• Oracle Park vs Wrigley Field โ€” the two best crowd experiences in baseball

    I have been to 22 different MLB stadiums over 15 years and the top two experiences are Oracle Park and Wrigley Field by a meaningful margin over everything else. Oracle's physical setting โ€” the bay behind right field, the wind off the water, the intimacy of the seating geometry โ€” creates a sense of place that no other stadium achieves. Wrigley does something different: it provides continuity with history in a way that feels earned rather than manufactured. The bleacher section interaction culture, the ivy, the manual scoreboard โ€” it's the only stadium where you feel like the building itself is part of the game. New stadiums are comfortable. These two are alive.

  • I have been to 22 different MLB stadiums over 15 years and the top two experiences are Oracle Park and Wrigley Field by a meaningful margin over everything else. Oracle's physical setting โ€” the bay behind right field, the wind off the water, the intimacy of the seating geometry โ€” creates a sense of place that no other stadium achieves. Wrigley does something different: it provides continuity with history in a way that feels earned rather than manufactured. The bleacher section interaction culture, the ivy, the manual scoreboard โ€” it's the only stadium where you feel like the building itself is part of the game. New stadiums are comfortable. These two are alive.