Ballparks in Configuration for Football, Hockey, Boxing, etc.

[Pedro's Compadre]

AY AY AY AY LETS GO BUFFALO! Please remove the Toronto game, Im sick of paying for season tickets for 7 home games.

[PeteU]

If I had to guess, I would say that the covered seats are too low to the field and has a result have poor sight lines, similar to the Rose Bowl.

I think Jack Murphy Stadium also does this for Chargers games. I don' know why they just don't remove those seats, seeing that the stadium wont' be used for baseball anymore.

[Chevy114]

I know a couple of NFL stadiums expanded in hopes of getting the superbowl like Jacksonville and SD and both have to use tarps for regular season games. But Toronto doesn't tarp baseball set up like the A's do right?

[hofflalu]

The light-green areas exposed along the sidelines near the tarped-over areas: is that green-colored concrete? I can't imagine that's the old AstroTurf.

[Lpeters199]

http://tigerpregameshow.blogspot.com...icture-of.html

[Matt The Hammer]

I think Jack Murphy Stadium also does this for Chargers games. I don' know why they just don't remove those seats, seeing that the stadium wont' be used for baseball anymore.

Owners used to pack in the crappy seats so that the network is forced to buy them so that they can broadcast the game. NFL rule for only sellouts to be on TV.

Saw that there are two exceptions for the blackout rule in the NFL. The second is for Toronto:

The second exception is for the Bills Toronto Series; by a technicality, Rogers Communications (the team's lessee) owns all tickets to those games and resells them to potential fans. Thus, even if the games do not sell out, it is still technically a sellout (since Rogers is said to have bought the tickets) and the games are televised. This rule has come into play for both Toronto Series preseason games

[alpineinc]

Shea, Namath, '68

[Lpeters199]

http://www.ebay.com/itm/MUNICIPAL-ST...c#ht_500wt_717

[ericlc129]

I'm guessing once the Marlins open in a new park come April that leaves Oakland and San Diego as the only facilities hosting both MLB baseball and NFL football?

Noticed you said "NFL" Football. I find it ironic that more and more baseball "only" stadiums are hosting football games for local teams: High school, college, etc.

[mjrbaseball]

I'm guessing once the Marlins open in a new park come April that leaves Oakland and San Diego as the only facilities hosting both MLB baseball and NFL football?

Noticed you said "NFL" Football. I find it ironic that more and more baseball "only" stadiums are hosting football games for local teams: High school, college, etc.

Nope, Oakland and Toronto are the only stadiums hosting both baseball and professional football.

[DrBear]

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October 1961, Football Giants at Football Cardinals, Busch Stadium (I), from Flickr.

[RfkFedEx]

October 1961, Football Giants at Football Cardinals, Busch Stadium (I), from Flickr.

If it weren't for the helmets, it'd be hard for the common eye to tell which team was which.

[gmtobehere]

Is there a reason why the Seattle Bowl wasn't played at Quest Field or Husky Stadium?

[RfkFedEx]

Is there a reason why the Seattle Bowl wasn't played at Quest Field or Husky Stadium?

Qwest Field hadn't been completed yet. Husky Stadium wouldn't have been a good ho$t venue bc it lacked suites and a prominent downtown location for traveling fans from both schools to spend their cash. Plus the novelty of playing one game at Safeco was sort of cool. The next few Emerald Bowls played at Qwest were snoozers, thus the bowl game was cancelled or moved to another city, I can't remember which.

[Lpeters199]

http://nhl-red-light.si.com/2012/02/...t-for-detroit/

[Lpeters199]

http://www.planetgiant.com/index

[Matt The Hammer]

That's a lot of field level seating. Talk about bad sight lines...

Looks like Joe Robbie with the recent Wrestlemania:

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[RfkFedEx]

Do they even sell upper deck seating for an event like Wrestlemania?

Also, have they scrapped plans to reconfigure the lower bowl now that the Marlins are gone? I remember reading that they were going to do a Superdome style expansion to remove dead space on the field by bringing the sideline seats closer to the action.

[Jgweiss]

Qwest Field hadn't been completed yet. Husky Stadium wouldn't have been a good ho$t venue bc it lacked suites and a prominent downtown location for traveling fans from both schools to spend their cash. Plus the novelty of playing one game at Safeco was sort of cool. The next few Emerald Bowls played at Qwest were snoozers, thus the bowl game was cancelled or moved to another city, I can't remember which.

It was moved to AT&T Park.

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[Jgweiss]

Basketball at Yankee Stadium:

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http://www.buzzfeed.com/jpmoore/25-b...ng-played-in-s

There is also a shot of soccer at Yankee Stadium, post-reno

[Chevy114]

Basketball at Yankee Stadium:

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http://www.buzzfeed.com/jpmoore/25-b...ng-played-in-s

There is also a shot of soccer at Yankee Stadium, post-reno

I always though the Liberty playing at the US open courts was the first outdoor bball game, pretty cool to see this!

[bhratbrat]

Yes they do sell upper deck seating. The only area where they didn't sell was the area in the lower deck behind the stage setup.

They haven't scrapped those plans but they are wanting to get the taxpayers to pay for it.

[Matt The Hammer]

Basketball on the dirt? Yee Haw! Suprised they don't have milk crate baskets too. Jebus.

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[cringey]

Do they even sell upper deck seating for an event like Wrestlemania?

Also, have they scrapped plans to reconfigure the lower bowl now that the Marlins are gone? I remember reading that they were going to do a Superdome style expansion to remove dead space on the field by bringing the sideline seats closer to the action.

78,363 in attendence for that Wrestlemania. And apparently those fake palm trees were huge obstructions.

[Lumbergh]

in response to wrestle mania @ JRS -

you'd think those idiotic palm trees would not be necessary. I understand the need to rig lighting and a cover for the ring but surely it could have been suspended with cables? JRS has a completely level upper deck (sans the video boards) where cables could have been mounted all the way around (or even on the light towers themselves.) seems like bad planning / laziness to me. if I had bought a ticket for that event I would have been pissed.

edit: here is some other photos that I found via GIS