San Diego Padres – Petco Park
A beautiful stadium nestled into the picturesque city of San Diego–home of Ron Burgundy–gives its fans wonderful views of the city, which has become the norm for ballparks in this generation. You could say the iconic Western Metal Supply Co. building in left field is Petco’s coolest feature and we wouldn’t argue with you, but we’ll say the picnic style seating out in right-center field is just as great with its family style seating and relaxed atmosphere.
Colorado Rockies – Coors Field
What’s not to love about Coors Field? It’s right in downtown Denver, has great views of the Rocky Mountains, and the fans get a real treat at night games when they get to watch the picturesque sunsets behind the iconic mountain range. But one of the coolest features of the stadium is the line of purple seats in the upper deck that mark where it is 5,280 feet–or a mile high–above sea level.
San Francisco Giants- AT&T Park
AT&T Park has a chilling effect to it. Don’t get me wrong, it’s a great place to watch a game, but you’ll always be a little cold here because of the bay breeze it constantly gets. But in turn, that’s the stadium’s coolest feature–McCovey Cove in right field where Barry Bonds used to rack up splash hits left and right.
Los Angeles Dodgers – Dodger Stadium
The iconic stadium perched atop Chavez Ravine has become as iconic as the Hollywood sign in the City of Angels. There are many great features to the stadium–the Dodger dogs, the aura, the blue tones all around the stadium–but nothing is more iconic than the 360-degree views of Los Angeles that is visible from the park. That and the traffic getting in and out of the park.
Arizona Diamondbacks – Chase Field
It’s hot in the desert of Arizona, so props to the architects of Chase Field who decided to put a pool area out in the right field stands. Not a bad spot to watch a game and have a beer, and one of the most unique features in a major league stadium.
Washington Nationals – Nationals Park
The Presidents Race at Nationals Park held in the middle of the 4th inning at every Nationals home game is pretty cool, but what’s cooler is the cherry blossom trees behind the left field seats. Pretty iconic feature for a team located in the nation’s capital.
Miami Marlins – Marlins Park
Marlins Park is rife with controversy when it comes to the stadium being built by an exorbitant amount of taxpayer dollars and the motive of soon-to-be-former owner Jeffrey Loria, and the actual park itself has been riddled with complaints about its circus-like feel–especially the Marlins structure out in centerfield. But the fish tank built into the backstop behind home plate is pretty cool and unique.
Atlanta Braves – SunTrust Park
The new ballpark for the Braves opened up this year and besides the canopy above the upper deck, which covers 60% of the seats and is being touted as the most unique feature of the stadium, the Braves are also looking to build a neighborhood around the stadium and integrate the locals into the ballpark.
New York Mets – Citi Field
Shea Stadium, the previous home of the Mets, wasn’t the most beautiful stadium ever built but it did have one iconic feature–the Mets apple. Symbolizing The Big Apple nickname of New York, the apple pops up from below center field after each Mets home run and the builders of Citi Field made sure they brought it over from Shea.
Philadelphia Phillies – Citizens Bank Park
The 50-foot high Liberty Bell at Citizens Bank Park in right-center field is as iconic as the skyline that sits out beyond left field. The bell sits a whopping 102-feet above sea level, and it lights up after every Phillies home run.
Pittsburgh Pirates – PNC Park
PNC Park has gotten rave reviews from not only baseball enthusiasts for its wonderful architecture but also from architects outside the baseball world. The stadium offers wonderful views of Pittsburgh’s skyline and no seat is too far away from the action–a key element of the architects when constructing the ballpark. The view in right field has to be the coolest part of the stadium, but also of note is the fact that city closes the Roberto Clemente Bridge (seen at the top center of the picture) to only foot traffic during games.
Milwaukee Brewers – Miller Park
There’s nothing that shouts Brewers baseball more than Bernie the Brewer sliding down the giant yellow slide in the left-center field after a Milwaukee home run. The sausage races are pretty great too.
Cincinnati Reds – Great American Ballpark
The Power Stacks at Great American Ball Park are the coolest feature of the Cincinnati Reds’ stadium. The stacks are modeled around the great steamboats that used to run up and down the Ohio River that the city of Cincinnati sits on. On the top of the two stacks are seven baseball bats each, which symbolize the number 14 worn by Reds great Pete Rose. Major league baseball prohibits his number to be displayed at any ballpark due to his gambling against the game, so this is how Cincinnati honors Charlie Hustle.
Chicago Cubs – Wrigley Field
When it comes to Wrigley Field, it’s hard to point out just one feature. The iconic ivy on the outfield brick wall, Wrigley’s famous old-school scoreboard perched atop the bleachers in center field, the flags of all 30 MLB teams atop the scoreboard that have them in order by the standings, the bright red Wrigley Field sign outside the stadium, the bleachers behind the bleachers that seat those who can’t make it into the stadium–they’re all great. But we’ll go with another classic feature when Wrigley flys a White ‘W’ flag after every Cubs win.
St. Louis Cardinals – Busch Stadium
There’s a lot to like about the new Busch Stadium, including the Ballpark Village that is still being worked on but will feature a neighborhood with housing and amenities that will mesh into the atmosphere of the stadium. But the coolest feature is the view of the Gateway Arch from the stadium because nothing says St. Louis like baseball and the famous symbol of the city.
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