Ten Cities That Do Sports Venues the Best (and Some Terrible Ones)

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Different North American cities take different approaches to stadium and arena siting. To me, it says a lot about how cities view community events and the importance of urban environments as people places. Who does it well, and who does it poorly?
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@tonywalters7298 Жыл бұрын

One problem is that our policy makers will happily throw out public money to build new sports stadiums, but they will turn around and say that we cannot afford better public transit

@Aiels Жыл бұрын

Ah yes, the five boroughs of NYC - Manhattan, Queens, Brooklyn, The Bronx, and New Jersey 😂

@ainabearfarm8075 Жыл бұрын

Says Charlotte would be number 1 but doesn’t like how a stadium takes up so much prime real estate in the city center…proceeds to top 3 with stadiums taking up prime real estate in the city center. Does this make any sense?

@zacharycrosswait1704 Жыл бұрын

They haven’t been the bullets for like 30 years dude

@timdella92 Жыл бұрын

“Vancouver is the best city in the continent” if you have a lot of money. If you can handle winter and the French language, Montreal is actually the best city in the continent.

@t_babe Жыл бұрын

My condolences to any Arizona Coyotes fans who watch the channel. This one must really sting to watch

@seatangle Жыл бұрын

Another problem with DC's arenas: Capital One arena has displaced local businesses and Chinese residents in chinatown. The 76ers are planning to do the same thing to Chinatown in Philly. It's being built above Jefferson Station, but let's face it. A lot of those Regional Rail trains only run once every hour. Most people are going to drive. SEPTA doesn't have the budget to improve transit as efficiently as it would need to to handle 19,000 sports fans 150 days of the year. I'm worried Chinatown will be destroyed for parking garages and generic chain stores.

@bobgardin2347 Жыл бұрын

What about Cleveland (NFL, MLB, NBA) and Pittsburgh (NFL, MLB, NHL)? All are in or adjacent to their downtowns.

@EastPeakSlim Жыл бұрын

San Francisco, by the very way they built Oracle Park and Chase Center with PRIVATE money and no public coffers assistance, deserves to be in the list.

@c0mmment Жыл бұрын

How is Chicago not #1??? It is accessible by transit and woven into neighborhoods

@balboa0621 Жыл бұрын

Piling on here, but Cincinnati and Pittsburgh should definitely have been on this list. The way the parking lot is completely hidden underground with an entire neighborhood built on top of it between the Reds and Bengals stadiums in Cincinnati was completely brilliant.

@blarneystone38 Жыл бұрын

"Serving all five boroughs: Manhattan, the Bronx, Queens, Brooklyn, and New Jersey"

@ttownfeen Жыл бұрын

Shocked Pitt didn’t make the list. All three major sports venues are literally walkable from downtown. The minor league soccer stadium is as well. PNC and The place formerly known as Heinz Field are also on the light rail line and are very well-integrated into the North Shore.

@paulguzyk2978 Жыл бұрын

Best thing about the Vancouver downtown stadiums (aside from Skytrain being right there) is the urban Costco across the street with their food court facing the street and open to everyone. Before the game you can get a Costco hot dog for $1.50 or a cheap slice of pizza and scarf it down just before entering the stadium so you won't have to pay >$8 inside the stadium for a similar "meal".🤪

@jeremyschep3589 Жыл бұрын

A little surprised to see Pittsburgh passed over completely. All of their professional sports arenas are right there downtown. Steelers and Pirates stadiums are a fairly short walk away from each other.

@DJAnyReason Жыл бұрын

I am very surprised at Pittsburgh not even meriting an honorable mention - especially given it's historical overrepresentation in @CityNerd content!

@TubaDaddy8 Жыл бұрын

How is Pittsburgh not on this list? Acrisure Stadium is shared by Pitt and the Steelers and is right beside PNC Park, a bridge's walk away from downtown and each has its own light rail station. Highmark Stadium, home of the Riverhounds, is likewise but on the opposite side of the Monogahela from downtown, again with its own light rail stop. And PPG Paints Arena is only a ten minute walk from downtown.

@doktarr Жыл бұрын

Surprised Denver didn't at least make honorable mention. The MLS stadium is an F, but the other three are all walkable from downtown and transit accessible.

@ehtx1 Жыл бұрын

Houston has three major league sports stadiums all in the heart of the city. NBA Houston Rockets (Toyota Center), MLB Houston Astros (Minute Maid Park), and MLS Houston Dynamo (Shell Energy Stadium) all are downtown, even walking distance. It gets crazy down there if sports games overlap. And it very rarely happens but sometimes all three sports have games, usually a team is deep in the playoffs when that happens.