March 29, 2011

Five by five: sports venues

My favorite high school basketball venues
  1. New Albany High School, IN
  2. Southport High School, IN
  3. Seymour High School, IN
  4. New Castle High School, IN
  5. Harrison High School, OH
    Honorable mentions: Anderson HS, IN...
My favorite college basketball venues
  1. Assembly Hall, Indiana University
  2. Chadwick Court, Wabash College (haven't been to new Chadwick)
  3. Nutter Center, Wright St University
  4. UD Arena, University of Dayton
  5. Cintas Center, Xavier University
    Honorable mention: Cameron Indoor Stadium, Duke - I've been inside the place but not ever during a game...same with Hinkle Field House, Butler
My favorite MLB baseball stadia
  1. PNC Park, Pittsburgh
  2. Wrigley Field, Chicago
  3. Camden Park, Baltimore
  4. Miller Park, Milwaukee
  5. Citizen's Bank Park, Philadelphia
    Minor league honorable mention:
    Fifth Third Field, Dayton...Durham Bulls Athletic Park, Durham, NC...Victory Field, Indianapolis, IN
Tennis tourneys I most want to see in person
  1. Roland Garros, Paris, France
  2. US Open, Flushing Meadows, NYC
  3. Wimbledon, London, England
  4. Australian Open, Sydney, Australia
  5. Hall of Fame Tennis Championships, Newport, RI, USA
Baseball stadia I most want to visit
  1. Fenway Park, Boston
  2. AT&T Park, San Francisco
  3. Petco Park, San Diego
  4. Minute Maid Park, Houston
  5. Safeco Field, Seattle
    Honorable Mention: hypothetical Ray's Ballpark, Tampa...

6 comments:

Sven said...

I am not a big one on sports but I think the newly updated Savage Arena of the Univ. of Toledo is pretty decent.

http://www.utrockets.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=18000&ATCLID=1352261

PHSChemGuy said...

Why does their floor look like a big H from above?

Smamy said...

Definitely worth the time to catch a game in Cameron Indoor Stadium if you get the chance. I was lucky to see two games there. Incredible! Words simply can't describe it and TV does not do it justice.

Also, a game at Hinkle is well worth the time. Just a classic venue.

My guess is that at least one would end up making the list (Cameron is almost a guarantee).


Word Verification: Moogeter.....must be a cattle farmer.

calencoriel said...

Hey Sven!!! Glad to know they updated Savage...and happy to know it's still called Savage. He was president when I was a Rocket.

Also, Chemguy - worst place to watch a baseball game (at least from the seats we had that day) Comerica Park in Detroit.

Ame said...

Side note, they are closing the Wigwam http://www.wane.com/dpp/news/indiana/Anderson%27s-%22Wigwam%22-to-close .

I think if I had to vote I would flip Seymour to second instead of third. I find the seats totally uncomfortable, but I have such good memories of Lewis Scott gym they trump the seats. Besides as Terry Fleishman said, I never sat down the 3 years of high school there.

PHSChemGuy said...

Smamy - Cameron and Hinkle are both on the list to be seen at some point. I've been in both when there's no game going on.

Calen - Comerica did suck. Having the seats aimed toward center field isn't a good choice, and the fact that it's in Detroit doesn't help.

Ame - Seymour is pretty frickin' cool, yeah, but I was amazed at how much I enjoyed Southport. Sorry to hear that the Wigwam closed, but I was happy to have gotten there before it did.