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USA Today’s For The Win praised Petco Park as “the perfect ballpark” as a sell-out crowd in San Diego attended Thursday’s Opening Day debacle.
The downtown stadium’s atmosphere and amenities may have continued to earn high marks, but the on-field product left many underwhelmed as the Padres dropped an 8-2 decision to the visiting Detroit Tigers before a crowd of 45,673.
Honoring Opening Day, For The Win ranked all 30 MLB stadiums, grading them on “general atmosphere, design, location, amenities, food and character.”
Petco Park praised, Tropicana Field burned
Petco Park claimed the top prize for the third time, in part, because “it’s embedded right in the heart of downtown San Diego with the skyline basically on top of you. There’s a community park that leads right into the outfield concourses, making it a cool place to check out even on non-gamedays. Petco Park has the best food and beer selection in baseball to go along with the top-notch location.”
At the other end of the spectrum, the Tampa Bay Rays’ Tropicana Field remained the league’s least-admired destination. It doesn’t appear to matter where the Rays play.
For The Win explained why the experience tends to suffer: “The Rays were in a nightmare ordeal when it comes to Tropicana Field, which had them playing the 2025 season at the Yankees' spring training home of George M. Steinbrenner Field. Hurricane Milton destroyed The Trop's roof in October of 2024, but repair work is finally done, allowing the Rays to return to somewhat of an MLB-caliber facility this season. Nobody said anything about it being a nice one, though.”
MLB stadiums top to bottom
Here is a ranking of MLB’s 30 stadiums, according to USA Today’s For The Win:
No. Team, Stadium
- 1, San Diego Padres, Petco Park
- 2, San Francisco Giants, Oracle Park
- 3, Pittsburgh Pirates, PNC Park
- 4, Chicago Cubs, Wrigley Field
- 5, Colorado Rockies, Coors Field
- 6, Boston Red Sox, Fenway Park
- 7, Minnesota Twins, Target Field
- 8, Seattle Mariners, T-Mobile Park
- 9, New York Mets, Citi Field
- 10, Baltimore Orioles, Oriole Park at Camden Yards
- 11, Los Angeles Dodgers, Dodger Stadium
- 12, Atlanta Braves, Truist Park
- 13, St. Louis Cardinals, Busch Stadium
- 14, Philadelphia Phillies, Citizens Bank Park
- 15, Washington Nationals, Nationals Park
- 16, Kansas City Royals, Kauffman Stadium
- 17, Cleveland Guardians, Progressive Field
- 18, Houston Astros, Daikin Park
- 19, Detroit Tigers, Comerica Park
- 20, Toronto Blue Jays, Rogers Centre
- 21, Texas Rangers, Globe Life Field
- 22, Cincinnati Reds, Great American Park
- 23, Miami Marlins, LoanDepot Park
- 24, Milwaukee Brewers, American Family Field
- 25, New York Yankees, Yankee Stadium
- 26, Los Angeles Angels, Angel Stadium
- 27, Chicago White Sox, Rate Field
- 28, Arizona Diamondbacks, Chase Field
- 29, Athletics, Sutter Health Park
- 30, Tampa Bay Rays, Tropicana Field
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