Miller Park rated 2nd best Park by fans, per SI.

[berniebrewer4life]

#1 in food, 2nd in affordability, and #1 in promotions. Not a bad list(it was a fan survey). They weighed each category evenly, so i think that helps explain why so many older stadiums were lower on the list.

 

Other NLC stadiums were ranked:

 

3. Pirates

5. Cardinals

13. Reds

15. Cubs

16. Astros

 

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/baseball/mlb/specials/fansurvey/2008/index.html?bcnn=yes

[lcbj68c]

Neat Survey, here are some points that I found interesting.

Neighborhood, which I would assume to mean crime or lack there of. Detroit 12th Milwaukee 18th
Traffic.....Chicago 1....ummm, no way.

They did have most of the Devil rays attributes correct however, what a dump.

[RU Rah Rah]

What I thought was interesting was the "10" ranking for fan IQ for Miller Park. Are we in the top third? (Not suggesting one way or another, just wondering.)

[Cypus28]

Oh no! The cubs were 8 in fan IQ and milwaukee was 10. =(

 

At least we were 8 in team quality compared to the cubs 12. Take that Chicago!

[NYChez]

Cleveland is apparently celebrating its happiness somewhere other than the ballpark. They are drawing horribly inspite of the fact they went to game 7 of the ALCS last year.

[BrewCrewForever]

Very cool to see MP so high on those rankings. I have not been to any other parks but I have been going to CS and MP for years and I sure have a great time everytime. Even when we were fielding awful team after awful team.

[bball123h2]

Neighborhood, which I would assume to mean crime or lack there of. Detroit 12th Milwaukee 18th

Traffic.....Chicago 1....ummm, no way.

Neighborhood = stuff to do within walking distance. By those standards, MP kinda stinks compared to Boston, Chicago, etc.

[dadofandrew]

To be blunt, Milwaukee will soon be 25th or below in fan IQ, as the booing will get notice.

[Sepolevne]

The food in Miller Park is delicious. Even though I'll eat a bunch tailgating, I love some cheese fries with stadium sauce over them and a brat or chorizo.

[Glennron]

Team quality and tradition seem to be a little bogus when measuring ballparks. PNC is absoultely a great park and much better than Miller Park, I don't care how bad they are. I also highly doubt Camden Yards is only the 14th best MLB park.

[GoudaBrew]

Didn't SI have Miller Park as the best place to see a game a couple of years ago (may have even been last year)? They based it the same criteria I think and were "voted" number 1 in large part due to affordibility, parking, and food. Am I imagining this?

[MickeyDavis]

I'll take tailgating over crowded, smelly bars and restaurants around the stadium. Nothing beats firing up the grill at MP and throwing back some cold ones for a couple of hours before heading into the game.

[berniebrewer4life]

I'll take tailgating over crowded, smelly bars and restaurants around the stadium. Nothing beats firing up the grill at MP and throwing back some cold ones for a couple of hours before heading into the game.

agreed. It's just not a baseball game unless i'm grillin out.

[twobrewers]

John Donovan at SI.com in his weekly power rankings. (BTW, the Brewers are #4)

And, two, if I had the power to knock the Cubs down in SI.com's Ballpark Rankings, I would. In a second. You see those dippy Wrigley Field fans pelting Milwaukee left fielder Ryan Braun with garbage? No. 8 in Fan IQ, my eye.

[MickeyDavis]

Well Wrigley is a dump, so throwing garbage makes sense. There is plenty of it available in, and around, that hole. Smells like a toilet, falling apart, the whole neighborhood around it reeks like a garbage dump. Other than that it's a fine place to watch a game.

[craigharmann]

If the Brewers and Cubs were to share MP while Wrigley is getting rebuilt, MP would drop dramatically in ranking.

[MickeyDavis]

If the Brewers and Cubs were to share MP while Wrigley is getting rebuilt, MP would drop dramatically in ranking.

I don't know about that. It would be plenty rank.

[DoorCountyBadgers]

They forgot one

 

Miller Park #1 in being 50% empty for 80% of all Brewer Games

[MickeyDavis]

They forgot one

 

Miller Park #1 in being 50% empty for 80% of all Brewer Games

Really? We averaged 35,422 last season, about 85% full, this season we are sitting on 33,784 (which is actually about 3,000 more than last season at this time).

 

[berniebrewer4life]

They forgot one

 

Miller Park #1 in being 50% empty for 80% of all Brewer Games

Pretty sure Tampa Bay holds that record. Besides, those days are behind us. With a chance to get over 3 million tickets sold this year, i'm pretty sure we will be more than 1/2 full for most of the games this year.