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Sport's Hallowed Grounds

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RockandRollTroll
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What do you consider to be the most hallowed grounds of sports?
I drove past lambeau field today on our way back from Door County, and was thinking how awesome of a place that is to have in this depressing of a state. I went to Fenway Park over the summer, and was in awe of the sheer atmosphere there.
Here's my top 5 in no particular order:
Lambeau Field (Green Bay, Wis)
Fenway Park (Boston, Ma)
Old Trafford (Manchester United, England)
Madison Square Garden (NYC)
(Personal Bias- Camp Randall Stadium, Madison Wis) just because it dates back to the civil war.
Dec 28 2008 11:07PM
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M+M
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#1 = fenway
Dec 28 2008 11:13PM
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RockandRollTroll
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Fenway easily is the greatest baseball park/stadium hands down. I think nothing tops lambeau in the NFL in today's world, as alot of teams play indoor, or in brand new facilities. If you look back at pictures from the Ice bowl in 67', then look at pictures of lambeau today, the seating bowl literally looks the same. I went to a badger game at Michigan Stadium this year, and thought the big house was up there too in history, except there really wasn't much to the stadium other than the 100,000+ seats.
Dec 28 2008 11:17PM
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M+M
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nothing about fenway hasnt had something incredible happen to it or around in in history
Dec 28 2008 11:27PM
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fujarome
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i think to americans it's fenway at #1, and europeans would undoubtedly say Old Trafford or for that matter any of those old soccer stadiums. Highbury, Stamford Bridge, Anfield, all historic places
Dec 28 2008 11:27PM
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Hansel.
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hello, YANKEE STADIUM anyone? THE BABE, MANTLE, MARRIS?
Dec 28 2008 11:29PM
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Chummer3
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The Joe
Dec 29 2008 1:37AM
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scratchproteen
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1. Yankee Stadium (damn shame they tore/ are tearing it down)
2. Fenway Park
3. Madison Square Garden
4. not a stadium but augusta national golf club
5. indianapolis motor speedway

close up there would be like
the rose bowl
churchill downs
lambeau field

thats what i got.
Dec 29 2008 2:48AM
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Dan.
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this IS a ski site, so, Chamonix or Jackson Hole? both super famous and travel destinations. or for the park crowd Summit County
Dec 29 2008 3:02AM
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scratchproteen
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also to add to my post...

candlestick park? i think thats what its called, where the 49ers play now, and where the giants used to play (baseball giants) like willie mays...and joe mantana...plus i think thats where the Beatles had their last concert? 
Dec 29 2008 3:09AM
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skier_boy26
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fenway has a certain badassery that cannot really be matched by many places, and I hate the red sox

i always thought the polo grounds was pretty badass too
Dec 29 2008 3:15AM
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abelG
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ANFIELD, LIVERPOOL.


THIS IS ANFIELD.
Dec 29 2008 9:14AM
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hey_dude_its_me
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hahahahah you really think Fenway has more history than Yankees Stadium??? You Boston fans are so silly
Dec 29 2008 9:25AM
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OAK_TREE
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yankee stadium
fenway park
wrigley field
lambeau field
Augusta National
St. Andrews
Dec 29 2008 10:29AM
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C.R.E.A.M
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sun valley, i love that place.
Dec 29 2008 1:15PM
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alev
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for football, no question. harvard stadium, that thing is 106 years old made of pure ivory covered cement.

"Soccer matches also took place at the stadium during the 1984 Summer Olympics. It is also the host of music festivals like theAmandla Festival, where Jamaican reggae legend Bob Marley performed a historic concert in 1979. Janis Joplin performed her last show at the stadium in 1970, shortly berfore her death."

pretty solid history too, place is cold as balls and 'the game' (harvard vs yale) is one of the countries best and most rivaled games in any sport
Dec 29 2008 2:05PM
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M+M
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yankks stadium is gone
Dec 29 2008 2:07PM
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RockandRollTroll
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Why on earth would they build a new stadium?
Dec 29 2008 4:05PM
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MY TOILET
Dec 29 2008 4:37PM
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Hansel.
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because it was cheeper to build a new one that was up to todays stadium standards than it was to upgrade old yankee stadium. its fucking ridiculous if you ask me. the stadium which has hosted the greats of the babe, mantle, dimagio's speech. even ali boxed there, 2 popes held mass there. and the new stadium holds less than old yankee stadium, when in old yankee stadium every game you had people standing in the walk way. its fucking insane why they would tear down such a monument to the sport of baseball.
Dec 29 2008 5:50PM
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Moonlight
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No Order

Yankee

Fenway

Lambaeu

Old trafford

Staples Ceter-a lot goes on in there

Big House

Cameron Indoor

jusd to name some that havent

Dec 29 2008 5:55PM
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shibby
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Look at all the glory hunting Mancs saying OT. I must admit though if I had to choose one English stadium for this it would be Old Trafford. I don't exactly consider Stamford Bridge or Highbury ''hallowed grounds''.

Still, even OT has NOTHING on stadiums like the Maracana and the Bernabeu which would be my picks for sports most famous stadiums. I like the Montreal Forum too.
Dec 29 2008 6:55PM
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inactive
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ayhuh
Dec 29 2008 7:41PM
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treebeard
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for all the soccer stadiums mentioned already, i cant believe no one has said Wembly yet! that place is fucking legendary!

aside from that, i would have to put penn state's Beaver Stadium somewhere on the list
Dec 29 2008 8:02PM
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JeffersonDavis
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1. Indianapolis Motor Speedway
2.Fenway
3.Augusta National
4. Boston Garden
5. Madison Square Garden
Dec 29 2008 8:07PM
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scratchproteen
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i still can't believe the tore dow yankee stadium i know it was cheaper and everything to build a new one...but i really can't believe that...it is with out a doubt the most hallowed ground in sports guys who revoliztionized not just baseball but all sports were there...god popes holding masses there thats crazy, its so sad really.

this one may not really count but how about the colleseum? gladiators!!!
Dec 29 2008 8:25PM
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Because this is America, where we have to keep up with asinine safety regulations so that Planet Fatty over there doesn't fall down the steps, which are of slightly different dimensions than the steps at his home, and sue them for all they have.

Save money buy tearing down our historical monuments? Sure thing boss!
Dec 29 2008 8:54PM
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kyle_w
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the blue field in boise.

yankee stadium was awesome, although dirty.
fenway, three rivers stadium

and being from maryland i must say
RFK, both of the orioles parks (i love camden yards)
Dec 29 2008 9:27PM
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Hansel.
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exactly, GO AMERICA.
Dec 29 2008 10:03PM
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Ben.
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wrigley
fenway
before they tore it down the old busch stadium in STL
soldier field
lambau (however the hell you spell it. packers stadium)
Dec 29 2008 10:36PM
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Peter.
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fenway easily, wrigley, lambeau, notre dame's field
Dec 29 2008 10:43PM
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Ben.
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oh and the united center.
home of the greatest basketball team in the history of the sport. and the greatest player
Dec 30 2008 2:39AM
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M+M
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there is NO way....NONE that WRIGLEY FIELD beats out fenway, you may say it just cause your a mets fan or whatever, but its just not possible....what has happeend there in the last 10 to 15 years? what has happened at fenway (broke the curse with amazing 9th inning comebacks, hr derby, all star games ((in which 2 boston players went back to back in hrs)) ), so yeah..................
Dec 30 2008 10:27AM
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Ben.
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lol wrigley is basically the only reason there are still cubs fans
Dec 30 2008 10:30AM
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CHRISm
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howabout the fucking colosseum
Dec 30 2008 10:32AM
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Flowsion
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just have to point out that this IS non-ski gabber.

i'm gonna agree with yank's stadium as a biggie. i still don't have a top 5 yet. fenway is another one. anybody mention wrigley yet? i think that is a cool place (even though the fans may be dicks)
Dec 30 2008 11:13AM
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fujarome
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well technically wembley isn't there anymore. It's new Wembley which in time will probably become as memorable as old wembley
Dec 30 2008 11:15AM
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h_bar
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THIS IS ANFIELD.

++k man
Dec 30 2008 11:24AM
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JeffersonDavis
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nothing relating to action sports can be considered hallowed
Dec 30 2008 11:37AM
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lloyd_christmas
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Fenway ftw

...another that has only been mentioned maybe once in Notre Dame Stadium with Touchdown Jesus in the background....pretty freaking cool, even though they suck now.

also Wrigley Field
Dec 30 2008 11:46AM
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hey_dude_its_me
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the main safety reason was to make for safer exacuations in the event of a fire or a terrorist attack

Dec 30 2008 11:48AM
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scratchproteen
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and i believe there is no way fenway can top yankee stadium, so much more has happend in yankee stadium than fenway....

16 world series have been won at yankee stadium
- 9 by the Yankees
-  St. Louis Cardinals
-  Brooklyn Dodgers
-  Milwaukee Braves
-  Cincinnati Reds
-  Los Angeles Dodgers
-  Florida Marlins

3 perfect games by yankee pitchers have been thrown in yankee stadium
- Don Larsen - October 8, 1956
- David Wells - May 17, 1998
- David Cone - July 18, 1999

30 Boxing championships were held at yankee stadium, one of which Muhammad Ali defended his title against Ken Norton and won.

"The greatest game ever played" - between the baltimore colts and the new york giants where it was tied 17 - 17 at the end of regulation and was the first NFL game to go into over time and jonny unitas lead the colts to a 23 - 17 win,,,,that occurd in yankee stadium.

1977 game six of the world series Regie Jackson hit 3 home runs in one game which helped the yankees gain their first world series since 1962

And yes you do have boston beating the yankees in the 2004 ALCS which game seven was hosted in yankee stadium and the sox won 10 - 3 i believe


But seriously, there is no way fenway park tops yankee stadium for history and its "hallowedness" maybe obviously now it does since yankee staidum is gone

and let me toss this out there, i hate the yankees, and i hate the redsox...i love the twins.
Dec 30 2008 2:03PM
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=Worf=
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chads gap

mt backer road gap

stratton vt (birthplace of snowboarding)

sun valley idaho (first ski lift)

Dec 30 2008 2:58PM
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HA. don't make me laugh.
Dec 30 2008 6:25PM
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Elijah.
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Where is this Mt. Backer?


Dec 30 2008 6:44PM
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shibby
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Drogba destroying United in the first Wembly final was pretty memorable to me. HAHAHA!
Dec 31 2008 12:22AM
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fujarome
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haha well any united lose is a pretty good moment.

(now, being an arsenal fan...i will quietly back out of a conversation about winning cups)
Dec 31 2008 12:28AM
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Fish_Sandwich.
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N00b, everyone knows where that is.
Dec 31 2008 12:29AM
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chitownskiier8
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im gonna have to disagree and say wrigley, although i am a little biased, seeing as ive never been to fenway, and i live in chicago. but just being in wrigley is something that i think every baseball fan should get to experiance. its awsome
Dec 31 2008 12:34AM
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=Worf=
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sorry Mt baker!!!! 
Dec 31 2008 10:48AM
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Dustin.
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In no particular order:

-Old Trafford (Trafford, Greater Manchester, England- Birthplace of youvegotsmail and location of the greatest team on earth)
-Fenway Park
-Augusta, Georgia
-Sanford Stadium (Home of one of the oldest Universities in the Nation- UGA est. 1785, houses 92k people)
-I hate to say it but Yankee stadium
-Notre Dame- Rudy bro, Rudy
-Lambeau field- Football started big here.
-Munich 1972 Olympic Stadium- Pre.....and I won a championship race here.  Pluse just look at it:  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olympic_Stadium_(Munich)

Many others, but these are great.
Dec 31 2008 1:28PM
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