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Have You Ever Attended a Football Game at a Baseball Stadium?
Posted on 12/28/23 at 10:12 am
Posted on 12/28/23 at 10:12 am
With the Holiday Bowl last night, the Fenway Bowl now, and I think a bowl at Yankee Stadium coming this afternoon, I wondered what it would be like seeing one of these games.
I believe some older stadiums did double duty for the two sports (Veterans in Philly, Candle Stick in SF, The Oakland Coliseum), but I imagine those were set up differently than these games played at baseball stadiums.
So if you've ever been to one of these, what was the experience like?
I believe some older stadiums did double duty for the two sports (Veterans in Philly, Candle Stick in SF, The Oakland Coliseum), but I imagine those were set up differently than these games played at baseball stadiums.
So if you've ever been to one of these, what was the experience like?
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Posted on 12/28/23 at 10:17 am to Partha
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I believe some older stadiums did double duty for the two sports (Veterans in Philly, Candle Stick in SF, The Oakland Coliseum), but I imagine those were set up differently than these games played at baseball stadiums.
A bunch of them did
Riverfront Stadium (Cincinnati)
Pro Player/Joe Robbie (Miami)
Qualcomm (San Diego)
Astrodome (Houston)
Kingdome (Seattle)
RFK (DC)
Shea (NY)
Fulton County (Atlanta)
Busch (St. Louis)
Three Rivers (Pittsburgh)
Metrodome (Minneapolis)
Posted on 12/28/23 at 10:36 am to Tornado Alley
That was the thing in the 60s and 70s - build a multisports stadium. Shoot, didn't the Supersonics play in the Kingdome along with the Mariners and the Seahawks? I think there were Final Four games in the Astrodome and a couple of big Houston Cougars basketball games.
The whole idea of building baseball/football only stadiums didn't start back up again until the 90s, when the Orioles built Camden Yards and the Rangers built The Ballpark in Arlington.
The whole idea of building baseball/football only stadiums didn't start back up again until the 90s, when the Orioles built Camden Yards and the Rangers built The Ballpark in Arlington.
Posted on 12/28/23 at 10:39 am to Partha
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I imagine those were set up differently than these games played at baseball stadiums.
They were multi purpose and most of them had lower seating which was set up on rails that could reconfigure to a football setup. These ones you’re seeing now are pretty much as is, with portable seating brought in in some cases.
This post was edited on 12/28/23 at 10:40 am
Posted on 12/28/23 at 10:42 am to timbo
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That was the thing in the 60s and 70s - build a multisports stadium. Shoot, didn't the Supersonics play in the Kingdome along with the Mariners and the Seahawks?
Yes, the Sonics did play a few years at the Kingdome and rewrote the NBA’s attendance records at the time by being the first team to average over 20,000 fans per game.
Posted on 12/28/23 at 10:44 am to Partha
Saw a few games in the Astrodome.
Posted on 12/28/23 at 10:48 am to timbo
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The whole idea of building baseball/football only stadiums didn't start back up again until the 90s, when the Orioles built Camden Yards and the Rangers built The Ballpark in Arlington.
This was also the start of ballparks turning into amenities with designed seating more for high-rollers/corporate tickets than the normal fans. As much as we complain now about stadiums without a lot of amenities, this was the norm until 25-30 years ago, not the single-sport use designer stadiums we have now.
Posted on 12/28/23 at 10:49 am to Partha
Saw a Peach Bowl and a handful of Falcons games at the old Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium. Best seats were in the end zone. Seats from the 50 to the 35 or so were typically the worst because you were so far back and the players on the sidelines blocked your view.
Posted on 12/28/23 at 10:50 am to Obi-Wan Tiger
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They were multi purpose and most of them had lower seating which was set up on rails that could reconfigure to a football setup. These ones you’re seeing now are pretty much as is, with portable seating brought in in some cases.
This was the superdome (and many other stadiums) design. However with the last renovation of the dome will never see a baseball game there again.
Posted on 12/28/23 at 10:56 am to Partha
I went to BC vs. Penn State in the Pinstripe Bowl several years back. Some fun bars around Yankee Stadium made the pregame fun. Game was fine - I didn't hate or love the experience.
Posted on 12/28/23 at 10:57 am to Partha
watched Illinois beat Northwestern at Wrigley Field back in 2010…
was a nightmare logistics wise tbh with each team only driving one direction on offense (due to a lack of space behind one of the end zones).
was a nightmare logistics wise tbh with each team only driving one direction on offense (due to a lack of space behind one of the end zones).
Posted on 12/28/23 at 11:08 am to Partha
I saw a Dolphins game in Miami at the old stadium they had that was a baseball field. I think it was still Joe Robbie at the time, but I was a kid.
Me being so young, I didn't really think anything of it except for that the players had to have some gnarly burns on their arms or whatever from going down hard on the dirt in a couple of spots of the field. I remember having those scrapes/road rash type burns from sliding in little league baseball so I can imagine some of the wounds those guys came out with playing football on an infield.
I do remember one end where the dirt was right between the hash marks. It had to be somewhat of an advantage for traction on run plays near that endzone. The offense would definitely want to be on the end without the dirt if they had a set of downs in the redzone woth the game on the line. Here is a picture of what it was like:
Me being so young, I didn't really think anything of it except for that the players had to have some gnarly burns on their arms or whatever from going down hard on the dirt in a couple of spots of the field. I remember having those scrapes/road rash type burns from sliding in little league baseball so I can imagine some of the wounds those guys came out with playing football on an infield.
I do remember one end where the dirt was right between the hash marks. It had to be somewhat of an advantage for traction on run plays near that endzone. The offense would definitely want to be on the end without the dirt if they had a set of downs in the redzone woth the game on the line. Here is a picture of what it was like:
Posted on 12/28/23 at 11:34 am to Partha
Yes. Depending on the stadium, it works
Posted on 12/28/23 at 11:46 am to Partha
No, but I got to see the cubs play the twins in the superdome on Easter Sunday one year
Posted on 12/28/23 at 11:59 am to Partha
The Superdome has hosted pro and college football, baseball, and basketball. Baseball in the Superdome looked lit. They hosted several exhibition games in the 80's, and for college baseball the old Busch Challenge/Winn Dixie Showdown when LSU, Tulane, and UNO would round robin vs three teams from another state(example: Mississippi-State, Ole Miss, and USM Oklahoma-OU, Okie St, and Oral Roberts, etc). The White Sox, A's, and Pirates were all connected to moving to NO in the late 70's through the 80's.
Some Superdome baseball pictures:
Some Superdome baseball pictures:
Posted on 12/28/23 at 12:13 pm to Partha
I bought $15 tickets to the final four when it was at the dome in the nose bleeds a few years back, it was like looking at ants from a mile away.
Posted on 12/28/23 at 12:21 pm to Partha
Astrodome
Posted on 12/28/23 at 1:37 pm to Partha
Went to Shea back when I was a kid for a Saints game against the Jets. Shea really was a baseball stadium . Football should never have been played there
Posted on 12/28/23 at 1:52 pm to KiwiHead
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Went to Shea back when I was a kid for a Saints game against the Jets. Shea really was a baseball stadium . Football should never have been played there
I had been to Shea for a number of Mets games. It was such a dump that baseball should never have been played there either.
Posted on 12/28/23 at 2:12 pm to Snoop Dawg
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Yes, the Sonics did play a few years at the Kingdome and rewrote the NBA’s attendance records at the time by being the first team to average over 20,000 fans per game.
I thought they always played at key arena. I didn’t realize they played entire seasons in the kingdome.
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