Stadium Checklist

[RiggoDiesel44]

Been to most of the usual Australian sporting venues

USA:
Dodgers stadium (LA- Baseball)
Angels stadium (Anaheim-Baseball)
Staples Centre (LA-Basketball / Ice Hockey)
Stubhub Center (LA- Soccer)
Qualcomm Stadium (San Diego- NFL)
Petco Park (San Diego- Baseball)
AT&T Park (San Francisco- Baseball)
Miller Park (Milwaukee- Baseball)
Coors Field (Denver- Baseball)
Yankee stadium (New York- Baseball)
Smoothie King Centre (New Orleans- Basketball)
FedEx Forum (Memphis- Basketball)
Fenway Park (Boston- Baseball)

Italy:
Stadio Marcantonio Bentegodi (Verona- Soccer)

Jamaica:
Sabina Park (Kingston- Cricket)

Mexico:
Arena Mexico (Mexico City- Wrestling)

Nice list! You must've been here for quite awhile. Of those on your list I've been to, Dodger Stadium easily tops that list....then Miler Park (very underrated...mainly because the Brewers are so obscure), and AT&T. I'd put Fenway up there but my bias forbids that. Honestly, it's pretty cool. I sat in the outfield and was expecting "knowledgeable baseball fans that are students of the game"....at least that's the BS you always hear about their astute fans. Oh, please. It was beach balls bouncing around left and right out there....something you'd NEVER see in the Bronx or at Wrigley Field.

 

[LB#16]

Australia:
MCG
Docklands [Etihad] Stadium
Rod Laver Arena
GABBA
Carrara [Metricon] Stadium

USA:
AmericanAirlines Arena (Miami)
New Miami Stadium (Formerly Sun Life, pending new sponsored name)
Staples Center (Los Angeles)
BankUnited Center (University of Miami)

 

[ColdBlooded]

Australia:
SCG
ANZ Stadium
Spotless Stadium
Gabba
Manuka Oval
MCG
Etihad Stadium
Princes Park
Allianz Stadium
WIN Stadium (Wollongong)
Belmore Oval
Jubilee Oval
Shark Park
Pirtek Stadium
Campbelltown Stadium

NZ:
Eden Park
Mt. Smart Stadium
Seddon Park
Westpac Stadium

USA:
Qualcomm Stadium (San Diego)
Aloha Stadium (Honolulu)
Staples Center (Los Angeles)
Honda Center (Anaheim)
Candlestick Park (San Francisco)
SAP Center (San Jose)

 

[LB#16]

Australia:
SCG
ANZ Stadium
Spotless Stadium
Gabba
Manuka Oval
MCG
Etihad Stadium
Princes Park
Allianz Stadium
WIN Stadium (Wollongong)
Belmore Oval
Jubilee Oval
Shark Park
Pirtek Stadium
Campbelltown Stadium

NZ:
Eden Park
Mt. Smart Stadium
Seddon Park
Westpac Stadium

USA:
Qualcomm Stadium (San Diego)
Aloha Stadium (Honolulu)
Staples Center (Los Angeles)
Honda Center (Anaheim)
Candlestick Park (San Francisco)
SAP Center (San Jose)

Qualcomm and Candlestick, as awful as people say?

 

[west coast 2k16]

Gabba
Metricon
Suncorp (NRL)
Cbus (NRL)
Brisbane Showgrounds
MCG
Etihad
Simonds
Princess park
York park

 

[milhouse1]

Nice list! You must've been here for quite awhile. Of those on your list I've been to, Dodger Stadium easily tops that list....then Miler Park (very underrated...mainly because the Brewers are so obscure), and AT&T. I'd put Fenway up there but my bias forbids that. Honestly, it's pretty cool. I sat in the outfield and was expecting "knowledgeable baseball fans that are students of the game"....at least that's the BS you always hear about their astute fans. Oh, please. It was beach balls bouncing around left and right out there....something you'd NEVER see in the Bronx or at Wrigley Field.

I lived in the US for about 4 years (San Diego), so yes made my way to a few stadiums/ballparks. I really liked Miller Park too- my wife and I did a spur of the moment long weekend trip to Milwaukee when the Padres were playing there and really enjoyed it. Fenway was fun but i thought the fans weren't that great either, pouring out of the stadium during 6/7th innings during a close game, was pretty empty by the end of the game.

 

[milhouse1]

Qualcomm and Candlestick, as awful as people say?

I went to quite a few games at Qualcomm while living in San Diego for a few years. Yes it is just a big concrete stadium, with sub-par big screens but it has a certain charm. It is just not up to standard with the latest stadiums with retractable roofs, enormous screens and fancy suites. The thing I enjoyed most was the tailgating before the game, for a 1pm game you'd arrive at 10am and the car park surrounding the stadium would be full of cars, trucks, campervans as far as you could see with people cooking meat and drinking beer. One of the sad things with the push for a new downtown stadium in San Diego is that it would lose this aspect of the gameday experience. But with all that said, yes it is getting very old so I can certainly see the need for a new stadium.

 

[Coinz]

My list:
The WACA
Subiaco stadium
NIB stadium
Perth stadium (jumped the fence to take a looksie in construction phase).

MASSIVE

 

[Jesse Dart]

I've been to;

Domain
MCG
WACA
NIB Stadium

(Pathetic I know)

 

[cats2rise]

Been to games at:
- Skilled Stadium
- MCG
- Etihad Stadium (Melbourne)
- AAMI Park (Melbourne)
- White Hart Lane (Tottenham, England)

Either Visited/Played on/Stadium Tour (but not watched a professional sports game):
- Olympiastadion (Berlin) (tour and had a kick on)
- Metricon Stadium (just visited - does it count?)
- Both Manchester stadiums (walking tours around the outside)
- Tokyo Dome (walking tours around the outside)

 

[Speck]

So...

MCG
Etihad
Adelaide Oval (new)
ANZ Stadium
Metricon Stadium
Westpac Stadium
Gabba (for cricket though)

AAMI Park
Allianz Stadium
Paramatta Stadium

Lords (tour only)
White Hart Lane
Boleyn Ground/Upton Park
Loftus Road
Camp Nou

Updated...

MCG
Etihad
Adelaide Oval (new)
ANZ Stadium
Metricon Stadium
Westpac Stadium
Gabba (for cricket though)
SCG (for cricket and not a ball was bowled)
Simonds Stadium
Subiaco

AAMI Park
Allianz Stadium
Paramatta Stadium
Hunter Stadium

Lords (tour only)
White Hart Lane
Boleyn Ground/Upton Park
Loftus Road
Stadium MK
Bramall Lane (Sheffield)
Camp Nou
United Center (Chicago)

 

[Yatmax]

My list:
MCG
Adelaide Oval
Football Park
Arden Street
Alberton
Hickinbotham Oval
Prospect
Norwood
Richmond, SA
Punt Road

 

[sb944]

Subiaco
WACA
Lathlain!
Leederville
Fremantle Oval
East Fremantle Oval
Joondalup
Bassendean
Rushton Park
SCG
ANZ stadium
Spotless
Allianz
Leichardt
Blacktown Sports Ground
North Sydney
Bankstown
MCG
Carrara

 

[FreoRicci]

ANZ Stadium
Subiaco Oval
Fremantle Oval
HBF Arena (Joondalup)
Rushton Park
Medibank Stadium (Leederville)
NIB Stadium (Perth Oval)
WACA
MCG
Etihad Stadium (Melbourne)
Traeger Park (Alice Springs)
Manuka Oval
Adelaide Oval (pre-2012)
Moorabbin Oval
Simonds Stadium

AT&T Park (San Francisco)
Staple Centre (LA)
Oracle Arena
Verizon Centre (Washington)
Madison Square Gardens
Smoothie King Centre (New Orleans)

 

[DelishDockers]

Stadiums I've seen AFL games:

AAMI Stadium
Adelaide Oval
Subiaco
MCG
SCG
Etihad
ANZ Stadium
Kardinia Park
Westpac Stadium, Wellington NZ (the first AFL game outside Australia)

Spotless Stadium this Saturday. Shall be an incredibly historic game. Really looking forward to it. Never been to a GWS home game before. Looking forward to seeing how it'll look.

Really want to tick off

Gabba
Metricon

* if Freo play in the NT next year I'd love to see a game there, although from Adelaide, flights are outrageously expensive.

 

[Fizzler]

MCG (AFL and Cricket)
Etihad (VFL and Cricket)
Arden Street (VFL Practice Match)
Princes Park (VFL and Inter-League)
Victoria Park (VFL)
and that's all I can think of.
I'd love to see AAMI Park, Adelaide Oval (heard that Port matches are magnificent there) and Loftus Road.

 

[OzBomber]

Australia:
MCG
Docklands
Aami Park
Windy Hill
Princes Park
Victoria Park
Rod Laver Arena
Hisense Arena
Albert Park Formula 1 Circuit

International:
Anfield (11 times. Liverpool FC.) - 54,000
Stadium of Light (Sunderland FC)- 49,000
Wembley (tour) - 90,000
Old Trafford (tour. Manchester United FC) - 75,000
Lords - 30,000
Nou Camp (Barcelona FC) - 99,000
Santiago Bernabeu (tour. Real Madrid FC)
Barcelona Olympic Stadium (tour) - 55,000
Westfalenstadion (Borussia Dortmund FC) - 81,000
Allianz Arena (Bayern Munich FC) - 75,000
Monza Formula 1 Circuit - 113,000

I definitely need to do a few more stadiums in Australia but I've definitely ticked off all the major stadiums I've wanted to see so far!

 

[wadistance]

Here's my list. Haven't included intra-state grounds (i.e WAFL etc) - purely national or international venues

Australia
Subi Oval
WACA
Footy Park
Kardinia Park
MCG
Docklands
Princess Park
Waverley Park
York Park
Canberra Stadium
SCG
Stadium Australia
Spotless Stadium
Metricon Stadium


Overseas
Westfalenstadion (Dortmund)
Reirpowerstadion (VfL Bochum)
Millerntor-Stadion (St Pauli)
Berlin Olympic Stadium (Hertha)
Amsterdam Arena (Ajax)
Amsterdam Olympic Stadium (Athletics)
Stade de France (Rugby)
Parc de Princes (PSG)
Estadio do Dragao (FC Porto)
Camp Nou (Fc Barcelona)
Twickenham (Rugby)
The Oval (Cricket)
Celtic Park (Celtic/Comm Games)
Rangers Park (Comm Games)
Jamsil Baseball Stadium (Baseball - Seoul)

 

[Dirty Bird]

added a few more since last time I posted
So my list is now

GABBA (AFL)
SCG (AFL)
Stadium Australia (AFL, Rugby Union)
Manuka Oval (AFL)
MCG (AFL)
Waverly Park (AFL)
Adelaide Oval (AFL)
AAMI Stadium (AFL)

Emirates Stadium (EPL)
Selhurst Park (EPL)
White Hart Lane (EPL)
Camp Nou (Spanish Cup)
Bower Field (NPL)

Georgia Dome (NFL, NCAA Football)
Rentschler Field (NCAA Football)
Baltimore Arena (WWE)
Bronco stadium (NCAA football)
Nrg stadium (super bowl 51)

Have also been in the following, but didn't pay to watch sport
Madison Square Garden (Only went into the lobby)
Spotless Stadium (Some Easter Show stuff)
Penrith Stadium (School Rugby League)
Stamford Bridge (tour)
Lords (tour)
Wembley Stadium (tour)
Fenway park (tour)
Every SANFL ground (as both an umpire and spectator)

 

[Tyzza_07_09_11]

Victoria
Simonds Stadium
Melbourne Cricket Ground
Etihad Stadium
Rod Laver Arena
Margaret Court Arena
Hisense Arena
Australian Formula 1 Grand Prix Circuit (questionable I know, but someone else wrote it so why not)

Interstate
Adelaide Oval (upgraded, been twice)
WACA Ground
Metricon stadium
Sydney Cricket Ground
Stadium Australia
GABBA
Manuka Oval

Overseas (admittedly both on non match days, but going to Wimbledon on a match day this year)
Lords Cricket Ground
Wimbledon (centre court)


Not a massive list by comparison to others on this board, but for a 16 year old, I've been pretty lucky!

 

[FootyJunkie]

Short list for me...

MCG, Melbourne
Docklands Stadium, Melbourne
Olympic Park, Melbourne
Rod Laver Arena, Melbourne
Hisense Arena, Melbourne
Stadium Australia, Sydney
Sydney Showground
Subiaco Oval, Perth
Fratton Park, Portsmouth UK
Yankee Stadium, New York
United Center, Chicago
Wrigley Field, Chicago
Comiskey Park, Chicago

update...

Dodger Stadium, Los Angeles
American Airlines Center, Dallas
AT&T Stadium, Arlington
Globe Life Park, Arlington
Raymond James Stadium, Tampa
George Steinbrenner Field, Tampa
Madison Square Garden, New York
Wembley Stadium, UK

 

[Occidental]

As one in my 50's I can clearly remember trawling around the Melbourne suburban venues to watch the Pies play in my youth.


Victoria Park - perhaps 150 games
Princes Park - maybe 25
Windy Hill - a guess at 10
Junction Oval- maybe 10
Western (Whitten) Oval - 10 ish
Kardinia Park again about 10
Glenferrie Oval - I went twice
MCG - won't even try
Arden Street - maybe 6/7 times
Lakeside Oval - again maybe 5/6/7
Moorabbin Oval - about 10
Waverley - heaps
Eithad - Docklands - heaps
Alberton Oval - one SANFL game

Stadium Australia - NRL GF - once

O/S some visits, some games
New York - Yankee Stadium (old one)
Baltimore - Orioles Stadium
San Fran - Giants Stadium
Vancouver - Canucks Stadium
Hampden Park Glasgow
Ibrox - Glasgow Rangers
Parkhead - Glasgow Celtic
Easter Road - Hibernian
Tynecastle - Hearts
Pittodrie - Aberdeen
Tannadice - Dundee United
Lords - MCC
Stamford Bridge - Chelsea
Emirates - Arsenal
Camp Nou -Barcelona
Pizjuan - Sevilla
Maracana - Rio de Janiero
Boca Juniors - Buenos Aires
River Plate - Buenos Aires
Godoy Cruz - Mendoza
Montevideo - Centenario Stadium

 

[STANTS]

I'll have a crack. Have not included any venues I have just visited only those with an event on.

Australia.

MCG
Etihad
Melbourne Park (everywhere)
Olympic Park Melbourne
GlassHouse
Aami Park
Royal Melbourne Golf Course
Huntingdale
Flemington
Moonee Valley
Caulfield
Sandown (if your interested I can try a least of country tracks I have been to could take up a whole page though)
Waverly
Windy Hill
Victoria Park
Glenferrie Oval
Optus Oval
Kardinia Park
Junction Oval
Football Park
Wherever South Adelaide and West Adelaide play
Subiaco
SCG
SFS (Sydney Football Stadium)
Spotless Stadium.
Olympic Stadium Sydney
Olympic Hockey Venue
Olympic Handball Venue
GABBA
Doomben
Metricon Stadium
Albert Park F1
Phillip Island Moto Gp and V8's

Overseas

Mt Smart Stadium Auckland
Sha Tin Racecourse
Happy Valley Racecourse
Hong Kong Stadium
Turner Field - Atlanta Braves
Wrigley Field - Chicago Cubs
Fenway - Boston Red Sox.
New Yankee Stadium.
Citi field - New York Mets.
Triple A baseball Nashville Sounds.
Rogers Arena - Vancouver Canucks
Bridgestone Arena - Nashville Predators (Playoff game)
Wells Fargo Arena - Philladelphia flyers.
Staples Centre - LA Clippers (Playoff game)
Madison Square Garden - New York Knicks.
Churchill Downs - Kentucky Derby
Talladega Motor Speedway (Nascar Sprint Cup)
Boxing Hard Rock Casino World Title fight
Boston Marathon
Tokyo Marathon

 

[stmookeyj]

Further Update.....

(All in Australia, first trip overseas in June)
- Adelaide Oval (Days 1-4 Australia vs India test match 2011/2012, Port vs Bulldogs 2015)
- Football Park, West Lakes Adelaide (Adelaide vs Bulldogs 2012/2013)
- Melbourne Cricket Ground (several times football/cricket, finish line for Melbourne Marathon 3 times, the other was outside the councourse)
- Docklands (AFL only)
- Princes Park (Carlton vs Footscray 1990 ANZAC Day)
- Whitten Oval (twice in 1989)
- Windy Hill (EDFL Footy, the old man used to play for West Coburg)
- Melbourne Rectangular Stadium (Victory vs Mariners, December 28 2016)
- HiSense Arena (Melb Utd vs Adelaide 36ers NBL 2015)
- Sydney Cricket Ground (Sydney vs Dogs 2012)
- Sydney Football Stadium (Roosters vs Gold Coast 2014, AND Roosters vs North Queensland 2016)
- OLYMPIC STADIUM, SYDNEY (2015 Bledisloe Cup, also a Sydney vs Collingwood match in 2013 followed 2 nights later by a Canterbury vs Gold Coast NRL game. Part of the Bledisloe trip was to be part of a "World's Biggest Scrum" attempt so I did manage to get on the ground, I made sure I was in the front row)
- Sydney Showground (GWS vs Essendon 2015, GWS vs West Coast 2016)
- Parramatta Stadium (NRL, Parramatta vs Cronulla 2012, Now demolished ready for refurbishment)
- Manuka Oval (Sydney vs Dogs 2011, GWS v Dogs 2014)
- The Gabba (multiple events)
- Lang Park (2016 Queensland Cup Grand Final, Redcliffe vs Burleigh)
- Carrara (almost yearly)
- Marrara Oval, Darwin (1995/1996 NTFL GF St.Marys vs Southern Districts, also 2 AFL games)
- The WACA (Day 1 2012/2013 test vs South Africa)
- Subiaco Oval (WC vs Dogs 2011, Freo vs Melbourne 2015, Freo vs Dogs 2016)
- Cazaly's, Cairns
- Bellerive Oval (The Debacle on Day 1, Australia vs South Africa 2016/17 season)


MARATHON/RUNNING COURSES:
- Gold Coast Marathon (3 time finisher) takes in part of the Gold Coast Indy/V8 Circuit (Back straight for cars, approx 4/18km into Marathon)
- Melbourne Marathon (4 time finisher) apart from finishing in the MCG takes in much of the F1 GP Circuit including the pit lane
- Perth's City to Surf (2 time Marathon Finisher) has a course running past Challenge Stadium, former home of the Perth Wildcats before and after they played at the old Entertainment Centre and prior to Perth Arena
- Canberra Marathon (2 time Marathon finisher, 1 DNF last year in the 50km Ultra but entered again for next week) doesn't run past any sporting venues but starts at Old Parliament House and runs around the New Parliament House in the first 2 kilometres
- Sydney's City2Surf (14km, 4 time finisher) finishes at Bondi Beach which hosted Beach Volleyball at the 2000 Olympics.
- Brisbane's Bridge2Brisbane (1 time 5km finisher, 1 time 10km finisher) formerly had their finish line at the RNA Showgrounds, a former test cricket and Rugby venue and one time home of ABL champions Brisbane Bandits. Since my only 10km finish the course has changed and it now finishes in Southbank using the Story Bridge as opposed to the Gateway Bridge closer to the Airport.
- Perth's Run For a Reason (1 time finisher when the run was 12km in 2011) ran past Belmont Racecourse and finished in Gloucester Park, Perth which was a venue for World Series Cricket and the current Harness Racing venue in Perth
- Sydney Marathon Festival's course (1 time Half Marathon Finisher in 2015, pending work commitments I'm planning to do the half again this year) runs over the Sydney Harbour Bridge and finishes like the Olympic Triathlon did in 2000 outside the Sydney Opera House
- The finish line for this year's Comrades Marathon in South Africa (87km) is Scottsville Racecourse in Pietermaritzburg where hopefully I'll make inside the 12 hour cutoff. The next year when the race goes in the opposite direction they generally use Kingsmead in Durban (the Cricket Ground)

 

[BartBart]

Australia:
Subi Oval (AFL)
WACA (cricket & AFL)
GABBA (AFL)
MCG (AFL)
Perth Arena
Perth Oval

Overseas:
MetLife Stadium (NY Giants (NFL))
TD Gardens (Boston Celtic (NBA))
Madison Square Gardens (NY Knicks (NBA))
FedEx Field (Washington Redskins (NFL))
Verizon Center (Washington Capitals (Ice Hockey))
Yankee Stadium (New York Yankees (MLB))
Fenway Park (Boston Red Socks (MLB))