The land just happened to be adjacent to Great America, so they cut a deal to use their parking lot and close the theme park on game days. The 49ers would compensate the park for the lost revenue. As for the Airport, any pilot who cannot tell the difference between a football stadium and a runway should not be flying. Sofi Stadium in LA is right next to LAX and there have been no issues with that stadium. The Southbay can get quite warm in late summer and early fall, and I am surprised stadium designers did not deal with that.

[@Knightmessenger]

I hear that after Candlestick was demolished, nothing has been put there.

[@johnharris6655]

@@Knightmessenger There is a state recreation area and RV park.

[@curtisalvin]

The main person to blame for a stadium not getting built at Candelstick Point is not “Corrupt San Francisco politicians “ but rather Eddie Debartolo. Had he not got caught trying to bribe the governor of Louisiana for a casino license, the stadium mall project that SF voters approved in 1997 would’ve been built .

[@johnharris6655]

@@curtisalvin Keep in mind the Giants had to get approval for their new Stadium, that they paid for, by the voters because the city kept turning them down and demanded more money. The 49ers building in Santa Clara had nothing to do with Eddie. There was 17 years after that and Denise York could not get a deal with that corrupt city.

[@curtisalvin]

@@johnharris6655 yes, the Giants had to go to the ballot for their privately financed stadium because the ballpark was being built on the waterfront. So the ballot measure asked if the Giants could get an exemption to bypass previously set height limits for building on the waterfront in San Francisco My point about Eddie D is that had he not messed around in Louisiana, the stadium-mall would’ve been built because he then wouldn’t have had to hand the team over to his sister. And we wouldn’t have had to deal with the Yorks and their ineptitude. It takes a owner with plenty of $$ and awareness of the politics in SF get a building done there. ( Lacob / Warriors, Magowen/ Giants being examples of course). Yorks didn’t fit that mold, ran to Santa Clara where it was easier to get a deal. So that’s why I say blame Eddie 1st.

[@Mintman83]

At fed ex field all the gates look the same, I was wondering around for hours after a game in a bad neighborhood just trying to find my car and I didn’t park far away. After asking 3 cops I finally found the lot where my car was. I paid $45 for parking there.

[@Marylandbrony]

Loyola Maryland stadium is a 7,000 seat stadium on top of a hill with only gravel and dirt parking. I am not a Loyola fan but it becomes hell if they are playing a major rival like Johns Hopkins or Towson.

[@joefuckingflacco11tds-0int4]

You mean the Ridley Athletic Complex?

[@Marylandbrony]

@@joefuckingflacco11tds-0int4 Exactly.

[@shsav2012]

I’m actually surprised that you do not have Gillette Stadium on this list considering it’s about 30 miles from Boston and I want to say 30 miles from Providence as well. The patriots old stadium was probably one of the worst in the league and was basically on the same site as the current Gillette. On top of the location you got the same problem with only one way in one way out creating traffic issues. As for Rentschler field Connecticut a small enough state but they as far as I know the university does not provide transportation for students to the games and at the same time the University of Connecticut sucks as a football school they barely ever sell that place out even though it only has 40,000 seats the University of Connecticut has always been and will always be a basketball school.

[@barkboingfloom]

That's why they're the NEW ENGLAND Patriots and not the Boston Patriots.

[@dccavalier]

It shouldn’t be lost that the reason Rentschler Field was built in East Hartford was not so much for the UConn football team but because the state of Connecticut had an agreement in place with Robert Kraft to move the New England Patriots there. Kraft used that memorandum of understanding as leverage to get a stadium built in Massachusetts which he was successful in getting. With the funding already in place for that plot of land and with UConn’s decision to jump to FBS/D1 football that’s why they built the stadium for them where they did. Besides with Hartford being the big city of the state UConns football as well as both men’s and women’s basketball play the majority of their home games in the Hartford area not at Storrs on campus

[@Schneids71]

They can still be called NEW ENGLAND even with the stadium built in a better place.

[@stever7157]

Around the same time, there was some talk about the Patriots possibly moving to Providence as well. Then Mayor Cianci made a big pitch for it, but it never came to fruition.

[@davidlafleche1142]

That was the only place the Patriots could find, and even then, Schaefer Stadium was built for only $7 million, on DONATED land. Red Sox owner Tom Yawkey was once the richest owner in all of sports; but even he couldn't get anything done. Yawkey proposed building a dome in Boston, and was willing to pay for it himself, but the old fogie politicians didn't even try to find a spot.

[@JOEYdaMUSH]

Great video. I was worried my Giants and Mets would make the list. MetLife couldn’t fit in NY obv but it has that FedEx ocean parking lot feel. Citi Field is literally in the most boring part of any borough, next to unpopulated chop shops.

[@bodhithespoodergen]

With a parking renovation MetLife is in a decent location

[@JOEYdaMUSH]

@@bodhithespoodergen yes it needs renovating. Growing up North Jersey I totally understand why it’s located there, but it is ridiculously boring for a stadium that costs so much.

[@djspencer6498]

I knew right away FedexField and Tropicana Field would be here, kinda guessed Levi’s Stadium, wasn’t expecting the other two. Anyways, keep up the good work! I love your channel!

[@bodhithespoodergen]

I was excepting MetLife but it’s just the parking that’s bad

[@neneshubby]

I remember the only time I went to Levi’s Stadium. It was for the 2019 Alabama vs Clemson National Championship game and wondering what they spent the billion dollars on? That place is incredibly bland for a recently built venue. It looks like a glorified 80’s stadium, especially having been to places like Mercedes Benz and Allegiant.

[@douglasdeguzman7729]

I'm from the bay but now live in Vegas and of course all my friends hate the Raiders and try to hate on Allegiant Stadium and always call it the Roomba, which is fine to me because you can easily describe it. It's the big black puck on the south of the strip. It's pretty badass. Then I tell them to describe Levi's Stadium and.... It's just a stadium. For something built in the last decade, it's exactly that, bland. Also it surrounded by basically residential areas so after event, you pretty have no options but to go home or somewhere else 30+ minutes away to do anything.

[@bodhithespoodergen]

@@douglasdeguzman7729 they couldn’t really go all out because well a airport is nearby and it’s just sad

[@douglasdeguzman7729]

@@bodhithespoodergen same with Allegiant Stadium. Literally like one block away from Reid airport.

[@bodhithespoodergen]

@@douglasdeguzman7729 the planes have to fly over the stadium that’s

[@douglasdeguzman7729]

@@bodhithespoodergen so basically bad planning

[@jonpike9991]

I went to the Trop in 08 for game 1 and 2 of the WS ( Go Phils) it's a dump. I been by FedEx Field on 95 it's dump

[@fredh.1255]

Completely agree with you on the Trop. Gone to many games there over the years and it takes forever to get there from the other side of Tampa. In addition it’s got to be the worst stadium in baseball. It’s very clean and comfortable but it’s so bland and boring and it seems empty all the time which it is. A new ballpark should be over near the fairgrounds or downtown Tampa near the interstates. They would draw fans in so much better in those areas.

[@NerdxFerguson]

The one thing I love about being a Rays season ticket holder.... Games are never rained out!

[@ericsikma4764]

It's an older one and no longer there, but one of the ones that used to boggle the brain was the Palace of Auburn Hills. I always had a rough time trying to put 2 & 2 together on how a stadium touted as the home to the Detroit Pistons was located about 847 squillion miles outside of Detroit. Was never really able to figure that one out.

[@Staszu13]

Then-owner Bill Davidson wanted a suburban location even though Joe Louis Arena was available.

[@jdizzy2012]

Prejudice and Detroit crime back then

[@ericsikma4764]

@@jdizzy2012 Go figure, huh? Pay all that fuel/parking/ticket/concession money just to watch a game of hoops. Isn't the proverbial "world system" goofy at times? Some people's kids...

[@pbarnes989]

Historic Crew/MAPFRE Stadium is located in a dumpy part of Columbus. Traffic/Parking was terrible and there is nothing nearby within a reasonable walking distance. The new stadium is in a MUCH better location.

[@UserName-ts3sp]

i wonder how bad parking will be there if there's events at nationwide, the new stadium and huntington park

[@pbarnes989]

@@UserName-ts3sp I thought that too initially, but there are several areas for parking outside the arena district that are in walkable distances. Spring will likely answer that question.

[@chase4671]

Chicago Bears begging to be put on the list, with their new stadium plans

[@TPTGopher]

As long as Darth Lightfoot and Jussie Foxx are in charge, the city proper will be a far worse location.

[@chase4671]

@@TPTGopher ??? What are you even saying lmao?

[@rowdyghost4713]

I’ve played in Tropicana a couple times growing up for travel ball. When a fly ball is hit it’s pretty much a guessing game because some genius architect decided to make the roof white 🙃

[@agrofindastation]

You should look into the stadium for the Philadelphia Union. It is in Chester, Pennsylvania, one of the poorest communities in the state and the story of how it was built is just tragic.

[@dontparticipate240]

I was expecting a few of those World Cup stadiums Brazil built in the middle of the rainforest. After the World Cup they’ve been pretty much abandoned to the rainforest because there’s no communities near them that can support a team. Then I read the “in America” part and realized I was focusing on the wrong continent.

[@JusNoBS420]

It seems like the government in Brazil is is absolutely horrible. What a beautiful country geographically. And the people and culture seems very desirable. Apart from the crime,poverty,corruption,pollution, etc 😂

[@Staszu13]

Manaus

[@FloridaCatholicGuy]

I disagree with you about Florida not being able to host a pro sports team. The Bucs and Lightning do very well in Tampa and have no problem filling seats…it’s because both the Bucs and Lightning actually play in Tampa. The one thing you got right is they need to build the new stadium in Tampa and then they would attract more people.

[@riccorich]

The Cobb County Braves stadium you missed

[@dwaynerichardson5380]

@G CN See, I'm not the only one...

[@ryanmoore8645]

Pontiac Silverdome used to be in the worse location...50 miles from Detroit, but l loved all the places to park for 10-15 dollars

[@Not_Sal]

I disagree with your take on Florida being a bad state for pro sports. You’re right about baseball but the buccaneers, dolphins, heat, and lightning all have decent fan bases

[@PlusUltraAdrian]

Agreed, that was a bad take. I think the baseball teams would get better attendance if the teams were simply better. The Rays have a good team, but they’re overdue for a new stadium. The Marlins are just awful.

[@SMELLGOODER]

Ya, I was like "Huh"? What's this dude talking about?

[@blacksportsguru]

Florida is terrible for sports teams. No reason they should have put 2 mlb teams there

[@carlsaganlives5112]

And the Jaguars sport not only a rabid statewide base, but a strong national following as well.

[@crazeyjoe]

The Tampa Bay area recently had 3 pro championchips and played in 4 games/series and yet just has a decent fan base. I am sure it's not a decent fan base when all the teams are losing.

[@brandodelazn3793]

As a Harrisburg senators fan who frequents games, I'd like to point out that yes games have been rescheduled for flooding however it doesn't happen very often. As of 5/2022 it has been years since flooding has effected the senators schedule. I can't argue that it isn't a "ideal" location, but it's rarely an issue. Asides from that I recommend anyone who hasn't been go visit City Island (the island where the senators stadium is) because it is beautiful place

[@Knightmessenger]

If you do one on best located stadiums (might be more than 5) and cover Detroit, don't forget about Detroit City FC playing in Hamtramck.

[@119princesskida5]

If you wanna talk about a bad college football experiences, I'm a student at USF, and Raymond James Stadium is a horrible place for USF to play. Parking is $40, food and drink prices are just as outrageously expensive as an NFL game, security guards harass students, and it's over a 30 minute drive from campus. On top of it all, the team has been lackluster over the past decade, and games almost never even come close to filling the stadium's capacity, unless they're playing UF, FSU, or Miami, in which it's filled with so many opposing fans that it's basically an away game. It's just sad, they could easily renovate the on-campus soccer stadium to be a 15-20,000 seat intimate venue like Charlotte has, I was at that stadium last year and it was a perfect experience for a school with a smaller football program. The Athletic department likes to pretend we're still a Big East school, but those days are long past, why would anyone wanna drive 30 minutes and walk a mile from the parking lot to see us lose to FCS schools?

[@marcus813]

I'm a USF alum and current employee and longtime football season ticket member. As good a venue as Ray Jay is, it's not ideal for USF football. Thankfully, USF is intent on building an on-campus stadium. It needs to be bigger than what Charlotte has, though. USF probably has about 20K more students than Charlotte has, so I'm not sure that 15K-20K would cut it for something on-campus. Also, we haven't lost to an FCS member since Willie Taggart's 1st game here (vs. McNeese). Unfortunately, we'll have to deal with plenty of other fans from the visiting team until we can return to consistent winning.

[@119princesskida5]

@@marcus813 I did not know they intend to build a stadium on campus, that's good to hear. I didn't think about the greater number of students at USF, so that's fair enough. And I was at that game against McNeese, so I guess it just stuck in my memory extra hard lol.

[@MoneyC225]

If Richfield Coliseum still existed, it would've easily made the cut. Others: The Palace at Auburn Hills, Silverdome, Hard Rock Stadium, ARCO Arena, USAir Arena, where ever the Florida Panthers play.

[@Staszu13]

Agreed. Most of these lack bus service as well, meaning fans at the mercy of traffic, high parking fees and Uber/Lyft

[@dccavalier]

Maybe it’s a great irony or bad timing but you listed the USAir Arena as being in a bad spot. Five years after USAir was closed because the basketball and hockey teams moved to downtown DC, in the exact footprint of the torn down arena a new metro station called Largo Town Center was opened. I’ve always wondered if Abe Pollin had known the local governments were going to build a metro station right there on the site would he have ever built the MCI Center/now Capital One Arena, downtown or just put his new arena next door? After becoming a shopping area that later ran into the same problems a lot of big shopping areas ran into the place was demolished and just opened past summer a regional medical center/hospital for Prince Georges County, MD

[@antr7493]

I would say Shea Stadium(Mets). There use to be jets flying over from La Guardia airport. Not to mention all the traffic. I don't know if Citi Field is any better

[@TGrrr89]

If you count arenas, FLA Live Arena is pretty bad; being located on the outskirts of a literal swamp and about a half-hour away from Fort Lauderdale, their closest metro area.

[@marcus813]

Florida is a good pro sports state. If the Rays played here in Tampa, they would draw a lot better than they draw in St. Petersburg. Tropicana Field has only about 700K people who live within a 30-min. drive of it, the fewest of any MLB venue and it's not even close. The next closest MLB venue on the list is Pittsburgh's PNC Park, which has over TWICE as many people within a 30-min. drive as the Trop has. The proposed places on Tampa's side of Tampa Bay have tons more people within a 30 min. drive and this area's growth is mainly happening north and east of Tampa (St. Pete's SW of Tampa).

[@kevinbrzostek7552]

Levi's Stadium is so far they probably shouldn't even call them the San Francisco 49ers anymore. The other stadiums I might add are the Atlanta Braves and New England Patriots.

[@dwaynerichardson5380]

I spoke of my ordeal attending a Braves game. 💯🎯

[@TheGumbyRules]

To pretend that the 49ers are still in SF, the TV cameras cut from views of the game to views of the GG Bridge or Alcatraz - 45-50 miles from the stadium . The Raiders when they were still in Oakland were much, much closer to downtown SF than the 49ers, after the 49ers moved to Santa Clara.

[@natrixxvision6997]

Tropicana Field was already 10 years old by the time they landed a team.

[@jlawrence0181]

Location is less of a factor for the NFL. You are talking about 10 events annually and MOST all are on weekends.

[@cnr6142]

I've been to the Harrisburg stadium for a soccer game and even though its randomly on a island I do like it.

[@lasouthbay8800]

I’m Originally from Connecticut. Totally agree with rentcheseler field…i don’t even know how to spell it. Love UConn sports but they make football play at that field and then have the basketball team play half their home games in hartford which is far from campus. You can tell how dead the stadium looks when they play off campus because it’s all people my age who are sitting there in the seats barely engaged in the game. When UConn plays on campus it’s such a better atmosphere.

[@forgottenplaces9780]

I didnt know that about the basketball team, thats ridiculous…

[@brendanshull7627]

Subaru Park/PPL/whatever it’s called, Philadelphia Union’s stadium. with all the other major Philly teams all literally in one parking lot in the city, and Subaru out in an industrial wasteland in Chester, it just makes the Union look like the city couldn’t care less about them, which I suspect is true anyway

[@stuartrubin5730]

With respect t o the Tampa/ St. Pete situation you could have mentioned that the population of the metro area is more concentrated in Tampa. Secondly with respect to the UConn stadium being 20 miles from the campus, actually UCLA (in the Westwood part of Los Angeles) and the Rose Bowl where the football team plays their home games (in Pasadena) is 25.9 miles apart.

[@johnmanier7968]

Correct on UCLA and the Rose Bowl, which is a notoriously hard stadium to get in and out of. UCLA previously played its home games at the Coliseum, which is closer to Westwood but literally across the street from the USC campus. USC was threatening to move to the Rose Bowl before reaching a deal under which they now operate the Coliseum under a 99-year lease.

[@stuartrubin5730]

@@johnmanier7968 I live in L A. There is no public transportation to the Rose Bowl too which is another problem.

[@thedominatior39]

I went to FedEx Field the last time the Bills played there in 2015 it was the worst place I’ve ever had to get out of I swear I spent more time trying to leave the parking lot that I did in the Stadium it’s self.

[@michaelreidperry3256]

Public parking can be an issue. How much public public parking can be located beneath a stadium? Parking can be located beneath some quite massive structures. Why not in this case? Perhaps public parking beneath stadiums already exists. What do I know?

[@hectoraz98765]

floridians love their teams. they just dont show up to the games cuz the teams aren’t winning 😅 they’re pretty much fair weathered lol

[@Morgan423Z]

Don't think that's the case with the Rays. With some exception seasons here and there, they've been winning for about 15 years now, and it's done nothing for their attendance.

[@jasonrandom372]

The Ray's are winning they went 100 and 62 this year and won their division. They just need a better stadium.

[@jackhammers7572]

You are littearly my favriote youtuber bro , you're gonna be at 100k soon , I usually never comment but I j gotta lyk that you're the only dude I have the bell on for

[@forgottenplaces9780]

Thank You.

[@KBroly]

A very big problem for FedEx Field is the lack of close Metro access. This has been...slightly remedied in recent years with trams, but the Landover Metro location is poor for a team whose previous stadium had most get there through the Metro. Maybe there were plans before JKC died to remedy this, but nothing really happened.

[@mauricewells7838]

Morgan Blvd is right there

[@Staszu13]

The Metrorail is a VERY long walk from FedEx.

[@ernesthromada3994]

@@mauricewells7838 Morgan Blvd is over a mile away.

[@riccorich]

They have Morgan blvd not that far a walk

[@branon6565]

We've had 49er season tickets since 1980, I was 6 when I attended my first home game at The 'Stick, and regarding Levi Stadium being located in Santa Clara opposed to being up in The City: Eddie DeBartolo Jr, former owner of the Niners, absolutely hated The City, he never lived there while he was owner instead choosing to live in the very affluent city of Los Gatos, located west of San Jose. He also moved the Niners HQ to where it is now, in Santa Clara, in the 80's due to his not liking SF...and tbh, I've attended damn near every Niner home game save for the two deployments to Iraq and the one tour in Afghanistan, and I really cannot recall meeting very many fans that actually lived in SF, seems everyone that we tailgated with, and met while tailgating, was from either the South Bay (San Jose and surrounding cities) and the Fresno area....Levi Stadium is one of the most technologically advanced stadiums in the world, but I will admit I'm just now startling to think of it as the home of my 49ers...it felt like it was a huge office building that, on one side of it, got its a** kicked by the afternoon sun really badly...our seats are on the opposite side of the field so that doesn't bother us too much actually....FYI, Santa Clara is a MUCH, MUCH cleaner and safer city than SF is by a whole bunch....#GoNINERS #GoBuckeyes #MichiganSUCKS

[@Pissgremlin5964]

Thank you for your service man.

[@fixpacifica]

The 49ers HQ when Eddie D owned the team was not in San Francisco. It was up in the hills on the west side of Redwood City, 20 miles south of SF. Actually a very cool location, and a lot of the players would work out in the gym I belonged to in Redwood City. I live on the Peninsula and never heard Eddie hated SF. Those were the days that SF was a great place, unlike now.

[@kingseanp9267]

@@Pissgremlin5964 you actually read far enough into that to realize he is a veteran?

[@Xolanidj]

A stadium on an island in a river? These stadium designers really abuse cocaine, huh? 😂😂

[@MrDan708]

The flooding problem in Harrisburg gives a hint of why the Trop isn't built on the water; Florida gets occasional hurricanes.

[@rspister]

Rose Bowl is a little further from the UCLA campus than UConn and their football stadium.

[@ezekielrobinson780]

Other massive issue with the FedEx Field location is that if you do choose to travel by metro train, the closest station is about a mile away so you have to walk about a half hour to even get to the stadium. The stadium does offer a shuttle service from the train station but similar to the parking, that’s also expensive.

[@TPTGopher]

I've done it, not that bad honestly (though the guy selling beer on his lawn probably helped).

[@AYoungAdultOnYoutube]

If I remember right, Dan tried to ban walking to FedEx as well but I think that would’ve pissed off the fans even further

[@ezekielrobinson780]

@@TPTGopher yeah that probably made it more bearable😂. But like if it’s raining or really cold that walk is a bitch.

[@rayjames6096]

They should have built Levi's Stadium on top of the San Andreas fault, there's plenty of room to build there.

[@nyandmu]

Re Levi’s stadium: the parking is ridiculously expensive there too. I had to park in the nearby industrial park and it was $90 IIRC

[@Rysofly]

I think the University of Miami's stadium is still some distance from South Miami

[@jbillma]

The Tampa Bay Lightning disprove everything you said about Florida not being good for professional sports. Not only are they a successful product on the field (er, ice), but the Lightning's owner has made significant investments in Tampa's downtown, pretty much doubling the size of downtown and helping to integrate it with Channelside (where the cruise terminals are) and Ybor City (a trendy neighborhood near downtown that is somewhat like New Orleans' French Quarter).

[@ryanwilliams560]

Love what you do!

[@Staszu13]

The Dallas area may be all time champ on bad locations. The Cowboys and Rangers both out in Arlington, the FC Dallas soccer team WAY out in Frisco (not San Francisco, just Frisco, though the drive might feel like that). No bus service to any of these. Just lots of traffic and big parking fees.

[@dwaynerichardson5380]

The lack of public transportation is thanks to greedy a$$ Jerry Jones. He would prefer everyone to drive to his stadium. I attended a U2 concert there and my hotel shuttle could only take us a mile from the stadium due to Jerry Jones rules.

[@justsamoo3480]

It kinda makes why Cowboys and Rangers are in Arlington. It’s a central location between Dallas and Fort Worth and really close to the airport. I don’t what FC Dallas were thinking though. Like of all places?

[@Knightmessenger]

UMiami tore down the Orange Bowl and plays their football games in Miami Dolphins stadium. How is that not farther away than UConn? To be honest, I didn't know it was possible to drive 20 miles in Connecticut and still be in Connecticut but I digress. The Dolphin stadium is north and nowhere close to downtown Miami while Coral Gables is south of downtown Miami. The city has an extensive Metro system but it doesn't go out to what is basically situated like the Silverdome was.

[@forgottenplaces9780]

Its close but uconns is just slightly further, plus thats a bit different bc miami is playing as a tenant in an nfl stadium and didnt build theirs from the ground up

[@dennisud]

Topicana Field is slated for either demolition or Renovation soon. A new stadium in Ybor City right next to downtown Tampa is slated to be built in the near future!

[@jeromekelly477]

Your videos are great!

[@bossfan49]

Wrigley Field in Chicago has no parking lot. It's about 20 minutes from the heart of downtown in a residential neighborhood. If you can find a local business owner or resident that is offering a parking space on game day you will pay through the nose. And that's if you're lucky enough to not be scammed. Your best bet is to park downtown and take a train which which lets you off a block away, ....or Uber.

[@Knightmessenger]

That's how all the jewel box ballparks were. 1. being in a residential neighborhood means plenty of people can attend the game without any commute whatsoever. 2. it's on the L Red Line so easy to get there without a car. That setup makes it more ideal than some stadiums that are closer to the downtown area, such as Chicago's own United Center.

[@fixpacifica]

Same with AT&T Park where the SF Giants play. You either walk to the park, take public transportation, or find very expensive parking in one of the private lots in the area. I always take BART (Bay Area Rapid Transit) to downtown SF, and then walk the 20-30 minutes to the park.

[@bossfan49]

@@Knightmessenger You are correct, it did make sense back then in the 1910s-40s when most people didn't have cars, and even thru the 60s. It's a different time now, although the Cubs never seem to have trouble filling seats.

[@lukeminosky2485]

The location is such an underrated factor in why people don’t come to Rays games. Obviously the rays need a new stadium but if that stadium is not built in Tampa people will still not show up. Saint Pete is at least a 30 minute drive from downtown Tampa and that’s not even counting traffic. People would show up to raise games if they were in Tampa because they win just look at the lightning and the bucs.

[@UserName-ts3sp]

it's a mix. horrible stadium, horrible location. maybe some fairweather fans but i guarantee the new stadium will be packed when they're doing well. unlike now, where they're legit contenders and cant even sell out in the playoffs

[@lukeminosky2485]

@@UserName-ts3sp Tampa and Florida professions sports in general are usually fair weather fans. Even though the trop is horrible and the rays obviously need a new stadium, if it was currently in Tampa, the rays would draw WAY better. Look at the lightning they are at the top of the NHL in attendance.

[@UserName-ts3sp]

@@lukeminosky2485 yeah im just saying its two factors. if the trop wasn't the biggest shithole in sports, the rays may have half decent attendance. even in st petersburg.

[@Knightmessenger]

I wonder if the attendance would be better without the freeways. Pointless urban freeways that only go a short distance can actually make traffic worse and besides 75 proper, it looks like there are 2 other spurts that surround the stadium. Taking those out might imrpove traffic flow.

[@UnchainedAmerica]

Candlestick Park was built super close to SFO airport but doesn't seem to have the same problems as the planes do going into San Jose. San Jose isn't a major flight destination anyhow.

[@gregb6469]

The San Francisco situation is particularly stupid, since a much better alternative was available--have the 'Niners play a couple of seasons in Oakland while a new domed stadium was built on the site of the torn down Candlestick Park.

[@scotttretten8020]

Santa Clara is only 10 min from San Jose the largest city by far in the Bay area many of the issues mentioned are indeed a problem, the distance from San Francisco is not one of them

[@strudelninja]

Cedar Fair just sold the land out from under Great America because it's worth more as parking than as an amusement park. They're able to lease it for another 11 years but the assumption is that it's going to be closed, rides moved or sold, and razed by 2030. To be fair, they never wanted to have to buy the park to begin with. They were far more interested in the other Paramount parks and had, in 2011, reached an agreement to sell the park that the buyer walked away from. And, the park was limited in how tall it could build anything without getting approval from the city, which doesn't encourage investment in new capital that might get rejected after money's been spent to design the thing.

[@dccavalier]

Perhaps someone has pointed this out already but if you going to call out UConn for playing 20 miles from campus, why not the U of Miami for playing even farther from their campus? I’d argue Miami’s baseball stadium is in a bad place too. As for Fed Ex Field, you’re spot on

[@forgottenplaces9780]

Because that stadium wasnt built for them specifically there a tennant meaning they didnt build it unlike the uconn stadium which is still further to begin with albeit only slightly

[@Schneids71]

You should have pointed that out in the video.

[@Pissgremlin5964]

UConn's campus is surrounded by farmland. I live near it. And while that sounds ideal for a stadium there's really no major highways to get there so traffic would have been a nightmare. That being said the location they picked is no better for traffic despite being right off a major highway.

[@lukenorton6488]

Another great vid my man love all of them

[@GeeEm1313]

For FedEx field, my family would park at the Largo Metro stop and take the train in. Daniel Snyder already makes enough money as it is. He doesn't need the extra $50 a week from my family.

[@nickt6025]

I love your videos!!! Keep up the great work!

[@tjsportsfishing4194]

You should look and talk about oracle arena, loved that old concrete stadium

[@NijimaSan]

How the hell does the Rose Bowl (UCLA Bruins) not make this list?

[@bkjbearcat78]

Arrowhead and Kauffman are so far on the outskirts of the city, their pretty much in the suburbs as well. But they are located right off I-70. So it’s bit hard to get in and out of that place.

[@zachsturm599]

20 miles away from a stadium is wild! Makes the Rubber Bowl not seem as bad because it was a solid 5 miles from campus, as a kid I always thought that was weird!

[@AshLilburne]

Love the videos mate! 👍

[@almostfm]

It's no longer on the schedule, but the NASCAR track at North Wilkesboro was by all accounts a dumpster fire to get into and out of. Imagine a 50,000 seat stadium, with a single two-lane road for access (and they wouldn't even set it so both lines moved in the same direction on race day). So basically one lane in and one lane out.

[@shadycharacter94]

Hard Rock Stadium is also 20 miles away from the University of Miami.

[@ralphgarcia913]

The Polo Grounds was right across the Harlem River in New York City. If you sat behind home plate, you could look out to center field. There in the distance you could see the very white Stadium and the words "Yankee." It took attendance and attention away from the New York Giants. When Babe Ruth played for the Yankees why would you want to go to a Giants game once the Yankees had their own Stadium and Ruth. Polo was never played at the Polo Grounds. Riverfront Stadium, the once home of the Cincinnati Reds was very weird as it had underground parking for players, executives and staff members. However it was very ugly as it was a cookie cutter Stadium. It had no beauty or charm.

[@artthomas8017]

I went to a couple of games at Riverfront and I've never seen so much concrete. The area behind home plate (if memory serves) was just a vast field of it.

[@teamhalloffame8187]

Love this video! I see your a Cavs fan. I’ve been to a few games, I really like how Quicken Loans is right downtown and they have that street of restaurants. I also like that the MLB stadium is in walking distance to it too. I’m assuming in the U.S you guys have a lot of cities that do this.

[@alexsweet8585]

What about the dome in St Louis? Both of their football teams play west of the Rockies.

[@ronrader8714]

Someone may have already mentioned it, but Oakland Coliseum (currently RingCentral) could be on this list as well. It's by far the worst stadium that I have visited. Also, being so close to the Giants and Oracle Park just highlights the deficiencies of the Coliseum.

[@rashaadjorden1187]

The stadium may be terrible, but its location might not be.

[@HiddenHistoryYT]

Good info but just personally I’d rather look at pictures of the stadiums for context the whole time rather than a face cam

[@joro808]

Nice content man

[@billcook4768]

None of these come close to the bad location that is Foxborough. Far from the population centers. Essentially no public transit despite Boston relying on public transit. Off a traffic marred non-intetstate. A fraction of the necessary parking. And what’s crazy is they had a chance to fix the problem and instead built the new in Foxborough again! Of course, also shows that fans of a winning team will put up with almost anything.

[@bustersmith7535]

The old Kingdoam in Seattle really sucked!

[@mdf3530]

I would have the Rose Bowl and Soldier Field. The Rose Bowl looks great on TV with the hills in the background but it is a pretty bare bones stadium. They don't have enough supporting infrastructure around it. Soldier Field is built on top of debris from the Chicago Fire of 1871. It was just pushed off into Lake Michigan. They've had problems with flooding due to it being below the water table. That's why the Bears have purchased the land of the former Arlington Park racetrack.

[@dubl59zy]

How long a drive is the Rose Bowl from the UCLA campus. I used to live in Pasadena and I can tell you that I’d rather drive to Mars than drive to Westwood.

[@citizenmikeyone]

NEXT UP: Five stadia with the BEST locations! Top of my head: ORIOLE PARK/CAPITAL CENTRE in DC where the CAPS play (I *refuse* to call it by the current corporate sponsor)/whatever the BROWNS stadium on Lake Erie is called/HEINZ FIELD/MADISON SQUARE GARDEN NYC I'm a Penn State alum and I think BEAVER STADIUM's location is incredible but I've also been inside of OHIO STADIUM in C-BUS (not for a game, unfortunately) and the SHOE truly rocks #RESPECT 👊🏻 BTW, *SPOT-ON* analyses of FED EX & THE TROP 😵‍💫

[@tommytrinder.1226]

PNC Park is in an absolutely P E R F E C T location in downtown Pittburgh.

[@TPTGopher]

LOL at "Capital Centre" (the name not the arena) and "best location" in the same sentence...

[@Knightmessenger]

Detroit has their 3/4 stadiums for 4/5 teams (the Pistons and Red Wings share Little Ceasars Arena) all within a few blocks of downtown. Wait, there's a fourth stadium/fifth team? Yes, the semi pro Detroit City Football Club used to play nearby at Cass Tech HS but had to move to a bigger capacity location. Keyworth Stadium is located in the enclave of Hamtramck, in the neighborhood much like Wrigley Field. As much as Hamtramck was never built for cars (good luck finding a house with a garage), a few preexisting parking lots just happen to be within a few blocks of the stadium. It's also near a former Negro League ballpark still standing.

[@ernesthromada3994]

Capital One Arena is a dump. Yes, it's right on top of a metro station, but the arena itself is a cesspool. Don't ever get any food there either unless you really want food poisoning or rat droppings in it.

[@citizenmikeyone]

@@tommytrinder.1226 I totally spaced on PNC // *Incredible* ballpark

[@hamsterbass123]

love the channel

[@panowa8319]

There should be a video titled, "stadiums and other structures that are complete eyesores". Oakland Alameda County Colliseum is a fine example.