SBJ Readers: New Yankee Stadium Replaces Fenway Park As Best Ballpark
Via the Boston Herald –
Fenway Park has lost its grip on first place to Yankee Stadium, according to a new survey.
Readers of SportsBusiness Journal gave top honors to the Bronx Bombers’ $1.5 billion baseball stadium that opened in April. Friendly Fenway finished second, followed by the Chicago Cubs’ Wrigley Field, Philadelphia Phillies’ Citizens Bank Park and the San Francisco Giants’ AT&T Park.
Fenway, a field of dreams (or nightmares) since 1912, had topped the trade publication’s list since its inception in 2005.
“The Yankees’ new home received plenty of attention and raised the bar for major league ballparks,” said David Bourne, a SportsBusiness Journal editor. “But as earlier surveys show, people really like the classics. I wouldn’t be surprised to see Fenway back in the top slot next year after some of the shine of the new Yankee Stadium wears off.”
Sam Kennedy, Red Sox chief operating officer, balked at the results of this year’s survey. “There are lots of great ballparks, but we’re proud of all the changes we’ve made. We continue to try to keep up with the Yankees on and off the field.”
Ah, the Curse of Janet Marie Smith strikes its first blow!
How’d that burying Ortiz’ jersey in the concrete of the new Stadium work out? Sure cursed the Yanks didn’t it?
I didn’t like NYS that much. At least I never had the same enthusiasm as I did with the old stadium. I’m surprised this is the case. Obviously it’s not based on how loud the stadium is.
Funny, I was just looking at some pictures from May 2007, taken at the old Stadium, and I started to think “Damn, I really miss that place. Seems cozy now, compared to the new place.”
Steve Lombardi wrote:
I had accepted that the time for a new Stadium had come. The problem was the two stooges who ruined it with the moat, the hidden Mounument Park, obstructed bleacher views, etc.
Steve Lombardi wrote:
Then the place had to be downright intimate before the renovations