(ARA) – With the warmer weather here, it’s time to take in one of the annual rites of summer: Trips to see your favorite sports teams go on the road.
Across the Midwest, there are a slew of fantastic baseball stadiums to help you take in America’s pastime in style, from old classics to new ballparks chock-full of amenities.
Start your trip by buying cheap airline tickets to Chicago, where the city features stadiums both old and new. On the North Side of Chicago, the Cubs play in historic Wrigley Field. The stadium was one of the first to open – which it did in 1914 – and was the last to get lights to enable night games, in 1988. The original ivy-covered brick wall in the outfield still stands and the manual scoreboard from 1937 is still used.
On the city’s South Side is U.S. Cellular Field, home to the White Sox since 1991. Like the 80-year-old Comiskey Park that the stadium replaced, it features an “exploding scoreboard” that launches fireworks whenever a White Sox player hits a home run and a deck to watch the game from high above center field.
From Chicago, you can find cheap flights to see two of the newest stadiums in baseball in either St. Louis or Minneapolis.
In St. Louis, the Cardinals opened Busch Stadium in 2006, replacing its 40-year-old predecessor of the same name. In 2006, the team became the first in nearly 100 years to win the World Series in the inaugural year of a stadium. Unlike the previous Busch Stadium, the new one is much more open, providing views of the downtown skyline and iconic Gateway Arch.
The Minnesota Twins moved outside in 2010 for the first time since 1981, ditching the Metrodome for Target Field, a sparkling new stadium in downtown Minneapolis. Like many new stadiums, it was designed to offer great skyline views and unobstructed seats around the ball park. Plan your visit ahead as the new stadium is drawing much interest for this season.
Cheap flights can be found to Milwaukee as well, to see the Brewers play at Miller Park. The retractable-roof stadium means baseball can be seen no matter how good or bad the weather is, with the nightly sausage race a highlight that all fans look forward to.
No matter where you travel in the Midwest this summer, great baseball – and great stadiums – can be found anywhere.
Courtesy of ARAcontent
