100 Most Important Sports Venues Lists -- Baseballist.com

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By Jim Caple, September 19, 2008

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America's 100 Most Important Sports Venues
Rank	Name	Location	Opened	Capacity
1	Yankee Stadium	Bronx, NY	1923	57,545
2	Camden Yards	Baltimore, MD	1992	48,876
3	Madison Square Garden	New York City, NY	1968	19,763
4	The Astrodome	Houston, TX	1965	62,000
5	Augusta National Golf Club	Augusta, GA	1933	NA
6	National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum	Cooperstown, NY	1939	NA
7	Indianapolis Motor Speedway	Indianapolis, IN	1909	4000,000 (with infield)
8	Nike Headquarters	Beaverton, OR	1978	NA
9	Rose Bowl	Pasadena, CA	1922	92,542
10	ESPN Headquarters	Bristol, CT	1981	NA
11	Fenway Park	Boston, MA	1912	39,928
12	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum	Los Angeles, CA	1923	93,607
13	Wrigley Field	Chicago, IL	1914	41,118
14	Churchill Downs	Louisville, KY	1875	165,000 (with infield and paddock)
15	U.S. Olympic Training Center	Colorado Springs, CO	1978	NA
16	Caesar's Palace	Las Vegas, NV	1966	NA
17	Louisiana Superdome	New Orleans, LA	1975	72,000
18	Notre Dame Stadium	South Bend, IN	1930	80,795
19	Lambeau Field	Green Bay, WI	1957	72,928
20	Daytona International Speedway	Daytona Beach, FL	1959	168,000
21	Pebble Beach Golf Links	Pebble Beach, CA	1919	NA
22	Sports Illustrated Headquarters	Manhattan, NY	1954	NA
23	Soldier Field	Chicago, IL	1924	61,500
24	Talladega Superspeedway	Talladega, AL	1969	175,000
25	Boston Marathon Course	Boston, MA	1897	NA
26	NCAA Headquarters	Indianapolis, IN	1999 (moved)	NA
27	Michigan Stadium	Ann Arbor, MI	1927	106,201
27	Ohio Stadium	Columbus, OH	1922	102,329
28	Shea Stadium	Queens, NY	1964	57,333
29	Yankee Stadium	Bronx, NY	1923	57,545
30	Metrodome	Minneapolis, MN	1982	64,111
*31	Rucker Park	Harlem, NY	1956	NA
32	Allen Fieldhouse	Lawrence, KS	1955	16,300
33	Autzen Stadium	Eugene, OR	1967	59,000+
34	Palestra	Philadelphia, PA	1927	8,722
35	Durham Athletic Park (Original)	Durham, NC	1939	5,000
36	Pro Football Hall of Fame	Canton, OH	1963	NA
37	Saratoga Race Track	Saratoga, NY	1863	40,000
38	The Spectrum	Philadelphia,PA	1967	18,136
39	Gold's Gym	Venice, CA	1965	NA
40	Dodger Stadium	Los Angeles, CA	1962	56,000
**41	Mall of America	Bloomington, MN	1992	NA
42	Basketball Hall of Fame	Springfield, MA	1968	NA
43	Yale Bowl	New Haven, CT	1914	64,246
44	Pauley Pavilion	Los Angeles,CA	1965	12,829
45	Lamade Stadium	Williamsport, PA	1959	30,000 (with infield)
46	Bank of America Stadium	Charlotte, NC	1996	73,904
47	Busch Stadium	St. Louis, MO	2006	46,861
48	Arthur Ashe Stadium	Queens, NY	1997	23,200
49	Yankee Stadium	Detroit, MI	1920	NA
50	Negro Leagues Baseball Museum	Kansas City, MO	1990	NA
51	Rosenblatt Stadium	Omaha, NE	1948	25,500
52	TD Banknorth Garden	Boston, MA	1995	18,624
53	Vero Beach Training Facility (Dodgertown)	Vero Beach, FL	1948	NA
54	Herb Brooks Arena	Lake Placid, NY	1980	13,000
55	Ratliff Stadium	Odessa, TX	1982	19,50
56	Yankee Stadium	Bronx, NY	1923	57,545
56	Bay Area Laboratory Co-operative	Burlingame, CA	1984	NA
57	TPC Sawgrass	Ponte Vedre, FL	1980	NA
58	Cameron Indoor Stadium	Durham, NC	1940	9,314
59	Hayward Field	Eugene, OR	1919	10,500
60	Eddie Robinson Stadium	Grambling, LA	1983	19,600
61	Joe Louis Arena	Detroit, MI	1979	20,066
62	Hinkle Fieldhouse	Indianapolis, IN	1928	10,757
63	Tiger Stadium (LSU)	Baton Rouge, LA	1924	92,400
64	Yankee Stadium	Bronx, NY	1923	57,545
65	Raymond James Stadium	Tampa, FL	1998	65,000
66	Conseco Fieldhouse	Indianapolis, IN	1999	18,345
67	Bethpage Black	Farmington, NY	1936	NA
68	Candlestick Park	San Francisco, CA	1960	70,207
69	Pipeline	North Shore, Oahu, HI	NA	NA
70	Louisville Slugger Museum & Factory	Louisville, KY	1968	NA
71	Franklin Field	Philadelphia, PA	1895	52,593
72	Texas Stadium	Irving, TX	1971	65,675
73	Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena	Los Angeles, CA	1959	16,141
74	Field of Dreams	Dyersville, IA	1989	NA
75	Iditarod Course	Willow to Nome, AK	1973	NA
76	AT&T Park	San Francisco, CA	2000	40,930
77	Ben Hill Griffin Stadium	Gainesville, FL	1930	88,648
78	PNC Park	Pittsburgh, PA	2001	38,496
79	Topps Baseball Card Company	Manhattan, NY	1951	NA
80	Thompson-Boling Arena	Knoxville, TN	1987	21,000
81	Cotton Bowl	Dallas, TX	1932	92,107
82	Legion Field	Birmingham, AL	1926	71,594
83	Beaver Stadium	State College, PA	1960	110,793
84	United Center	Chicago, IL	1994	21,711
85	Kerlan-Jobe Orthopedic Clinic	Los Angeles, CA	1965 (renamed in 1985)	NA
86	Mitchell and Ness	Philadelphia, PA	1904	NA
87	Oakland Coliseum	Oakland, CA	1966	63,000
88	Yankee Stadium	Bronx, NY	1923	57,545
88	Oklahoma Memorial Stadium	Norman, OK	1925	82,112
90	Dean Smith Center	Chapel Hill, NC	1986	21,750
91	KeyArena	Seattle, WA	1962 (reopened 1995)	17,098
92	Midway Stadium	St. Paul, MN	1982	6,329
93	Coney Island	Brooklyn, NY	Pre-1900	NA
94	Bill Armstrong Stadium	Indiana University	1981	6,500
95	Assembly Hall	Bloomington, IN	1972	17,456
96	Neyland Stadium	Knoxville, TN	1921	102,037
97	Rickwood Field	Birmingham, AL	1910	10,800
98	Staples Center	Los Angeles, CA	1999	18,997
99	Van Cortland Golf Course	Bronx, NY	1895	NA
100	Memorial Stadium	Berkeley, CA	1923	72,516

Trivia

Satchel Paige at age 42 was the oldest player to debut in the major leagues.