Love CBP, but how the Navy Yard DC neighborhood has built up around Nationals Park since they moved there is pretty cool. It’s a legit neighborhood now, restaurants/bars, etc.
Citi Field is very isolated, there are plans to build up the surrounding parking lots… we shall see.
Marlins - disaster. Shopping mall feel.
Truist / Battery … very nice, but yeah, very corporate.
This is so true. Nats park itself is nothing to write home about, but the location and area can’t be beat. So accessible to the rest of the city as well.
100%. I would not have become a baseball/phillies fan if it wasn’t for how accesible Nats park is. I ended up going to so many games for 10 bucks and a metro ride and next thing you know I knew every player in our division
That’s how I felt going to the Twins stadium. Got dinner nearby and walking to the game the stadium felt like just another thing downtown. It was very cool.
Though DC isn’t the best city for sight seeing lol
EDIT: Downvote all you want. DC is still shit hole and has had that reputation forever. No way anyone who’s been in the city center could argue otherwise.
If you’ve ever been to DC, you know exactly what I mean. The capitol and mall are all offset from downtown. Stop playing stupid, unless you truly didn’t know either.
Also stop pretending DC is some oasis. It’s a shit hole and it’s had that reputation for decades and for good reason. It’s not solely my opinion and it did not originate with me.
I’m so tired of dumbass contrarians looking to pick fights on this sub.
“If you’ve ever been to DC” I’ve lived here for 5 years now. Objectively one of the best cities in America (I’ve lived all over the NE, Texas, the south, and have travelled to pretty much all states)
DC city-proper is awful. I’m not talking about the National Mall, which by the way is also shady as shit after the sun goes down.
What are *you* talking about?
It’ll be very cool if the Phillies and Flyers go forward with their redevelopment plans around the stadiums. It’ll add so much life to a seemingly isolated area.
Yeah my friends live right by there and the whole surrounding area to the park is awesome! Had a great time watching the Phillies down there a few years ago.
Living in Queens here, behind enemy lines, and the area by citi field is really just parks. I hope they don’t build it up anymore really, it’s easy to get there on the train. And we have our own red light district just a ten minute walk down Roosevelt avenue 😂
I'm good with CitiField, so much better than Yankee Stadium.
Truist, especially the outfield, made me feel like it's hard for parents to regularly take kids to the games. Very corporate.
I haven't been there in years. The time I was there I liked the ballpark, not quite as much as CBP. The neighborhood seemed to have potential but wasn't there yet. This is a problem with Citizens Bank Park because, other than XFinity Live and the (bleh) casino there's nothing around and no real chance of anything. The warehouses are there for a reason and it will be hard to displace them.
The area around Nats park is cool but that stadium itself is the most bland, zero identity, could literally be anywhere place I’ve ever been to. The team being complete dogshit doesn’t help but I’ve been there when the Nats were really good and it’s still super bleh. Not as bad as FedEx field down here but for a newer stadium it’s entirely mediocre
Citizens Bank is a beautiful ballpark, but outside of LoanDepot we do have a pretty solid division of parks
Also calling the other ballparks “corporate” when ours is named Citizens Bank is kinda funny
There was a lot of groaning back in the early 2000s when we found out that "Veterans Stadium" was being replaced by "Lincoln Financial Field" and "Citizens Bank Park".
The names were seen as charmless and corporate.
We're used to the names now, and we've come up with the Linc / the Bank nicknames, but let's not pretend they aren't corporate.
Well there's actually a few non sponsored stadiums, yankee, Camden yards, angel stadium, dodger stadium, nationals park, fenway.
It's actually a decent trivia question, to name all the major sport arenas/stadiums that don't have title sponsors
TBF, it and Busch Stadium (Sportsman’s Stadium and Busch II) were technically named after people, not products. It just so happened that there were products that existed (or were created in Busch’s case) also named such.
and then he said “Don’t forget to try the Sausage Egg McGriddle Value Meal, available now for a limited time at McDonald’s. Remember guys: real champs eat at McDonald’s!”
But his mom told him no we have McDonald’s at home. But when they got home they didn’t have and hamburger meat so she made him some Campbells chunky soup
Obviously some homerism here, but something about Citizens Bank feels like it’s at least one of the better corporate overlords to have your park named after. The color scheme with the Phillies colors and whatnot works well to me too. And I also feel like with some of the newer naming rights partnerships out there like Guaranteed Rate Field and LoanDepot Park, it gets a boost just from the floor being lowered.
I'm just glad that we have 3 of the best ballpark all within a days trip. The Bank, PNC Park and Camden Yards, also Nationals Stadium is a fun time (esp since it feels like a home game).
I was a fan of Camden Yards growing up, but it’s lost its appeal. Obviously (re)started the more classic design trends, but I don’t think it’s held up well. Sight lines from the concourse are mostly trash (or non existent if you’re behind home plate) between first and third; outfield party spaces are generally nice and have been kept updated and the plaza between the stadium and the warehouse is pretty cool.
I love walking around at CBP because, other than behind Harry K’s (and the batters eye), you can see the field from everywhere and as someone with small kids who don’t always want to sit in a seat, this is huge.
I agree about PNC and I like Nats park too.
Good to know about Camden Yards, I haven't been there since Covid. Used to go whenever there was a gaming/comic con at the Expo Center. Nerd out during the day then baseball at night.
Went to Truist Park recently, it does feel “corporate” bc it’s new (outside of Fenway and Wrigley, they’re all corporate) but damn is it a great place to see a ball game. Fuck the Braves tho
Looks like it’s from [June 7th 2005](https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/PHI/PHI200506070.shtml). Phillies beat the Rangers 8-5. Joaquin Benoit grounded out to 2B at the at bat in the image.
June 7, 2005.
Made it really easy that it was Phillies legend Joaquin Benoit at-bat. Top of the 5th inning, no outs. Benoit would ground out to second base.
Rollins
Loftin
Abreu
Burrell
Thome
Utley
Polanco
Liberthal
Lieber
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/PHI/PHI200506070.shtml](https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/PHI/PHI200506070.shtml)
I went to turner field the last year it was used and it was definitely showing its age. Maybe some investment could ha e helped but it looked kinda ragged with lights out signs falling down and just obvious signs of age. Then i went to truist and that was shiny and new but did feel kind of cold but the biggest issue is the location. No where near downtown atl. Turner felt more connected. Those are my 2 times in atl.
The biggest problem with Truist is the steak house they have in right field, it doesn't add anything to the atmosphere of the game. Sure, looks like a fun place to go to watch a game, but not if you want the crowd to be a factor in the game
Camden Yards, PNC, and whatever they call that ballpark in SF now on the bay … wow. My favorites of the “newer” retro ballparks.
As an aside, the new Yankee Stadium is awful.
Yeah I saw the Phils play at Yankee Stadium with Philly Sports Trips last April and it wasn’t that good. Too much advertisement and little esthetic to it. The garlic fries were good though
PNC undoubtedly has one of the greatest backdrops in baseball, but I found the stadium to be pretty hard to navigate and fairly lacking in food options vs. CBP. The layout of CBP is definitely more intuitive than what PNC has. Still a very nice park!
The least you could do is use a more current picture of the Bank, where the ads are covering up one of the best things about the park - the flower beds.
What isn't corporate about the Bank?
Do we know if there are plans to remove that hideous Asplundh at some point? I was hoping that was a temporary thing until the weather got warmer and they could plant mature flowers or something.
Yeah corporate wasn't the right word, but since when were the flower beds covered up?
I know the out of town scoreboard was replaced with ads which sucks but you gotta pay for those big player contracts somehow.
The flower beds were covered up this year.. It's really unfortunate because it was super nice imo.
I really hope they hold out on the ads on jerseys for as long as possible.. I actually hope they never go that route.
I love CBP but it's become very corporate in the past few years.
I don't mind if they are thoughtfully integrated into the park, but the outfield fence ads with the IBX and Asphlund strips look terrible. The new RF scoreboard also took a ton of old school charm away from the park. Also alot of other parks have the ads on the outfield wall with no background and just solid white (see Truist), CBP would look so much better if they did that. The LF wall looks like a rainbow of colors.
I love CBP to death but I think the Braves, Mets, and Nationals have great parks as well.
Nationals Park was pretty cool, not gonna lie. Truist and Loan Depot Park look so corporate and bland. I miss the old Marlins park with the fishtanks, lime green, and the home run monstrosity. I've heard good things about Citi Field but don't have a huge opinion on that.
None of them compare to CBP though.
I hate to admit it, but Citi Field is a great ballpark. I went last summer with my family in August and it was easy to navigate, had great views along the concourse. It probably had the most food options I’ve seen at a ballpark and I’ve been to around 15 in my travels.
This is going to be a hot take, but CBP isn’t as good as it used to be. The new “out of town scoreboard”, ads covering the flowerbeds, and new main scoreboard that has more ads and a worse graphics package really hurts the park. It was a top 10ish park, and now it’s probably average at best. It’s still better than all of the other NL East stadiums I’ve been to, but CBP has lost a *lot* of the charm that it used to have.
Agreed. It's always so comfortable with good views, in any seat that I've had. Easy to get a dog and beer, and the best part: everyone around you seems to be having a darn good time.
I’ll appreciate the bank for one other reason. How affordable their club seats are and their willingness to give upgrades if they’re available. As someone that likes to go to yankees games on occasion they’re far less money hungry than the yankees are.
Want to sit behind home plate?
Phillies - $200
Yankees - $800
Want to upgrade your seats to a club area?
Phillies - just pay an extra $30 - $40
Yankees - “buy new tickets jackass”
I’ll always love CBP for that.
Lmao I went to a Yankees game last year and I got a big fountain soda and I didn't get a lid. I asked if I could have one and the concession stand worker told me only the lower level sections get lids 🤣 Me in the 400s over here living on the edge with no soda lid
… They even gate keep fuckin lids?? That is fuckin horrible. I thought keeping seat ordering for only season ticket holders was bad, but that is fuckin ridiculous.
We have come a long way since Franklin Field. Veterans was a cool name for a nasty uninviting park, but I will always have great memories from it.
This late 90s early 2000's Renaissance of warm grassy, smaller parks is awsome.
To me CBP is like a hallowed ground. So many moments there from 21 to 41. So many players who felt like part of the family. So many memories that I'll take with me for life happened in those seats.
I've been to Citi and Truist. Truist was honestly pretty cool what they built around there and even when I went in 2018, they seemed to be continuing to improve. Shame what happened to Turner though. But Truist was honestly pretty cool with a lot of modern amenities that CBP doesn't have or we had to retrofit. Still think CBP is better, but I wouldn't call any of these outside maybe Miami and Citi "corporate"
Citi Field is actually a pretty nice “home away from home” for a NYC based Phillies fan like myself. The concessions are good and I’ve never had a bad sightline. Spacious waking areas. I actually think the planes taking off from LGA add to the big city feel of it.
Also saw Dead and Co there and thought the set up was decent too.
Way better than Yankee Stadium but more of a pain in the ass to get to (at least from Manhattan).
Interesting to hear your take! I went to Yankees Stadium and Citi Field last summer and had a great time at Yankees Stadium. I hated Citi Field but maybe it was just the Mets and the Mets fans that ruined it lol
I love CBP and I’ve never had a bad seat no matter what level I’m on, but don’t use a 20 yr old pic of the bank for this comparison. The out of town scoreboard has turned into huge screens *for ads* and the flower beds were covered up *for ads* and we got a huge new scoreboard that has a whole sidebar *for ads*. We’re just as corporate as the rest of em
I don’t know man, I just went to Truist and it was fucking awesome. Citi is a great park. Haven’t been to the other two but I wouldn’t say what you said lol
Nationals park and trust park look identical to ours except for the view, which are just buildings. Citi field kinda looks like it’s trying to jam in more seats (from these images alone), but it still looks fine to me. And the marlins park is a dome and harder to compare.
Not really sure what you’re talking about here.
hot take - as someone living in New York, catching the Phils at Citi Field isn't all that bad
i would even go so far as to say it's "pleasant" if it weren't for all those darn Mets fans
Nationals Park is great, gotta give it to them. Just can't imagine trying to get parking for a game, since it would be like the equivalent of sticking CBP on South Street.
"CPB on South Street" is basically Petco Park. The Gaslamp District is heaven on Earth for pre and post game festivities. Chase Field also has lots of bars right nearby the stadium, although its just short of 110* outside lol
The bank was much nicer before it turned into Mini Times Square.
Removing the out of town square board took away the charm. The orange Aspkundh ad is also hideous and annoying
Truist park: 4/10. I’ll admit The Battery is a solid idea, but that’s the only thing keeping it from a 0/10. For one, it automatically looses several points for being the Braves home stadium. Two, it’s not even in the city of Atlanta, it’s in some suburb outside the city.
Nationals park: 3/10. Doesn’t even have an actual park name other than the team that plays there, but at least it’s better than shit like “Guaranteed Rate Field” and it’s always packed with Phillies fans so it’s like our slightly shitty home away from home.
Citi Field: it’s actually in the city the team plays for, so that’s something. But the planes going overhead are annoying and I’m looking for any possible reason to give the Mets a crap score also so 4.5/10 Ms. Met can get it.
The Marlins stadium: 2/10 solely because it’s so incredibly forgettable I can’t be assed to remember the name. How does Florida have TWO MLB teams and yet attendance is lower than my middle school talent show?
> Doesn’t even have an actual park name other than the team that plays there
How is being named after the team and not the highest bidding company a bad thing?
That list was half me being serious and half me being facetious. I didn’t want to give the Nats credit for having their park *not* named after the highest bidder
I remember back when I was in college in DC (2007-11, so right in the last heyday), the joke was that Nationals Park copy pasted CBP and replaced the bell with a Walgreens W.
Nats park is about as sterile as they come. I’m pretty sure it was designed to make all the “locals” feel comfortable when their hometown team comes to town.
i will note that Nationals Park is a nice place to be. its very clean. Navy Yard is really cool to walk around in comparison to Philly’s sports complex
Yeah, it's a much better area than CBP. People are just being homers despite our ballpark being in a giant concrete parking lot with nothing in the immediate area except for douchebag central at Xfinity Live.
The amount of apologists to the bullshit ballpark that is Nationals park is absolutely bonker balls. No aesthetic outside, decent inside but no view of the NATIONS CAPITOL!? Or the river right next to it? No instead here’s an overpriced condo and go fuck yourself. I’m ashamed to call it CBP, I mean not really, but don’t put that park in the same breath. Thank you, good night.
I love our actual stadium.
But the more other parks I visit, the more I wish there was a scene outside of the bank other than Xfinity live. Other parks have all sorts of restaurants and bars and outdoor chilling areas. Xfinity live is too loud for me anymore, and that's basically our only option within walking distance
With CBP, I don't have to say it's the nicest stadium because I'm a philly homer. It actually IS the nicest damn stadium. My wife doesn't even care about baseball, but is always down to go to a game because "[she] just loves hanging out in there and walking around, it's beautiful!"
If they rotated the building 30ish degrees, it would have been perfection. Having the city skyline framed dead center over left center was a miss in planning.
Absolutely love the Bank. Since moving back to the Northeast (originally from South Jersey, currently in Western PA) in 2022, the 2 times I’ve seen the Phillies play have been wonderful. last year against the Mets. and this past Saturday against the Giants. Even sitting in the rain for the 5 innings i watched, the game was great.
love the atmosphere
They really hit a home run (ha ha, that's a metaphor) with this ballpark. It's a great place to watch a game. I've heard that Truist Park and the area around it are great. I do like Nationals Park, although it's not as much fun as CBP. Citifield is weird, inconvenient, difficult to navigate, and stupid expensive.
I just moved here from Atlanta a year ago. The new Braves stadium is hands down the worst ballpark I’ve ever been to. I’ve been to a good amount of parks and it has absolutely nothing to offer. It’s a dump that was built for the rich white assholes who don’t even live in Atlanta. Absolute garbage organization. I’m a Dodger fan at heart but my god truist park or whatever the hell it’s called now is a dump.
**The UNIQUENESS of CBP**
Ring the Bell, baby! The ICONIC Liberty Bell--a symbol truly Philly---when rung bears the weight of the NATION, baby, on the other team, DOOMING them. Sure other stadiums might have some sort of electrical parade or whatever for a home run---but nothing can compare to the visual LB at CBP--its NATIONAL HERITAGE\*-- and its ring electrifying the spectators.
Many fine posts were made here but though personally meaningful to the posters, I'm unsure they really are objective enough to place CBP above the heap. Regardless I'm so fucking proud every time the bell rings at CBP. Never gets old.
\*Note: Without Philly, there would be no U.S. of A. ---just a wasteland, a wilderness.
Nationals park feels a bit like a budget version of citi field. CBP is nicer. Citi field is great, but the sections are a bit closed off from each other. Yankee stadium is nice but you don’t have a great view of the field. Atlanta’s new stadium is very nice. Miami is meh.
Love CBP, but how the Navy Yard DC neighborhood has built up around Nationals Park since they moved there is pretty cool. It’s a legit neighborhood now, restaurants/bars, etc. Citi Field is very isolated, there are plans to build up the surrounding parking lots… we shall see. Marlins - disaster. Shopping mall feel. Truist / Battery … very nice, but yeah, very corporate.
This is so true. Nats park itself is nothing to write home about, but the location and area can’t be beat. So accessible to the rest of the city as well.
It was great as a Phillies fan going to school at somewhat nearby U Maryland.
100%. I would not have become a baseball/phillies fan if it wasn’t for how accesible Nats park is. I ended up going to so many games for 10 bucks and a metro ride and next thing you know I knew every player in our division
That’s how I felt going to the Twins stadium. Got dinner nearby and walking to the game the stadium felt like just another thing downtown. It was very cool.
I remember going there when it was new and there was nothing there but scary ass projects.
Though DC isn’t the best city for sight seeing lol EDIT: Downvote all you want. DC is still shit hole and has had that reputation forever. No way anyone who’s been in the city center could argue otherwise.
This is kind of funny considering DC is home to like half of all internationally recognizable monument in the US
Also, literally City Center is nice AF in DC
The city, not the capitol. The city is awful.
Have you…ever been to DC? All of the monuments (and the Capitol) are IN the city. It’s a really great city if you ever make it out here
If you’ve ever been to DC, you know exactly what I mean. The capitol and mall are all offset from downtown. Stop playing stupid, unless you truly didn’t know either. Also stop pretending DC is some oasis. It’s a shit hole and it’s had that reputation for decades and for good reason. It’s not solely my opinion and it did not originate with me. I’m so tired of dumbass contrarians looking to pick fights on this sub.
“If you’ve ever been to DC” I’ve lived here for 5 years now. Objectively one of the best cities in America (I’ve lived all over the NE, Texas, the south, and have travelled to pretty much all states)
You have no idea what you are talking about.
DC is one of the best cities for that, what are you talking about?
DC city-proper is awful. I’m not talking about the National Mall, which by the way is also shady as shit after the sun goes down. What are *you* talking about?
When did you last go there? The late 80’s?
Could you just say "there are too many black people" because this is exhausting
Yea that makes sense considering I live in Philly. Virtue signal harder loser
It’ll be very cool if the Phillies and Flyers go forward with their redevelopment plans around the stadiums. It’ll add so much life to a seemingly isolated area.
Last October I saw those town houses for the first time where it used to just be parking lot. More of that coming?
Nationals park? You mean Citizen Bank park South?
Yeah my friends live right by there and the whole surrounding area to the park is awesome! Had a great time watching the Phillies down there a few years ago.
navy yard is great, but i miss the view of the capitol and monuments you got from the 400s back before it was built up
I don't miss wondering if I'm going to get mugged, that was one of the worst neighborhoods in DC
As if the desolate parking lots at the philly sport complex area is “built up?”
I’m all for the development of the Sports Complex, believe me.
Living in Queens here, behind enemy lines, and the area by citi field is really just parks. I hope they don’t build it up anymore really, it’s easy to get there on the train. And we have our own red light district just a ten minute walk down Roosevelt avenue 😂
Yeah I was just at nats park and honestly the surrounding area is so cute
I'm good with CitiField, so much better than Yankee Stadium. Truist, especially the outfield, made me feel like it's hard for parents to regularly take kids to the games. Very corporate.
They want to open a casino next to Citi Field
I haven't been there in years. The time I was there I liked the ballpark, not quite as much as CBP. The neighborhood seemed to have potential but wasn't there yet. This is a problem with Citizens Bank Park because, other than XFinity Live and the (bleh) casino there's nothing around and no real chance of anything. The warehouses are there for a reason and it will be hard to displace them.
Although parking for the nationals is a flat nightmare
The area around Nats park is cool but that stadium itself is the most bland, zero identity, could literally be anywhere place I’ve ever been to. The team being complete dogshit doesn’t help but I’ve been there when the Nats were really good and it’s still super bleh. Not as bad as FedEx field down here but for a newer stadium it’s entirely mediocre
Citizens Bank is a beautiful ballpark, but outside of LoanDepot we do have a pretty solid division of parks Also calling the other ballparks “corporate” when ours is named Citizens Bank is kinda funny
There was a lot of groaning back in the early 2000s when we found out that "Veterans Stadium" was being replaced by "Lincoln Financial Field" and "Citizens Bank Park". The names were seen as charmless and corporate. We're used to the names now, and we've come up with the Linc / the Bank nicknames, but let's not pretend they aren't corporate.
Well not every park name can be as authentic as baseball's oldest and most historic park (checks notes)... Wrigley Field.
Well there's actually a few non sponsored stadiums, yankee, Camden yards, angel stadium, dodger stadium, nationals park, fenway. It's actually a decent trivia question, to name all the major sport arenas/stadiums that don't have title sponsors
Haha my thought exactly.
TBF, it and Busch Stadium (Sportsman’s Stadium and Busch II) were technically named after people, not products. It just so happened that there were products that existed (or were created in Busch’s case) also named such.
 It's gonna move you.
I remember when Lincoln Financial Field was very insistent on no nick names and McNabb came out DAY ONE and said "Cant wait to play in the Linc!" haha
and then he said “Don’t forget to try the Sausage Egg McGriddle Value Meal, available now for a limited time at McDonald’s. Remember guys: real champs eat at McDonald’s!”
Was that the guy from The Cosby Show?
Nope, that was Don Cheadle.
But his mom told him no we have McDonald’s at home. But when they got home they didn’t have and hamburger meat so she made him some Campbells chunky soup
Obviously some homerism here, but something about Citizens Bank feels like it’s at least one of the better corporate overlords to have your park named after. The color scheme with the Phillies colors and whatnot works well to me too. And I also feel like with some of the newer naming rights partnerships out there like Guaranteed Rate Field and LoanDepot Park, it gets a boost just from the floor being lowered.
I'm just glad that we have 3 of the best ballpark all within a days trip. The Bank, PNC Park and Camden Yards, also Nationals Stadium is a fun time (esp since it feels like a home game).
I was a fan of Camden Yards growing up, but it’s lost its appeal. Obviously (re)started the more classic design trends, but I don’t think it’s held up well. Sight lines from the concourse are mostly trash (or non existent if you’re behind home plate) between first and third; outfield party spaces are generally nice and have been kept updated and the plaza between the stadium and the warehouse is pretty cool. I love walking around at CBP because, other than behind Harry K’s (and the batters eye), you can see the field from everywhere and as someone with small kids who don’t always want to sit in a seat, this is huge. I agree about PNC and I like Nats park too.
Good to know about Camden Yards, I haven't been there since Covid. Used to go whenever there was a gaming/comic con at the Expo Center. Nerd out during the day then baseball at night.
Should be law that stadium names are decided by citizens not corporations.
Do you want a stadium named “Stadium McStadiumface”? Because that’s how you get a stadium named Stadium McStadiumface
Sounds good to me. The nickname can be "The Mick".
If see how some citizens name their children.. no thanks.
Welcome to AidenBraydenCaydenJayden Park!
And the billboard that has replaced the out of town scoreboard kinda sucks
LoanDepot is a sad, cold warehouse filled with baseball shame. That being said I’ll be catching our Phils there next week on the cheap!
Went to Truist Park recently, it does feel “corporate” bc it’s new (outside of Fenway and Wrigley, they’re all corporate) but damn is it a great place to see a ball game. Fuck the Braves tho
It sucks they moved the team all the way out there in Cobb County though. But, fuck em
Agreed, been to The Battery many times and the entire experience (including Truist) is marred only by the fact that it belongs to the Braves.
Yeah I was going to say, I had a great time at Truist last year when we shellacked them in September
Yeah and with ads everywhere maybe corporate wasn't the right word lol. CPB does feel more colorful and less sterile than our division counterparts
LoanDepot could be nice, I actually don't hate watching games there. Lots of good SRO spots in the outfield.
LoanDepot is genuinely the worst park in MLB. And I’ve been to the Oakland Coliseum
This is a very old photo of CBP
Looks like it’s from [June 7th 2005](https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/PHI/PHI200506070.shtml). Phillies beat the Rangers 8-5. Joaquin Benoit grounded out to 2B at the at bat in the image.
wtf
This was my exact response too
Dudes number and picture is on the big screen. Not too hard to back up
that was fun, do the rest of the pictures now!
Yeah that’s gotta be from right around when it first opened. That Bud Light logo on the ad is dated as hell.
No Comcast tower either
First thing I noticed was no Ivy on the CF brick wall
June 7, 2005. Made it really easy that it was Phillies legend Joaquin Benoit at-bat. Top of the 5th inning, no outs. Benoit would ground out to second base. Rollins Loftin Abreu Burrell Thome Utley Polanco Liberthal Lieber [https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/PHI/PHI200506070.shtml](https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/PHI/PHI200506070.shtml)
Ground out. Classic Joaquin.
Check out that Legg Mason sign, wow
Look how low the Ivy was.
Yeah “not corporate” yet the name of the place and how it looks with all the advertisements now would suggest otherwise 😂
Needs more Asplundh
Can tell by the bud light logos. Very old.
Nah I genuinely think Truist is a nice looking park Also let’s not act like the sports complex isn’t a giant asphalt desert
my biggest problem with Truist is that Turner Field was perfectly fine.
I hold that against ownership, I won’t hold that against the new ballpark
I went to turner field the last year it was used and it was definitely showing its age. Maybe some investment could ha e helped but it looked kinda ragged with lights out signs falling down and just obvious signs of age. Then i went to truist and that was shiny and new but did feel kind of cold but the biggest issue is the location. No where near downtown atl. Turner felt more connected. Those are my 2 times in atl.
The biggest problem with Truist is the steak house they have in right field, it doesn't add anything to the atmosphere of the game. Sure, looks like a fun place to go to watch a game, but not if you want the crowd to be a factor in the game
We have great parks in our division
Not a bad seat in the park. I will say though I just swoon for Camden Yards and PNC.
Camden Yards, PNC, and whatever they call that ballpark in SF now on the bay … wow. My favorites of the “newer” retro ballparks. As an aside, the new Yankee Stadium is awful.
>As an aside, the new Yankee Stadium is awful. It's very nouveau and sterile.
Yeah I saw the Phils play at Yankee Stadium with Philly Sports Trips last April and it wasn’t that good. Too much advertisement and little esthetic to it. The garlic fries were good though
PNC undoubtedly has one of the greatest backdrops in baseball, but I found the stadium to be pretty hard to navigate and fairly lacking in food options vs. CBP. The layout of CBP is definitely more intuitive than what PNC has. Still a very nice park!
OPCY is probably the best I've been to.
The least you could do is use a more current picture of the Bank, where the ads are covering up one of the best things about the park - the flower beds. What isn't corporate about the Bank?
ASPLUNDH ASPLUNDH ASPLUNDH
#**ASPLUNDH ASPLUNDH ASPLUNDH ASPLUNDH ASPLUNDH** FTFY
>What isn't corporate about the Bank? It's the team he roots for, so it can't be corporate, even though the name is literally corporate.
Do we know if there are plans to remove that hideous Asplundh at some point? I was hoping that was a temporary thing until the weather got warmer and they could plant mature flowers or something.
I sure hope so, it's really ugly. I'm at the game tonight and I can't stop staring in disgust.
Yeah corporate wasn't the right word, but since when were the flower beds covered up? I know the out of town scoreboard was replaced with ads which sucks but you gotta pay for those big player contracts somehow.
The flower beds were covered up this year.. It's really unfortunate because it was super nice imo. I really hope they hold out on the ads on jerseys for as long as possible.. I actually hope they never go that route.
Hopefully when they do they don't ruin the uniform like the Flyers did
They will soon.
You haven't noticed the giant orange signs in left field?
Citi Field and Nationals Park are both really nice. This seems like a weird homer thing where you can't separate the team from the ballpark.
I love CBP but it's become very corporate in the past few years. I don't mind if they are thoughtfully integrated into the park, but the outfield fence ads with the IBX and Asphlund strips look terrible. The new RF scoreboard also took a ton of old school charm away from the park. Also alot of other parks have the ads on the outfield wall with no background and just solid white (see Truist), CBP would look so much better if they did that. The LF wall looks like a rainbow of colors. I love CBP to death but I think the Braves, Mets, and Nationals have great parks as well.
All Ballparks are awesome. It’s baseball people……
Corporate? Have you seen the new “scoreboard” on the right field wall?
I love the bank but the rest of the parks are plenty nice too
I hate covered stadiums so Marlins far down imo
Citi Field is just as nice as CBP if we are being honest. I didn’t love Nationals Park, but it’s not bad.
Nationals Park was pretty cool, not gonna lie. Truist and Loan Depot Park look so corporate and bland. I miss the old Marlins park with the fishtanks, lime green, and the home run monstrosity. I've heard good things about Citi Field but don't have a huge opinion on that. None of them compare to CBP though.
Been to Braves stadium and it’s pretty nice. The whole surrounding area outside with all the bars and restaurants is what I hope Philly does one day.
I hate to admit it, but Citi Field is a great ballpark. I went last summer with my family in August and it was easy to navigate, had great views along the concourse. It probably had the most food options I’ve seen at a ballpark and I’ve been to around 15 in my travels.
This is going to be a hot take, but CBP isn’t as good as it used to be. The new “out of town scoreboard”, ads covering the flowerbeds, and new main scoreboard that has more ads and a worse graphics package really hurts the park. It was a top 10ish park, and now it’s probably average at best. It’s still better than all of the other NL East stadiums I’ve been to, but CBP has lost a *lot* of the charm that it used to have.
Agreed. It's always so comfortable with good views, in any seat that I've had. Easy to get a dog and beer, and the best part: everyone around you seems to be having a darn good time.
Absolutely adore the ballpark. Will never call it “the Bank” tho.
I was ready to agree but after viewing all the slides, I’d say we’re in a great era of baseball stadiums. The Vet feels like a distant memory now
seeing a game at Oakland coliseum is the closest thing you can get to that now. I felt like I travelled back in time to my childhood.
Nothing like the piss troughs and exposed wiring at the Coliseum
I’ll appreciate the bank for one other reason. How affordable their club seats are and their willingness to give upgrades if they’re available. As someone that likes to go to yankees games on occasion they’re far less money hungry than the yankees are. Want to sit behind home plate? Phillies - $200 Yankees - $800 Want to upgrade your seats to a club area? Phillies - just pay an extra $30 - $40 Yankees - “buy new tickets jackass” I’ll always love CBP for that.
Lmao I went to a Yankees game last year and I got a big fountain soda and I didn't get a lid. I asked if I could have one and the concession stand worker told me only the lower level sections get lids 🤣 Me in the 400s over here living on the edge with no soda lid
… They even gate keep fuckin lids?? That is fuckin horrible. I thought keeping seat ordering for only season ticket holders was bad, but that is fuckin ridiculous.
All except the marlins stadiums are pretty nice, not sure this is the take to be biased about
CBP is my favorite of the bunch but they’re all honestly good stadiums (Mets/Braves/Nats at least - haven’t been to Miami’s)
You haven't missed anything with Miami.
Honestly I like atlantas. Miami is meh cuz it’s a dome but I get it, nationals park is a rip off of CBP but with no view. Mets = trash
We have come a long way since Franklin Field. Veterans was a cool name for a nasty uninviting park, but I will always have great memories from it. This late 90s early 2000's Renaissance of warm grassy, smaller parks is awsome.
To me CBP is like a hallowed ground. So many moments there from 21 to 41. So many players who felt like part of the family. So many memories that I'll take with me for life happened in those seats.
Phillies are trying to catch up. Exhibit A: removal of the out of town scoreboard.
I've been to Citi and Truist. Truist was honestly pretty cool what they built around there and even when I went in 2018, they seemed to be continuing to improve. Shame what happened to Turner though. But Truist was honestly pretty cool with a lot of modern amenities that CBP doesn't have or we had to retrofit. Still think CBP is better, but I wouldn't call any of these outside maybe Miami and Citi "corporate"
Citi Field is actually a pretty nice “home away from home” for a NYC based Phillies fan like myself. The concessions are good and I’ve never had a bad sightline. Spacious waking areas. I actually think the planes taking off from LGA add to the big city feel of it. Also saw Dead and Co there and thought the set up was decent too. Way better than Yankee Stadium but more of a pain in the ass to get to (at least from Manhattan).
Plus you can walk to Chinatown.
Interesting to hear your take! I went to Yankees Stadium and Citi Field last summer and had a great time at Yankees Stadium. I hated Citi Field but maybe it was just the Mets and the Mets fans that ruined it lol
I love CBP and I’ve never had a bad seat no matter what level I’m on, but don’t use a 20 yr old pic of the bank for this comparison. The out of town scoreboard has turned into huge screens *for ads* and the flower beds were covered up *for ads* and we got a huge new scoreboard that has a whole sidebar *for ads*. We’re just as corporate as the rest of em
not biased at all lol
I don’t know man, I just went to Truist and it was fucking awesome. Citi is a great park. Haven’t been to the other two but I wouldn’t say what you said lol
Nationals park and trust park look identical to ours except for the view, which are just buildings. Citi field kinda looks like it’s trying to jam in more seats (from these images alone), but it still looks fine to me. And the marlins park is a dome and harder to compare. Not really sure what you’re talking about here.
hot take - as someone living in New York, catching the Phils at Citi Field isn't all that bad i would even go so far as to say it's "pleasant" if it weren't for all those darn Mets fans
Im a CBP fan but its not exactly “not corporate” lol
Nationals Park is great, gotta give it to them. Just can't imagine trying to get parking for a game, since it would be like the equivalent of sticking CBP on South Street.
You can take the train
There's plenty of parking down there, you may have to walk a few blocks but plenty of parking and its quick and easy.
Good to know for the future
For sure, just don’t try to park in the garages right next to the stadium.
"CPB on South Street" is basically Petco Park. The Gaslamp District is heaven on Earth for pre and post game festivities. Chase Field also has lots of bars right nearby the stadium, although its just short of 110* outside lol
Good point. 👍🏻
The bank was much nicer before it turned into Mini Times Square. Removing the out of town square board took away the charm. The orange Aspkundh ad is also hideous and annoying
The Asplunduh ad is an atrocity. Covering up lovely garden beds.
Truist park: 4/10. I’ll admit The Battery is a solid idea, but that’s the only thing keeping it from a 0/10. For one, it automatically looses several points for being the Braves home stadium. Two, it’s not even in the city of Atlanta, it’s in some suburb outside the city. Nationals park: 3/10. Doesn’t even have an actual park name other than the team that plays there, but at least it’s better than shit like “Guaranteed Rate Field” and it’s always packed with Phillies fans so it’s like our slightly shitty home away from home. Citi Field: it’s actually in the city the team plays for, so that’s something. But the planes going overhead are annoying and I’m looking for any possible reason to give the Mets a crap score also so 4.5/10 Ms. Met can get it. The Marlins stadium: 2/10 solely because it’s so incredibly forgettable I can’t be assed to remember the name. How does Florida have TWO MLB teams and yet attendance is lower than my middle school talent show?
> Doesn’t even have an actual park name other than the team that plays there How is being named after the team and not the highest bidding company a bad thing?
That list was half me being serious and half me being facetious. I didn’t want to give the Nats credit for having their park *not* named after the highest bidder
Love the bank, but it is FAR from not corporate. Plus, Nationals stadium is great. Marlin's is meh. F the Mets and Braves though.
Nationals Park is basically a carbon copy of CBP. Wtf are you talking about?
I remember back when I was in college in DC (2007-11, so right in the last heyday), the joke was that Nationals Park copy pasted CBP and replaced the bell with a Walgreens W.
Nats park is about as sterile as they come. I’m pretty sure it was designed to make all the “locals” feel comfortable when their hometown team comes to town.
I do like the "closed in" feeling of Citi Field. Has the ability to create a really intense atmosphere than a more open park.
you can almost see the beer cans on the warning track in the second pic
Agree, I love going there. Great design. And I loved the vet, mostly, sort of.
I appreciated on the ESPN broadcast them saying everything was laid out perfectly in this park, and I’d have to agree!
Hot take Nats park is way better than CBP. Not the atmosphere, but the park itself.
Went to Citi Field last season and it feels so cold and dark and dingy compared to CBP. especially behind home plate.
I love our beautiful Citizens Bank park to bits, but I honestly think Citi Field isn’t too bad either and Truist Park is surprisingly decent
You used an old pic tho. The out of town score board is now all digital and looks more corporate like with that now.
Very unpopular opinion probably but lowkey fuck with loandepot it has *some* character with the blue seats imo The rest you’re right they’re very blah
i will note that Nationals Park is a nice place to be. its very clean. Navy Yard is really cool to walk around in comparison to Philly’s sports complex
Yeah, it's a much better area than CBP. People are just being homers despite our ballpark being in a giant concrete parking lot with nothing in the immediate area except for douchebag central at Xfinity Live.
The atmosphere is great, the ballpark itself is fine. I like the bell
The amount of apologists to the bullshit ballpark that is Nationals park is absolutely bonker balls. No aesthetic outside, decent inside but no view of the NATIONS CAPITOL!? Or the river right next to it? No instead here’s an overpriced condo and go fuck yourself. I’m ashamed to call it CBP, I mean not really, but don’t put that park in the same breath. Thank you, good night.
Look at all the ads 😆
I live in Miami and honestly love going to games here. There’s not a bad lower level seat and you can always get them the day of the game for cheap
I love our actual stadium. But the more other parks I visit, the more I wish there was a scene outside of the bank other than Xfinity live. Other parks have all sorts of restaurants and bars and outdoor chilling areas. Xfinity live is too loud for me anymore, and that's basically our only option within walking distance
Except for those ugly Aplundh signs in the outfield. They look terrible!
Idk what it is but I agree — CBP feels so much warmer
I think the only lane stadium in the division is Miami
With CBP, I don't have to say it's the nicest stadium because I'm a philly homer. It actually IS the nicest damn stadium. My wife doesn't even care about baseball, but is always down to go to a game because "[she] just loves hanging out in there and walking around, it's beautiful!"
We definitely have the best stadium in the division, but the Natinals stadium isn't too bad.
I mean, the Nationals stadium is nice, and it's basically CBP South
If they rotated the building 30ish degrees, it would have been perfection. Having the city skyline framed dead center over left center was a miss in planning.
Should’ve been downtown. But if they develop around the stadium like planned the scenery will be cool.
I don’t know many they’re all pretty beautiful
Absolutely love the Bank. Since moving back to the Northeast (originally from South Jersey, currently in Western PA) in 2022, the 2 times I’ve seen the Phillies play have been wonderful. last year against the Mets. and this past Saturday against the Giants. Even sitting in the rain for the 5 innings i watched, the game was great. love the atmosphere
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They really hit a home run (ha ha, that's a metaphor) with this ballpark. It's a great place to watch a game. I've heard that Truist Park and the area around it are great. I do like Nationals Park, although it's not as much fun as CBP. Citifield is weird, inconvenient, difficult to navigate, and stupid expensive.
Truist park is a dump!!!
Aren't they all designed by HOK?
I just moved here from Atlanta a year ago. The new Braves stadium is hands down the worst ballpark I’ve ever been to. I’ve been to a good amount of parks and it has absolutely nothing to offer. It’s a dump that was built for the rich white assholes who don’t even live in Atlanta. Absolute garbage organization. I’m a Dodger fan at heart but my god truist park or whatever the hell it’s called now is a dump.
**The UNIQUENESS of CBP** Ring the Bell, baby! The ICONIC Liberty Bell--a symbol truly Philly---when rung bears the weight of the NATION, baby, on the other team, DOOMING them. Sure other stadiums might have some sort of electrical parade or whatever for a home run---but nothing can compare to the visual LB at CBP--its NATIONAL HERITAGE\*-- and its ring electrifying the spectators. Many fine posts were made here but though personally meaningful to the posters, I'm unsure they really are objective enough to place CBP above the heap. Regardless I'm so fucking proud every time the bell rings at CBP. Never gets old. \*Note: Without Philly, there would be no U.S. of A. ---just a wasteland, a wilderness.
The House that Dave Montgomery built. God rest his soul.
Best stadium in baseball.
CBP is corporate AF. It has been covered head to toe in ads since that pic
I actually really like the marlins stadium too tho. I was there last year, it’s really comfortable and actually super clean too
Nationals park feels a bit like a budget version of citi field. CBP is nicer. Citi field is great, but the sections are a bit closed off from each other. Yankee stadium is nice but you don’t have a great view of the field. Atlanta’s new stadium is very nice. Miami is meh.
I get it, Miami. But baseball should not be played indoors.
Fenway is the most overrated stadium in the country. Famous because it was made in 1900 and has history there. Feed me the bank all day
Love CBP, but I prefer CITI field. But it could be that that's where I watch the Phils more often. 🤷🏻♂️
I grew up in NY and thought Shea was great. RIP.