After my most recent addition to this list during a weekend trip to San Jose, here’s an updated look at the venues I’ve seen games at.
Beyond the surface-level appeal that sports brings in terms of excitement and interest, an often-overlooked aspect of sports fandom that many look to dive into is travel.
With dozens of teams across the U.S. and Canada, sports fans are able to take in the action in a wide variety of settings that can easily be paired with a short vacation to a new destination that wouldn’t otherwise be traveled to.
As a lifelong sports fan and geography nerd, this intersection has always fascinated and interested me. While the city-to-city and stadium-to-stadium differences are most apparent in Major League Baseball, where field dimensions differ in each park, each stadium and arena is unique, exposing visiting fans to a variety of quirks and fan traditions.
Though I’ve still never attended an NFL or MLS game in-person, I’ve attended over 200 games ranging from the MLB, NBA and NHL to Division I college football and basketball and the WNBA. While I was spoiled in this regard by growing up in the Chicago area and having easy access to some of the country’s most recognizable teams and venues, my wife and I have since made checking out new arenas and stadiums a part of our travel to new places.
Similar to the lists I’ve published to correspond with our media collection, I intend for this list to be updated over time as a checklist of sorts for the venues I’ve gotten a chance to check out a game in.
This list will include current and former MLB, NBA, NHL, WNBA, Division I FBS football and Division 1 men’s basketball venues. I will list each venue under the league/s I have seen a game in, so a few arenas will show up on here twice.
I’m also only including sporting events on this list, so my freshman year marching band trip to the Edward Jones Dome in St. Louis will not count towards this total.
The stadiums and arenas I’ve attended are listed below alongside their respective home teams, sorted by the league I’ve seen a game in that venue for. Inactive venues will be marked with italics.
MLB
- Wrigley Field, Chicago Cubs
- American Family Field, Milwaukee Brewers
- Rate Field, Chicago White Sox
- Busch Stadium I, St. Louis Cardinals
- Fenway Park, Boston Red Sox
- Busch Stadium II, St. Louis Cardinals
- Kauffman Stadium, Kansas City Royals
- Yankee Stadium, New York Yankees
- Comerica Park, Detroit Tigers
- Rogers Centre, Toronto Blue Jays
- T-Mobile Park, Seattle Mariners
- Truist Park, Atlanta Braves
- Great American Ball Park, Cincinnati Reds
- Oakland Coliseum, Oakland Athletics
- Oracle Park, San Francisco Giants
- Sutter Health Park, Athletics
- Citi Field, New York Mets
NBA
- United Center, Chicago Bulls
- FedEx Forum, Memphis Grizzlies
- Gainbridge Fieldhouse, Indiana Pacers
- Madison Square Garden, New York Knicks
- Smoothie King Center, New Orleans Pelicans
- Barclays Center, Brooklyn Nets
- Fiserv Forum, Milwaukee Bucks
- Moda Center, Portland Trail Blazers
NHL
- United Center, Chicago Blackhawks
- Enterprise Center, St. Louis Blues
- Barclays Center, New York Islanders
- Bridgestone Arena, Nashville Predators
- Grand Casino Arena, Minnesota Wild
- Honda Center, Anaheim Ducks
- PPG Paints Arena, Pittsburgh Penguins
- SAP Center, San Jose Sharks
WNBA
- Wintrust Arena, Chicago Sky
- Climate Pledge Arena, Seattle Storm
NCAA Football
- Faurot Field at Memorial Stadium, Missouri Tigers
- Georgia Dome, SEC Championship Game
NCAA Basketball
- Mizzou Arena, Missouri Tigers
- Joseph J. Gentile Arena, Loyola-Chicago Ramblers
- Wintrust Arena, DePaul Blue Demons
- Credit Union 1 Arena, UIC Flames
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