Most iconic American Sports Venue?
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If it were still the original I would agree, hands down. But the original ceased to exist after 1973. The renovated stadium was, more or less, and entirely new venue. I know, I spent countless says and nights at both venues, including being at the last game of the original Yankee Stadium on Sept 30th 1973. I even have a seat as a memento.Knight post=448830 said:
MainMan post=448837 said:
Problem w/ football stadiums is that they are generally recognized by name but not by look. Most are generic looking...way different than outside of MSG, Wrigley, Fenway etc.
Nathalie and I have become friends with a lot of people all over the world from traveling and whenever they ask about the US and sports they always ask about MSG. Most will mention yankee stadium also. As a Met fan it pains me to say it but no matter what country we go to we will see people in yankee gear. Heck even in Zambia we saw kids with yankee hats. Ironically whenever I'm wearing my St Johns gear we will pretty much always run into a Johnnies fan at some point but they are travelers from the US also but like clockwork we will be walking down the street someone and someone will say " Go Johnnies ". Most older fans from the 80s and 90s
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mjmaherjr post=448842 said:
I traveled extensively for business domestically and a little in Canada. By end end of the Norm era only ardent sports fans recognized St. John's University. Many would ask if the school was in Minnesota. Talk about irrelevancy!
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Re: baseball declining popularity, NYT has article on the drivers of decline and what MLB is trying to do to counter it
I was huge baseball fan through my late teens but interest dropped off a cliff after the strike in 1994. I rarely ever watch a game, and just read the headlines of Yankees/Mets or if something just comes across that catches my interest.
Baseball, Popular but No Longer Dominant, Seeks to Reclaim Its Cool
[URL]https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/25/sports/baseball-popularity-black-participation.html[/URL]
I was huge baseball fan through my late teens but interest dropped off a cliff after the strike in 1994. I rarely ever watch a game, and just read the headlines of Yankees/Mets or if something just comes across that catches my interest.
Baseball, Popular but No Longer Dominant, Seeks to Reclaim Its Cool
[URL]https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/25/sports/baseball-popularity-black-participation.html[/URL]
Iconic speaks to an enduring symbol of greatness so not sure current popularity is determining factor although if a sport has become irrelevant. it's clearly not enduring.
Hard for me to see how Wimbledon does not meet the definition in the same way Churchill Downs does; both have been around forever and are the first thing you think of when you think of their sport. Even very casual tennis and horse racing fans immediately think of both places when the sport is mentioned.
Hard for me to see how Wimbledon does not meet the definition in the same way Churchill Downs does; both have been around forever and are the first thing you think of when you think of their sport. Even very casual tennis and horse racing fans immediately think of both places when the sport is mentioned.