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Originally Posted by grunewar
Chuck - thanks for the review!
I've been to a great many parks myself (not as many as you and John though) and concur with: A) your opinion of the Nats Stadium (GREAT HUGE scoreboard, wide concourse, good site lines, friggin ex$pen$ive food like they all have, etc.), and B) your ranking of Camden Yards - one of the first New Generation of Old Time Parks which really does stand the test of time well.
I am increasingly dissappointed at the DC crowds though (obvioulsy the same reason you could get your nice seat). Only 29K for a Labor Day game against the Phils yesterday on a beautiful summer day - and 10K of those were Philly Fans!?  Bright side of course is, I can always get tickets and "improve" my seats! 
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I have been to all 30 current MLB parks and to seven that either no longer exist (Veterans, Busch (old), Tiger, Kingdome) or no longer host ML teams (RFK, Candlestick, Olympic).
I know this sounds like blasphemy, but I dislike the nostalgic "old" parks. For me, old means small seats, small concourses, inadequate restroom facilities and concessions, and usually hard-to-get-to or hard-to-park places.
I've ranked my favorites (at least the top 10, anyway) and almost all are new parks:
(1) PNC Park, Pittsburgh
(2) Petco Park, San Diego
(3) Chase Field, Arizona
(4) Comerica Park, Detroit
(5) Nationals Park, DC (food here is outstanding and local, BTW)
(6) Safeco Field, Seattle
(7) Citizens Bank Park, Philadelphia (as a Phillies fan, they could've done more with this park, IMO, although Ashburn's Alley is nice)
(8) Minute Maid Park, Houston
(9) Kauffman Stadium, Kansas City (my favorite "old" park)
(10t) AT&T Park, San Francisco
(10t) Miller Park, Milwaukee (another one they could've done more with)
Camden Yards might make the list, but I haven't been there since 1993, so it's hard for me to give it a spot. I sat in left field for $17 (x2 since I had a girlfriend with me) and thought it was the most expensive ticket I'd ever buy. Ah, memories.
My least favorite parks include: Florida, Tampa, Shea (the worst), Wrigley, Fenway, Yankee (esp. in the upper deck), Minnesota. Looking at these classic parks, I do feel nostalgia looking at the Mons-tah or looking at the ivy in Wrigley, etc., but I'd like the parks themselves if they'd just rebuild the seating areas and concourses to appeal to today's fan.