Other Sporting Venues #7 : Candlestick Park

Since I was in San Francisco, I thought it'd be nice to hit up Candlestick Park before they demolished it, which turned out to be my 4th venue of the trip.  It was a pretty cool stadium to check out but then I remembered I'm a Seahawks fan so...

Other Sporting Venues #6 : Oracle Arena

As a basketball fan, it was quite a treat to watch Stephen Curry and Klay Thompson in person in Oakland.  The arena uses "Theatre Lighting" where the lighting is focused on the court and much less on the crowd, which with it's bright yellow court, gave me a quick headache, but that was mostly due to the fact I've been flying in the bright sun all day.  With the Warriors uptempo offence and their great crowd, watching a Warriors game is one of the best experiences for an NBA fan.

Other Sporting Venues #4 : Second trip to Boston but it wasn't during baseball season

I want to start off by admitting this post messes up the chronological ordering of travelling but to be honest, I forgot I went here back in 2012.  Visiting a city when it isn't baseball season allows me to be a little more creative to get my sports fix.  Boston in the winter only has the Bruins and the Celtics.  Since the Bruins just came off a Stanley Cup the seasons prior, getting tickets weren't exactly in my budget especially since they were facing the Penguins that weekend.  So plan B was to watch the Celtics with their Big Four still intact versus the Knicks with Carmelo Anthony a week prior to Linsanity.

Other Sporting Venues #3 : Ralph Wilson Stadium

$34 got me third row by the endzone seats to a game between the Buffalo Bills and the Jacksonville Jaguars, two dynasty teams if you can tell I'm being sarcastic.  Being that close to the action was great as I saw how big NFL players were up close despite it immediately lowering my confidence,  The game was mildly entertaining as it was full of offence, but it was also full of freezing rain and cold winds.