Besides Fenway, Wrigley, and your current hometown park.

I'd have to go with San Francisco. That place is postcard perfect. And the crowd is pretty rowdy, even for a bunch of potheads. Not to mention you have (get) to wear a jacket in July.

The Coliseum and the Trop are in a close race for last.

My favorite outside of OPACY of the ones I've been to is new Busch.

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San Francisco without a doubt imo.

Coors

I actually prefer PNC to AT&T park. I think the river setting and downtown view beyond the outfield is better than AT&T.

I've been to 15, but not PNC yet. It looks fantastic though.

PNC is gorgeous. Just horrible atmosphere

I don't get to that many games but Camden is very nice.

Been to about 10 stadiums and I enjoyed Petco the most

Petco has an unfair advantage because it's in San Diego.

I stayed at the hotel in the Rogers Centre once. That was pretty cool, but a pretty ****ty park all the way around other than that. PNC is probably my favorite, but they did a good job on Target as well.

ATT&T is at top with Petco (my local park) and Safeco (my favorite team) right behind. I've been to all the AL/NL West parks except Coor's and MM.

Of the newer parks I'd love to get to Minn (made it to the Metrodome), Pitt and Balt.

San Fran

Most parks in MLB are pretty nice now. Even the not-so-good ones are still fun to visit.

The variety of ballparks is one of my favorite aspects of baseball.

My brother and I visited Yankee Stadium and Shea Stadium in 2008, the last year as the old stadiums. Great photo op, the seating arrangement in Yankee Stadium wasn't the greatest though. Glad we made the trip and cant wait to get back and see the new stadiums sometime.

I've been to 8 ballparks (3 no longer used) and here is how I would rank em.

1. Fenway
2. Wrigley
3. Oriole Park at Camden Yard
4. MMP
5. Old Yankee (too many crappy facelifts)
6. The Jake
7. Astrodome (sentimental and #1 in my heart)
8. Shea (complete ****hole)

I've heard great things about San Fran, Pitts, San Diego, Minny, & both in NYC now.

New Yankee Stadium is really nice, but it feels kind of antiseptic. Might be because the Yanks are middling at the moment so the passion is missing. I really love a trip to St. Louis. So my vote is for new Busch. I'd love to see Target Field. Obviously my personal favorite is Fenway, but that's off limits for this topic.

Funny to see Petco on here, I thought it was pretty meh. I like old Dodger Stadium in LA more than Petco.

I've only been to MMP and the Nationals Park. I definitely need to go to more parks.

Minnesota, San Fran, and PNC all fantastic.

I think there's a difference of opinion in just ballpark and overall setting. San Fran and San Diego have built in advantages no parks can touch from a setting standpoint.

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San Fran fans are great though and probably why I'd say I loved it the most. In 2008 when I went they were bad but it was still a great atmosphere.

Citi field would be amazing if the mets didn't suck. If you were just going off the park it's one of my favorites.

Both Yankees are meh to me along with wrigley. Houston, Arlington, Atlanta, other chi and Milwaukee all fall in lower tier meh.

I'm also sad how bad the royals jacked up Kauffman. With what they did they should have built a new downtown park. It even worse when you compare how nice new Busch is. I'd rate it high if I didn't hate the cards, but it should definitely be in anyone's top 5.

I think that covers most/all I've been to.

I've been to all parks except:
SF, Oakland, Seattle, Colorado, Toronto, Detroit, Minnesota and Washington.

My favorites have been Wrigley, Fenway, Camden and Pittsburgh.

New Yankee and Citi Field are nice.

Comisky (or whatever the White Sox call it now), Tampa, KC and Dodger all suck.

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I'd put them in the middle. Think they are both better than Anaheim. Think LA is better than Texas.

For fun, rankings of what I've been to.

San Fran
Seattle (Safeco)
San Diego
LA
Texas
KC
Arizona
Anaheim
Oakland
Kingdome
Metrodome

Been to a rooftop across street from Wrigley but not in so will leave that out. I'd probably have it above LA though.

I also think Citizens Bank Park in Philly is a pretty underrated yard. Very nice facility and aesthetically pleasing. Center field restaurant/concession area is great. There's just not alot of atmosphere surrounding it. One restaurant I think, and a bunch of parking lots. Kind of like RBiA.

I've been to almost all the parks. As a visitor I put heavy emphasis on parking and transportation (easy to get to and not much traffic). All of the new ones have nice amenities and pretty good atmospheres.

I enjoyed:

Nationals Park (nationals)
Citizens Bank Park (phillies)
Coors Field (rockies)
Great American Ballpark (reds)
Busch Stadium (cardinals)
Petco Park (padres)
Safeco Field (mariners)
Turner Field (braves)
Miller Park (brewers)
Kauffman Stadium (royals)
Target Field (twins)

and while Wrigley (cubs) and Fenway (red sox) are cozy & historic; and AT&T Park (giants) is nice...they are a bear to get to via automobile when you are an out-of-towner. I had an easier time driving from New Jersey across the GW bridge to Yankee Stadium in the Bronx. PNC park (pirates) can be tough to get to also. Same for Comerica (tigers).

I've been to the Marlins (new stadium). Small crowd, but not a bad stadium. All the parking is in garages so you can stay out of the neighborhood. Oakland and Tampa are okay. Recommend day games at the Oakland-Alameda County Stadium.

Been to Minute Maid many times and a few times to the Ballpark in Arlington.

I consider it a personal badge of honor that I attended and survived night games at both New Comiskey...and Old Comiskey

Plum partial to San Diego's.

I love Kauffman in KC. When everyone else was building round, multi-purpose parks, KC had the good sense to build a baseball stadium and a football stadium, and to surround them both with lots of parking.

I felt like I was in a small ballpark where every seat has a good view, but there were 38k people at the game. My only complaint was a lack of air flow, but I was there on a sweltering evening. I loved looking at all of the water behind the outfield wall... again, probably because it was in the mid-90s and ridiculously humid.

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Disco demolition night??

Ballpark in Arlington is local but still a favorite. Great Park

My personal list (not including Wrigley & Fenway which would be 1 & 2, in that order):


1. Camden Yards
2. AT&T Park
3. Dodger Stadium
4. Petco Park
5. Old Yankee Stadium


Adding Kaufmann and Busch to the list later this summer, and I expect them to rank somewhere in the middle. My worst two would be Turner Field and Angels Stadium.

not quite that far back (re: Disco Demolition Night)

PNC is a great park to catch a game, beautiful view and I didn't find it that hard to get to either, just park downtown and walk across the bridge

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Going to a Cardinals game is a great experience. Busch looks a lot like the old Sportsman's Park, but it's more than that. When you're at a Cardinal game, there are 45k people there, but the average fan knows a hell of a lot about baseball. Olsen used to be a lot like this, but on a college scale.

If you've got the money, stay downtown and walk to the game. There are great bars and restaurants all over the place. I've stayed at the Hyatt and the Crowne Plaza. The Hyatt is a Cardinals sponsor, but they were running a series of scams from that place. I'd be happy to provide details if you want. The Crowne Plaza was great and only block further from Busch.

Kauffman is a great stadium in terms of a place to watch a ballgame. It's easy to get to and park, but there's nothing around it but Arrowhead, tons of parking, and Interstate 70. It's on the west edge of the city, probably closer to suburban Independence than downtown KC.