Piggybacking off the other thread, what's the worst stadium you've ever been in? For me, it's no contest - Legion Field. It was awful from the first time I went (footnote - last Bama game at Legion Field vs. USF in 2003), and it's gotten worse each time I went for a bowl game there (we've been 3 times).

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FBS: Wallace Wade Stadium (Duke)
This was back in like 2000. They've made a lot of changes since, but this is what it looked like.


FCS: Buccaneer Field (Charleston Southern)
My brother played for Guilford College, and I got to go see them play at Charleston Southern back in like 2000 or 2001. Awful stadium. They also played Lonestar's "What About Now" about 15 times during pregame warmups.



D3: Ferrum College

If you're asking about the actual structure itself, then I would say Northwestern's stadium. Looked like it hadn't been maintained since the early 1900's.

If you're asking about the experience, then I'd vote for UK's Commonwealth stadium. Nothing like being wedged in there with tens of thousands of ignorant rednecks.

Southern Miss stadium is pretty bad.

FIU. Hands down. One of the most horribly constructed, small time stadium you'll ever see.

They had our assistant coaches sitting in the upper concourse walkway with a Wal Mart tent serving as their coaches' box.

(01-14-2020 10:36 AM)The Knight Time Wrote:  FIU. Hands down. One of the most horribly constructed, small time stadium you'll ever see.

They had our assistant coaches sitting in the upper concourse walkway with a Wal Mart tent serving as their coaches' box.

Holy crap. I had no idea. Just looked it up, though, and I thought it was newer than it is (25 years old, though it was renovated 12 years ago). There's no excuse whatsoever for such poor planning.

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Legion Field in Birmingham and the Old Rubber Bowl at Akron are the two that come to mind.

Legion Field for sure.

(01-14-2020 10:01 AM)ECUGrad07 Wrote:  FBS: Wallace Wade Stadium (Duke)
This was back in like 2000. They've made a lot of changes since, but this is what it looked like.


FCS: Buccaneer Field (Charleston Southern)
My brother played for Guilford College, and I got to go see them play at Charleston Southern back in like 2000 or 2001. Awful stadium. They also played Lonestar's "What About Now" about 15 times during pregame warmups.



D3: Ferrum College

Hadn't thought about smaller college stadiums. Didn't go for a football game, but Southeastern's stadium in Lakeland would seem to qualify...



And while I haven't been to it since they put all the fans on one side, I suspect that San Jose State's stadium leaves a lot to be desired.



Also, in the hot take department, the Rose Bowl, despite being the granddaddy of them all, is not a great stadium from a fan experience (other than the beautiful vista above). There are lots of seats that make it almost impossible to watch the game, and there are only like 20 tunnels into the stands through which 100,000 people have to walk. If you have to take a leak, you'll likely miss a quarter of the game.

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Qualcomm Stadium in San Diego. I know it was for a Charger game but the Aztecs were home the night before.

That rust bucket POS known as Legion Field gets my vote.

Hughes Stadium, Colorado State's old concrete slab before they built their new on-campus beauty, was awful.

(01-14-2020 10:36 AM)The Knight Time Wrote:  FIU. Hands down. One of the most horribly constructed, small time stadium you'll ever see.

They had our assistant coaches sitting in the upper concourse walkway with a Wal Mart tent serving as their coaches' box.

Yeah, it was so bad. I think they've made some improvements since 2011 at least. 2011 FIU remains probably my worst overall UCF football experience. Even worse than USF 2007 simply due to the stadium alone.

(01-14-2020 11:34 AM)Wooglin157 Wrote:  

(01-14-2020 10:36 AM)The Knight Time Wrote:  FIU. Hands down. One of the most horribly constructed, small time stadium you'll ever see.

They had our assistant coaches sitting in the upper concourse walkway with a Wal Mart tent serving as their coaches' box.

Yeah, it was so bad. I think they've made some improvements since 2011 at least. 2011 FIU remains probably my worst overall UCF football experience. Even worse than USF 2007 simply due to the stadium alone.

Unfortunately, that was probably our apex



USFFan

(01-14-2020 11:25 AM)Harry J Wrote:  That rust bucket POS known as Legion Field gets my vote.

I'll have to agree. They even had to remove the upper deck for safety reasons. And the restrooms & concessions are the worse of the worst. The ingress/egress & neighborhood are awful too. Just nothing good about Legion Field beyond its history which began to decay about 1958 along with the structure.

I'm going with Vandy's. SEC money, not to mention the Alumni money, etc. ... for that piece of shat stadium that always has more visiting fans than the home team.
How many games are played in Legion Field a year now ??

(01-14-2020 11:25 AM)Harry J Wrote:  That rust bucket POS known as Legion Field gets my vote.

Same

Legion Field and it is not even close. That place was a dump 25 years ago

Legion Field. Total armpit.

Then again I’d put Nippert from the late 1980’s on this list and current Nippert on the best list.

Eastern Michigan's stadium is absolutely horrible too.