Old Stadium designs that need to be used today

Camden yards did everything this guy likes in a stadium

Citi Field was based off Ebbets, same as Miller Park’s exterior.

One thing you've not considered at all, is the reason the seating capacities for the older stadiums were 35,000 plus, was because the fans WERE CRAMMED INTO the seating areas. Seat widths were about at least six inches more-narrow than what they are today. When DC Stadium was opened in Washington, D.C. in 1961, it featured 22-inch wide seats,, when the standard seat width (for sports stadiums) was only 15-and-a-half inches. The cookie-cutter stadiums also featured wider aisles and more leg room for each row of seats. When Chase Field was opened in Phoenix in 1998, it advertised that each and every seat in the stadium was guaranteed to have at least three feet of leg room. If another baseball stadium would be constructed to be a replica of the old Comiskey Park, there is no way it would have the same seating capacity as old Comiskey (43,951 capacity). A replica of old Comiskey Park today might have a seating capacity of 26,000 or less. Seats today are much wider, aisles are much wider (with a handrail in the middle of the aisle), and seat rows are much wider than they were in the stadiums of old, like old Comiskey Park, Washington, D.C.'s Griffith Stadium, and Brooklyn's Ebbets Field.

The old Comiskey and Tigers stadiums had the BEST outfield seating. That compact nature puts you RIGHT near the action

I love how the comiskey upper deck was directly over the lower deck and was very low. They need to bring that back. Nobody wants to be 8 stories high watching ants play baseball.

Whenever the White Sox do a new stadium they should do a modern version of the old Comiskey as I think itncould be great for them.

The outside of CitiField was modeled after Ebbets Field.

"Shibe" not "Shribe" just for reference. Named for former A's president Ben Shibe, early Philly days. Later Connie Mack Stadium after the one and only Cornelius McGillicuddy, aka Connie Mack, manager of the A's for 49 years.

I loved Comiskey Park. The upper deck seats were looking right down on the field and it was a great view even from the outfield. Lots of great memories of the old place and I miss it.

Boston Garden was great. My first game was obstructed view upper deck vs the Sonics in '89. 2 months later, I was front row against the Rockets. Quite a change of scenery. The court level scoring/media tables were covered by cloth banners (which went away in the early 90s when the NBA began adopting the electric alternating ad boards, which remain today). The ad signage/scoreboards/lighting was also incredible. It felt personal. Last but not least, to cover the ice for basketball games, they used yellow plywood floorboards. I remember putting my feet on them - and wishing the moment would last forever.

St. Louis SC did something very similar to old comsikey with their stadium, they focused on having the upper deck seats being as close to the filed of play as possible. the furthest seat is less than 120 feet away from the action

The giant wall of seats like at Candlestick is very common now in brand new European football stadiums. All inspired by Westfalenstadion's "yellow wall", a 27000 seat single tier stand.

In Phoenix we still have Veterans Memorial Coliseum where the Phoenix Suns played until 1992. The Coyotes should probably take a look at moving into that building.

Shibe park was very underrated

The Boston Garden didn’t have an “upper deck.” It had a balcony. Fans in the balcony were closer to the action than many in the lower sections. I miss the Garden, warts and all.

One can wax nostalgic about Comiskey, but old stadiums did have some seating problems that the newer stadiums do not have. Granted, they may have swapped one issue for another... The closer the overhang of the upper deck to the field means that those sitting toward that back of the lower deck cannot see all the action. A pop up / home run gets lost for a period of time. They may not be able to see the main scoreboard depending on the angle. Modern construction techniques and materials may eliminate or reduce this, but no one wants to sit behind a pole -- something that was necessary to support an upper deck being so close to the field. Especially if that pole blocks something important, like seeing home plate.

One thing I’ve noticed that I don’t like are the tall outfield seating and massive scoreboards that dwarf the field. Makes the field seem small. Also, turn the music volume down.

Boston Garden, Chicago Stadium and the Olympia in Detroit were very similar. The mezzanine levels were so steep. Everyone was on top of the ice! Such atmosphere..especially with all the smokers and a haze of smoke!

The old ballparks were great for how close fans were to the action. The original Yankee Stadium for instance never should have been torn down- it should have been declared a national monument for its groundbreaking architecture and design. Shame.

I was at old Comiskey for Bat Day in 1973 or '74. Attendance was 55,555 Crazy!