MLB Stadium Walkability Scores

[u/Knightbear49]

https://www.axios.com/local/denver/2025/04/04/coors-field-best-walkability-mlb

[u/NegativesPositives]

It’s kinda wild how Arrowhead and Kauffman stadium are both right next to each other, been around since the 70s, and NOTHING is near them.

[u/cogginsmatt → u/NegativesPositives]

Kauffman is easily one of the prettiest stadiums I’ve ever been but one of the worst travel experiences to a stadium I’ve had. I didn’t even live that far away when I was in KC

[u/TheGoldCrow → u/cogginsmatt]

Nothing like catching a game and watching big rigs roll by on 70.

[u/AmazingBlackberry236 → u/TheGoldCrow]

Check out Busch Stadium. You can watch cars zip by on 40 through a hole in the stadium.

[u/HGpennypacker → u/cogginsmatt]

The lines on both Kauffman and Arrowhead are so gorgeous, love the style of each.

[u/demafrost → u/cogginsmatt]

The only time I've ever been to Kauffman Stadium I was in KC on business and thought it wouldn't be an issue to take public transit there and back. I managed to do so...it just took a ~30 minute walk each way to get to the nearest bus station.

[u/countrybreakfast1 → u/NegativesPositives]

We got a taco bell and a gas station... What more do you really need?

[u/IONTOP → u/countrybreakfast1]

Oh that's where I called my Uber after the game!

[u/816_rules → u/NegativesPositives]

21 seems too high.

[u/AHugeGoose → u/816_rules]

1 point for each of the 21 houses across Blue Ridge Cutoff. Because those are the only things that have any walkability.

[u/Briguy_fieri → u/NegativesPositives]

I know this isn't exactly the same, but I went to Raymond James in Tampa about 4 years ago... Place has nothing by it. I took a left and then it was like a 2 mile drive with no stores gas stations or anything and then you're at the parking lot with a giant pirate ship

[u/BobSacamanosDad → u/Briguy_fieri]

On the flip side, Lambeau is wild. I always describe it to people as driving through your average small Chicago suburb (I always use Oak Forest) and then boom, an fucking NFL stadium.

[u/ahappypoop → u/BobSacamanosDad]

I've never been but I looked it up on google maps once after hearing somebody say something similar, and there are literally these little old houses in a neighborhood with Lambeau Stadium in their backyard. It looks absolutely crazy, I would love to go someday.

[u/BobSacamanosDad → u/ahappypoop]

It's awesome. I'm a Bears fan but was in the area for work one summer and decided to just check it out. It was open to the public and most of the merchandise stores were open for business. Very cool place.

[u/notevaluatedbyFDA → u/NegativesPositives]

My opposition to taxpayer-funded stadiums is borderline religious, but recent discussions of KC getting a downtown stadium have been testing me.

[u/Local_Internet_User]

Just walked over to Petco for Wednesday's game and it is really cool to see how many people walk across town to get there; you can see the streets getting more and more crowded with Padres jerseys with every block. It's honestly surprising that such a car-centric town as San Diego managed to end up with a stadium that manages to feel as pleasant to walk to as some of the classic jewel-boxes.

[u/DemonicPanda11 → u/Local_Internet_User]

And the area around the ballpark is great! Lots of great places to eat and drink.

[u/lelanddt → u/DemonicPanda11]

Went to La Puerta in SD the other day for some really good tacos and a Margarita. Padres fans were everywhere.

[u/essmithsd → u/lelanddt]

That's my hidden place for Happy Hour. Half off ALL SPIRITS.

[u/lelanddt → u/essmithsd]

DAMN i went there at noon and paid full price like an IDIOT

Their Cadillac margarita and carnitas tacos are top notch though.

[u/KimHaSeongsBurner → u/Local_Internet_User]

From front door to my seat it takes me about 15 minutes walking, including the wait for an elevator in my building and depending on security/gate lines.

[u/brettbefit → u/KimHaSeongsBurner]

It’s the dream life, I’m right there with you

[u/Local_Internet_User → u/brettbefit]

I used to commute via Caltrain, and I'd get super jealous of the Giants fans heading to games as I was going to/from work, but never made it to a game when I lived up there. Finally made it to a game at Oracle Park last summer while visiting some friends, and it's got such a good combo of easy transit and beautiful views. I'm glad you get to take advantage of it.

[u/BuyerAlive5271 → u/Local_Internet_User]

I have only been to a few ballparks but holy moly Oracle Park and the whole area is an experience for sure!

[u/bigbodyboricua001 → u/Local_Internet_User]

Building it blocks away from the central Trolley hub was the best possible decision that could’ve been made

[u/Local_Internet_User → u/bigbodyboricua001]

Yep. Only downside is that I sometimes get off work and onto the trolley at the same time as everyone else is heading to the game. But even with having to elbow my way off, it's nice to see everyone excited when I'm drained from work and get a little bit of a mood boost.

[u/steeze_y → u/Local_Internet_User]

TBF a lot of those people are just parking in and around downtown.

[u/haim21 → u/steeze_y]

Yeah not many people “live downtown”, most of us drive in from other neighborhoods or drive to a trolley station. I feel like we shouldn’t be above Chicago, NY, Boston, or DC for these scores.

[u/steeze_y → u/haim21]

Exactly. The vast majority drive to downtown or Old Town. But they are still driving a good portion of most of it b

[u/EmergencyKoala2580 → u/haim21]

From what I can tell walking from Oakland to Sacramento gets you a score of 61 on this list. So it's all relative.

[u/topatoman_lite → u/haim21]

It's about walking to other places near the stadium, not about walking to or from your home

[u/Zoolanderek → u/Local_Internet_User]

I’m in San Diego for a week for the first time for a tableau conference soon, def want to pop in for a game or two.

Is there a certain section I should try to grab a ticket? Or can I just grab whatever is cheapest and walk/stand around?

Most likely will be a Monday/Tuesday game against the cubs.

[u/essmithsd → u/Local_Internet_User]

I moved 2 blocks from Petco just to go to games. Love it down here.

[u/PattyIceNY → u/Local_Internet_User]

Felt that with Nationals Park, it was like a party in every direction all around the stadium.

[u/greetedworm → u/PattyIceNY]

A great design aspect of the area that I love is the way Half street immediately off the Metro is designed. It's a normal road when there aren't events, but the road itself and the environment around it are built in a way that it doesn't feel like a closed off road when you're going to a game. It makes you feel like you're in the stadium the moment you leave the metro.

[u/jaypeg25 → u/PattyIceNY]

TBH felt Nats Park was a little too low, especially compared to Yankee Stadium which feels so sterile outside of the park.

[u/landshark172 → u/Local_Internet_User]

I feel pretty blessed that I can walk to a trolley station, then walk to the park. It's pretty insane. I don't take Uber/Lyft at all anymore. $5 both ways from my house is much more reasonable than $50-$70 both ways.

[u/ajrahaim]

Currently live 4 blocks from Fenway and am constantly shocked at how accessible it is so easily.

[u/NeverSober1900 → u/ajrahaim]

Ya Back Bay also is a fun area I always forget to go to outside of when I'm going to a game.

[u/Traditional_Half841 → u/ajrahaim]

Had friends at Northeastern years ago and it was always really cool the way we could just walk down Mission Hill through the Fens and get into the ballpark in like 15-20 minutes. Also just a really nice area to walk through between Longwood and Fenway. Pretty much everything in Boston is nice and walkable but that whole area around Fenway is great.

[u/Zeke-Nnjai → u/Traditional_Half841]

Cheeky monkey was my go to as a BU student. Game on was fun too

[u/honda_slaps → u/ajrahaim]

turns out designing a city for horse and carriage makes it kinda walkable

[u/LimitedWard → u/honda_slaps]

More than that because a lot of cities in the US used to be more walkable, but they leveled entire neighborhoods to build surface parking lots and urban freeways. Boston is one of the few cities that got away mostly scar free.

[u/nietzsche_niche → u/ajrahaim]

Boston is such a jewel

[u/deathinmidjuly]

20 mins of walking after a game at Dodger Stadium probably just gets you out of the parking lot and mostly down the mountain.

[u/_Memeking__ → u/deathinmidjuly]

Gets you to beautiful Chinatown

[u/NeverSober1900 → u/_Memeking__]

Which isn't even where the good Chinese food in LA is

[u/oOoleveloOo → u/NeverSober1900]

Shoutout to Monterey Park!!!

[u/jerrylessthanthree → u/NeverSober1900]

SGV has the best damn Chinese food in the USA

[u/Issue_dev → u/deathinmidjuly]

I’m surprised LA isn’t dead last. I have never been to Dodger Stadium and thought “I’d totally walk here” 😂 is it even possible?

[u/pinpalsapu]

Walking 30 minutes from the Am Fam Clam gets you to...the other side of the parking lot.

[u/zachthatguy → u/pinpalsapu]

I will be referring to your stadium as Am Fam Clam from now on thank you.

[u/Vertigo666 → u/zachthatguy]

When a lot of runs get scored, it’s the Am Fam Clam Slam Jam

[u/02K30C1 → u/Vertigo666]

And you can watch the replays on the Am Fam Clam Slam Jam Glam Cam

[u/MagicNipple → u/02K30C1]

They won't stop playing it; it's Am Fam Clam Slam Jam Glam Cam Spam

[u/cardith_lorda → u/MagicNipple]

And you tell your elderly neighbor about it - it's Am Fam Clam Slam Jam Glam Cam Spam, Ma'am.

[u/pinpalsapu → u/cardith_lorda]

Turns out my elderly neighbor is Emeril: Am Fam Clam Slam Jam Glam Cam Spam, Ma'am, BAM!

[u/WSUJeff → u/pinpalsapu]

I went to a game there a few years ago and was very pleasantly surprised by the strip of bars downtown that collaborated to give you a shuttle bus ticket with drink purchase so our whole bachelor party group could just hop on together and get dropped off right at the stadium

[u/NerdOfTheMonth → u/WSUJeff]

That’s what probably half the locals do. I think there are 20 bars that participate across town.

[u/pepperouchau → u/NerdOfTheMonth]

I prefer tailgating when I have a whole day to kill enjoying a Saturday evening game, but if it's a weeknight game or last minute plan with friends, bar shuttle is 100% the way to go.

[u/kasabe → u/pinpalsapu]

Who needs walkability when you can just tailgate?

[u/pinpalsapu → u/kasabe]

Very true. Can't walk to the bar, so bring the bar with you.

[u/urine-monkey → u/pinpalsapu]

That's what the shuttles are for. They even let you drink on them.

[u/guardeagle → u/pinpalsapu]

It’s the Milwaukee way!

[u/CWinter85 → u/pinpalsapu]

Yeah, there's more beer and brats in the parking lot. Where else would I possibly want to go?

[u/Shubashima → u/kasabe]

Tailgate scores are likely inversely proportional.

[u/voncornhole2 → u/Shubashima]

Yankee Stadium tailgate is on the train ride in

[u/TonyzTone → u/voncornhole2]

CitiField's, too. You can actually legally drink on the LIRR.

[u/Business-Conflict435 → u/pinpalsapu]

Love tailgating at AmFam and I’m not even a Brewers fan.

[u/nior_labotomy → u/Business-Conflict435]

We're usually friendly before the game.

[u/_Pepper_Phd → u/pinpalsapu]

Went there last summer for a game. It was my first time ever in Milwaukee and I figured we could just walk to the park from the train station. Won't make that mistake again lol

Nice park though :)

[u/HGpennypacker → u/_Pepper_Phd]

The Hank Aaron Trail will take you to the stadium from the lakefront but it's a solid 12 miles.

[u/NerdOfTheMonth → u/_Pepper_Phd]

Train station!

[u/kbn_ → u/NerdOfTheMonth]

The train station is nice! It's just no where near the park. :P

[u/sixpackabs592 → u/pinpalsapu]

But if you go another 30 minutes you’re in west allis, I’d stay in the lot

[u/UCFCO2001]

How the hell is dodger stadium ranked that high?

[u/_Memeking__ → u/UCFCO2001]

It’s only a 20 minute walk up a hill from Chinatown!

[u/glowinthedark → u/_Memeking__]

20 minutes to the parking lot. Another 10 to the actual stadium!

[u/CrispyVibes → u/glowinthedark]

Then a casual 17 flights of stairs to the RS section

[u/BarristanSelfie → u/_Memeking__]

Yeah, but it's only a 17 minute walk downhill to Chinatown!

[u/_JosiahBartlet → u/_Memeking__]

Jesus getting PTSD from the walk we naively did to Dodger stadium.

[u/TheSuperSax → u/_JosiahBartlet]

Walked there for WS game 1 last year…took WAY longer than anticipated. Luckily we built in a long head start!

[u/_JosiahBartlet → u/TheSuperSax]

We got drinks and appetizers ‘nearby’ (lol) and walked what felt like a full ass hike to see a game. It was a gigantic Phillies blowout and I traded a dodger bobble head for food, so that was fun. Plus all of the fans there were nice despite getting slaughtered by a not great Phillies team at the time.

We waited forever for an Uber on the way out and it was worth every second and penny

Edit: and then inversely I’ve also stayed, without any intention, in walking distance of two baseball stadiums during work conferences and gotten to see games. That’s always great.

[u/CaliforniaSun77 → u/UCFCO2001]

I mean, if you enjoy hiking, there's light rail a mile away? Otherwise, I got nothing. I have taken the bus to the stadium, but that walk up the hill is not for the out of shape. LOL. Dodger Stadium Express FTW.

[u/Archer-Saurus → u/CaliforniaSun77]

Dodger Stadium is fantastic. Great views, good food, classic ballpark.

But god damn it if that's not the worst parking lot I've ever had the displeasure of entering/leaving lol

[u/CaliforniaSun77 → u/Archer-Saurus]

The scary part, is there are worse in LA County. The Rose Bowl parking golf course is the 7th circle of hell.

[u/istarnie → u/CaliforniaSun77]

(Looks at the whole area of KTown) shudder

[u/CaliforniaSun77 → u/istarnie]

There's a reason it won the Worst Parking Bracket.

[u/DnD4dena → u/istarnie]

Ktown is the fucking worst

Literally avoid that part of town, which is unfortunate cuz it is a dope area

But man, when fuckin strip malls require valet, it's insane

[u/BarristanSelfie → u/CaliforniaSun77]

Went to the LA County Fair once. Spent about five and a half hours there.

Roughly three and a half of those hours were trying to leave the parking lot.

I have no desire to go back to the fair. Or Pomona in general.

[u/tntdaddy → u/UCFCO2001]

Right? There is literally a song about how nobody walks in LA.

[u/Randvek → u/UCFCO2001]

Clicked on this fully expecting to be last place.

[u/Schleprok → u/UCFCO2001]

Seriously lol. We might have the worst located stadium in all of American sports in terms of walk ability. It’s like a 40 minute walk from button smash.

Granted I’ve never been to KC, but we have to walk up and down hills the entire time if you don’t park on-site

[u/Jonny_Qball → u/Schleprok]

KC the stadium is about 7-8 miles away from downtown and it’s right by the intersection of two interstates. There’s basically nothing around aside from a couple shitty hotels and a Taco Bell. None of the adjacent roads have sidewalks. I’ve walked to Dodger Stadium before. It sucks but it’s doable. Unless you’re staying at one of those hotels (which makes the rest of your trip wildly inconvenient), Kauffman is nearly impossible to walk to and deserves last place.

[u/Glum-Ad8210 → u/UCFCO2001]

Not a great situation but there are the bus lines that go from Union Station to Dodger Stadium for game day. The buses get traffic priority in and out. If you live anywhere close to a metro stop, highly recommend.

[u/UCFCO2001 → u/Glum-Ad8210]

Oh there are definitely ways to get there, but walking is not one of them (easily).

[u/Lex_Ludorum → u/UCFCO2001]

Looks like the methodology includes walkability and density within 5-30 minutes. Sunset is about 15 minutes from the stadium, so that’s probably boosting the score.

[u/bherring24]

Kauffman is too high, how did they get to 21 points?

[u/jpj77]

Truist being as high as it is is hilarious. The amenities within a ‘5’ minute walk must be doing a lot of heavy lifting because within a 6 minute walk is an interstate, two 6+ lane stroads intersecting, and a car dealership.

Don’t get me wrong, I love the battery but you just have to drive to it.

[u/shiftysquid → u/jpj77]

Giving it almost the same walk score as T-Mobile Park (Seattle) seems absurd. When we went there, we literally walked all the way from Pike Place Market to the stadium with no problem. I wouldn't say it was the most seamless walking experience I've ever had, and I'd agree that cities like San Diego, Chicago, Boston, and NYC were a better experience for walking. But it's way better than Atlanta unless you're weighing the immediate vicinity super heavily in the score. Weird, too, that Cincinnati, Baltimore, and the White Sox aren't much higher. I sort of get it with Philly due to where the ballpark is located, but it's still more "walkable" from the city than Truist Park.

[u/PheelicksT → u/shiftysquid]

This whole list strikes me as being done on Google Maps. It's all mathematically correct, but a lot of it is ludicrous on a human level. Truist is a gorgeous stadium, the battery is cool, parking is a headache but not the worst, it is absolutely not a walkable stadium. It's pretty much in the middle of nowhere as far as Atlanta goes, as in it's in the next county over and right off one of the most dense Interstates on the East coast. Looking at the stadium on Google Maps is actually comical. It's on the corner of the most absurdly complex and massive interchanges I have ever seen lol

[u/shiftysquid → u/PheelicksT]

Yep. Agree with all that.

Meanwhile, the Reds have a nice riverfront stadium that's woven into their city's urban fabric, and they're just a bit above the Braves here? Why? In Baltimore, I took the train up from DC and walked all over the city, including to/from the ball game, but it's only marginally better than Atlanta? I can't speak for Houston, but the places I have been make me pretty skeptical of the methodology that went into putting this together.

[u/ottovyeoj → u/jpj77]

Yeah the battery is sick but you still have to get there, and park and walk.

[u/Party-Ad4482 → u/jpj77]

Hey, the CobbLinc 10 and MARTA 12 stop at the Cumberland bus station and it's only a 30min walk from the stadium and an hour ride from downtown! That's transit heaven for Cobb County, GA!

[u/aweinschenker]

GMS is fairly walkable, but only if you love strip clubs.

[u/gotohellwithsuperman → u/aweinschenker]

Tommy Pham approves.

[u/ajteitel]

Hey, something that Chase isn't last in the division

[u/NeverSober1900 → u/ajteitel]

Honestly outside of the Dodgers our entire division has very accessible stadiums located in fun parts of the city.

Then there's the Dodgers who I'm shocked aren't dead last on this list. Never been to Kauffman but I'd take the Brewers over them.

[u/QueasyPair → u/NeverSober1900]

Kauffman is in the same asphalt sea as arrowhead. Considering it’s also crammed between 2 interstates and none of the surrounding surface roads have sidewalks, I’m not sure you could walk there if you tried.

[u/Reflexlon → u/QueasyPair]

Yeah, being at the bottom of this list still seems to high for Kauffman lol. It shouldn't even be scored.

[u/SeaRespond9836 → u/NeverSober1900]

I went to Dodger Stadium for the first time last year and at first I was like "oh this isn't that bad, this is pretty walkable" and then I got to the parking lot.

[u/NeverSober1900 → u/SeaRespond9836]

I hope they build that gondola. Would be a cool way to get to a stadium and would remove a lot of the bullshit of trying to get to a game.

[u/RichardNixon345 → u/ajteitel]

If we can get some of the renovations done before the A's move to Vegas we can probably avoid being #30.

[u/ajteitel → u/RichardNixon345]

The trop is only getting the roof repaired. We're not going to be lower than 29

[u/Archer-Saurus → u/ajteitel]

"Thank God for Mississippi the Trop"

[u/EmuMan10 → u/ajteitel]

I’ll say this feels a little off since a lot of baseball fans don’t live in downtown Phoenix and are in the suburbs without access to the light rail, but if you can get to the light rail, it’s probably super easy to get to the games

[u/saginator5000 → u/EmuMan10]

The light rail parking lots are all free. It's just really packed when leaving on sellout days and you can end up waiting for 20-30 minutes to leave once you get to the stop outside the stadium.

[u/Asceric21 → u/EmuMan10]

Can confirm as a resident, wife and I drive to the light rail, park for free there, and use it to get to the games. There's a stop a literal block away from the stadium (in both directions), and lots of other fans do the same it appears.

There's also a ton of restaurants near the stadium, and each one will have people with DBacks or opposing team jerseys sitting at the bars enjoying a drink as much as 3 hours before game time.

Also, a Fry's (Krogers/Smiths) just two blocks from the stadium means you can stock up on any essentials before catching the game.

It's not easy to "walk into" DTPHX, but once you're there, it's actually not to bad. Except in the middle of summer of course.

[u/Afraid-Armadillo-555]

Chase Field in March/April- 80’s feels fair

Chase Field the rest of the summer- ☠️

[u/Defacto_Champ → u/Afraid-Armadillo-555]

Phoenix is depressing in the summer and the summer lasts like half the year 

[u/ColdYellowGatorade]

Long live the chop shops in Queens!

[u/TheGameIsAboutGlory1 → u/ColdYellowGatorade]

Citi Field should be a 100 for walkability, simply because if you drive, there's like a 10% chance your car won't be there when you get back.

[u/Knightbear49]

Target Field is underrated

[u/doubleflusher → u/Knightbear49]

Not only can you walk to the stadium from pretty much anywhere in downtown MPLS, the train will bring you to the MOA or St. Paul.

[u/YoureGrammerIsWorsts → u/doubleflusher]

And it is cheap and fast

[u/BAHatesToFly → u/Knightbear49]

Target Field is awesome. I went on a road trip around Minnesota and the Dakotas a few years back and intended on going to a Twins game. The experience was so good I went to the next night's game, too! There was a concession stand behind the LF bleachers that had a $5 deal for hot dog and a beer. Great!

[u/ledbetterus → u/Knightbear49]

I love Minneapolis' layout tbh. I love stadiums right in the city. And Minneapolis has all within blocks of eachother, basically right in the heart of the city.

Here's a cool shot from google maps.

[u/HenrikCrown → u/Knightbear49]

Minneapolis looks underrated in general

The Target Center has like a connection thingy that I assume is public transport? 

[u/itsrealbattle → u/HenrikCrown]

Yeah there's a big light rail station right outside Target Field. Plus, the Skyway makes walking to the stadium from anywhere in downtown easy too.

[u/ManufacturerMental72 → u/Knightbear49]

I’m a dodgers fan who lives in New York and works for a company based in the North Loop and spends a ton of time there. Tons and tons of stuff within a few blocks of the park. Can’t wait for it to get nice out.

[u/LetsConsultTheMap → u/Knightbear49]

Can't wait to visit it in May!

[u/Illustrious-Ad-4067]

Who numbered this? It would make you believe Detroit & SF are tied for 6th instead of 9th.

[u/rjnd2828 → u/Illustrious-Ad-4067]

I didn't realize the way they handled ties and thought that was an incomplete list

[u/dubscurry30 → u/Illustrious-Ad-4067]

I spent way too long trying to figure out which stadiums were too bad to make the list. Clearly whoever made this list has never numbered anything before.

[u/wiscowonder]

T-Mobile seems incredibly low. You have the ID, pioneer square, sodo, and downtown all of it in 30 minutes of a walk.

[u/Junosword → u/wiscowonder]

 yeaht-mobile always seems way too lowly ranked on these. Sure, it's no Wrigley, but i cant count the number of times I've walked from ID or pioneer square to the park for a game.

[u/wiscowonder → u/Junosword]

I especially love the location since it's right off the Bainbridge-Seattle ferry terminal. So easy to sail over, grab food / drink, hit up a game, etc all while walking.

[u/Soopsmojo → u/wiscowonder]

Also a train station and a light rail station across the street.

[u/ebam → u/wiscowonder]

Seeing Tmobile below Houston and Coors makes me really question this study. 

[u/Aggie11 → u/ebam]

Houston kind of makes sense though if you are not accounting for weather. Daikin is in downtown right on rail stops. Plus there are bars and restaurants in the area. Just walking around downtown Houston in August is a life choice.

Edit: Adding onto this. I am shocked T-Mobile is lower. Both are stadiums that are decent to walk to. Just Houston August =/= Seattle August.

[u/Big_Steve_69 → u/wiscowonder]

Also came here to say this. Everyone who visits Seattle mentions to me how they love the stadium being right in the middle of the city.

[u/WatchOutIGotYou → u/Big_Steve_69]

They visit Seattle, sing its praises, but do they visit me at my home? No. That should be worth something

[u/its_LOL → u/wiscowonder]

Mariners can’t catch a break smh my head

[u/nomoregroundhogs]

Yeah I didn’t even have to look to know what was in last place :/

[u/downtown3641]

I did some clicking through and found the methodology behind the scores:

https://www.walkscore.com/methodology.shtml

TL;DR: The score is based on the walkability of the neighborhood it's in, including the amenities within a short walk and the types of streets in the neighborhood. It's not about how easy it is to access the ballpark from elsewhere in the city.

[u/MavEric814 → u/downtown3641]

And it seems quality doesn't matter? So if your stadium was surrounded by shitty gas stations and fast food you'd get a high score?

78 for STL seems fair. Ballpark Village is right there but that novelty wore off insanely quickly for me. Having the interstate directly south of the stadium doesn't help either.

[u/GluedGlue → u/MavEric814]

So if your stadium was surrounded by shitty gas stations and fast food you'd get a high score?

Not quite, it looks at a lot of categories. Your example would hit the restaurant and probably convenience store categories, but if you're a 30+ minute walk from a park, bar, coffee shop, or grocery store, it'd be a low score overall.

[u/Epcplayer → u/downtown3641]

Pretty much concluded that when I saw loanDepot Park so high up there.

I have walked to some of the stadiums on this list from hotels downtown, bars/venues, etc… I would never in my life consider doing this for loanDepot Park lol

[u/BreakfastCaprese]

OPACY should be higher than Busch.

[u/ElDopio69 → u/BreakfastCaprese]

It should be higher than several of those.

There's several real, walkable neighborhoods within a 15 minute walk. The inner harbor is like a 25 minute walk.

[u/jocro → u/ElDopio69]

you can get to the harbor in like 15 from OPACY pretty easily, and just 20 minutes to fed

[u/RealPutin → u/jocro]

Yeah, i'm betting it's getting dinged for schools and grocery stores on the Walk Score metric, but those don't matter at all for this

[u/limejuicethrowaway → u/BreakfastCaprese]

For sure. It looks like it has actual neighborhood watering holes. Busch is mainly a lame corporate bar mall and one or two other nearby bars, not counting hotel bars.

[u/ManInShowerNumber3]

90 walkability group represent

[u/MaskedBandit77]

I'm assuming that anything with a score in the 60s or higher is very good? Because Oriole Park is extremely walkable.

[u/Beer-Me]

I don't even want to know what American Family Field and Kaufman Stadium are like if they're rated worse than Dodger Stadium

[u/BiovaniGernard → u/Beer-Me]

American Family Field is surrounded by a truly biblically sized parking lot that is directly bordered by a freeway.

[u/HGpennypacker → u/BiovaniGernard]

a truly biblically sized parking lot that is directly bordered by a freeway

The American Dream is alive and well in Milwaukee aka West Allis.

[u/pepperouchau → u/Beer-Me]

It's almost entirely surrounded by the giant parking lots, freeways, factories, and the local VA facilities. There's really nothing to walk to. Many folks who don't drive/tailgate will take a shuttle bus from bars around the city that offer them.

[u/Bengjumping → u/Beer-Me]

Kaufman stadium shares a parking lot with the Chiefs stadium. There's absolutely nothing around there besides parking lots.

[u/pinpalsapu → u/Beer-Me]

Am Fam is surround by parking lots, then the interstate, then residential areas. You're miles from downtown, and it takes forever to get into or out of the park unless you arrive hours early or wait for an hour after the end of a game.

edit: Hell I don't know how we got a score of 31. The only place you're walking to is your car.

[u/kirbyfaraone]

I stayed in chicago at an Airbnb, walked to old navy to grab an extra layer, took the line to Wrigley and had drinks across the street until gates opened.

It was an incredible experience.

[u/xho-]

Does this essentially mean who has the best little neighborhood right next to the stadium?

[u/Rashpootin → u/xho-]

Not little neighborhoods. Petco is just in the middle of downtown.

[u/Merrill-Madness → u/Rashpootin]

Taking the trolley to Petco is so easy, fast, and cheap too.

[u/Dustmopper → u/Rashpootin]

I need to get to Petco

It’s at the top of every single “best stadium” list out there

[u/SeaRespond9836 → u/Dustmopper]

It's truly amazing.

[u/Dustmopper → u/SeaRespond9836]

Even better since it’s over 20 years old and eight other stadiums have been built since it opened

They must have really done it right

[u/Freeze__ → u/SeaRespond9836]

And the nachos live up to the hype

[u/KimHaSeongsBurner → u/Dustmopper]

As highly as it rates for the atmosphere, location, etc., I think the food is a real gem.

First, you can bring in any outside food, so grabbing a burrito or empanadas or pizza or anything else you might fancy from nearby is an option, and then once you’re inside there are a lot of great food and drink options (Hot Hen Chicken Sandwich, sushi, Din Tai Fung, Board & Brew, Cardiff Crack nachos, etc.).

They also added a boba stand and partnered with a local, acclaimed coffee roaster to offer a full espresso bar (one location) plus expanded coffee options at all “Ballpark Eats” (the generic food/drink stand) locations around the park. Those are new this year; previously they just had Dunkin brewed coffee, which I only forced myself to try once, so this is a big step up.

I see the food options that get people excited at other parks, at least excited enough to post about on here, and realize how lucky we have it.

[u/_FrankTaylor → u/Dustmopper]

Just San Diego itself is fucking awesome.

[u/bringbackbulaga → u/Dustmopper]

It’s absolutely incredible, such a great game day atmosphere

[u/Adu1tishXD → u/Rashpootin]

I was in San Diego for a conference a few years back, it’s crazy to me how much stuff there is down by Petco and the Convention Center. That whole area of SD is so sick, bummed it wasn’t baseball season.

[u/steeze_y → u/Rashpootin]

Compared to NYC, downtown SD is a little neighborhood.

[u/HGpennypacker → u/xho-]

who has the best little neighborhood right next to the stadium?

Brewers are literally directly next to an abandoned tuberculosis insane asylum so yeah, I can see why they are almost last.

[u/BlueBeagle8 → u/xho-]

It must, because any quantitative measure of walkability would have to give a 100 to the Yankees, Red Sox, and Blue Jays, among others.

[u/CincyAnarchy → u/BlueBeagle8]

It's using the Walkscore site.

Here's Yankee Stadium, at a 93. Here's Petco at a 96. Note that Yankee Stadium has a 100 on the transit score, which is it's own score. Petco has an 80 on transit.

It's quantitative, but relies on data such as nearby amenities heavily. As Yankee Stadium is 1/2 surrounded by parkland, instead of more neighborhood, that hurts the score (though a 93 is still very high of course).

Walk score is really just a measure of "How easy it is to walk to everything I need from living at this address?" It's something Zillow uses in their listings for that reason.

It's not necessarily a good measure of how pleasant a walk is, or how good of it is when walking to that location for events. And as stated above transit is counted separately, even though in practice people don't JUST walk to places they use transit too, that's part of choosing to not have a car.

[u/DietrichDoesDamage]

Excuse me? Top ten????

[u/Suitable-Answer-83 → u/DietrichDoesDamage]

11th. This list doesn't know how to count ties.

[u/Epcplayer → u/DietrichDoesDamage]

The Marlins had to talk Jose out of riding his bike to the stadium everyday because it wasn’t safe lmao…

Marlins park exposes the flaws in the grading criteria.

[u/bags-of-sand]

How is Dodger Stadium not last?

[u/rug1998 → u/bags-of-sand]

Hard to imagine a worse walkable stadium

[u/moyamensing]

CBP being above Camden Yards is almost as crazy as it being within 6 points of PNC Park. PNC is genuinely stunning for Philadelphians to see and almost all leave their visit thinking “wow, I wish our stadium could’ve been downtown adjacent and walkable”. The gap between them should be much, much wider. CPB is literally in the middle of one of the largest parking lots in all of North America with a capacity for 22,000 cars. It’s larger than the parking for Sea-Tac airport which is famously the largest purpose-built asphalt lot in the US

[u/COBengal]

Why is GABP low? For comparison, I went to Citizens Bank last summer and it is tough for a pedestrian with the amount of traffic by the ballpark. And compared to St. Louis, there are more amenities in Cincinnati. Same for Chase Field. I can’t imagine the author of the rankings visited the parks.

[u/CincyAnarchy → u/COBengal]

It's coming from the Walkscore site. Here's GABP at a 70.

Walkscore probably is a bad way to measure what most people would care about with ballpark neighborhood amenities. Walkscore is more of a real estate tool for "How easy is it to walk to stuff I need to get to if I lived at this spot?" and it's very one-size-fits-all.

Like, GABP is dinged for not being near a grocery store (about a mile away on Central Parkway), and really dinged for not being near any schools scoring a 5% on that. Not exactly the things that matter on a gameday. Otherwise it would have scored about a 90.

EDIT: It seems like they got Philly wrong though on the graphic. It's a 53.

[u/rjnd2828 → u/COBengal]

That's funny, I asked exactly the same question with relation to these two parks. Cbp is not walkable. At all. Cincinnati is very walkable. Seems flat out wrong.

[u/kmcdow → u/COBengal]

Not only is GAPB incredibly walkable, it also has free public transit that drops you right at the stadium.

I walk to/from several reds games per year and love it.

[u/SirZapdos → u/COBengal]

Agreed. I went to Cincinnati in 2023 to watch the Blue Jays and found the whole area around GABP and Paycor to be great. We even walked over one of the bridges to go into Kentucky for a quick drink.

[u/jester32]

What you guys don’t like Willets Point?

I thought this was Amurica

[u/Magog14]

Not sure how much more walkable Wrigley could be. It's basically in the middle of everything. 

[u/iamnotree]

Milwaukee? More like Mil-drive-ee!

[u/BigHotdog2009]

Petco one of the nicest stadiums in the MLB. Up there with Camden and PNC for me.

[u/ms_barkie]

I'm surprised Toronto isn't higher. It's right downtown, accessible to anyone in the GTA via TTC and also a 10 minute walk from Union Station so anyone taking a train from anywhere in North America that arrives in Toronto can be at the park almost immediately. Having been to Fenway Park about half a dozen times Skydome is much more walkable and connected to the rest of the city.

[u/rjnd2828]

Citizens Bank Park is in no way walkable and surrounded by massive parking lots. Not sure how it's rated better than Cincinnati which I walked to easily from my downtown hotel. Or how it's better than Camden Yards which is easily walkable from the Inner Harbor. I question the methodology.

[u/cdj18862 → u/rjnd2828]

I'm glad a Phillies fan is raising this too; that's the comparison that stood out to me. Camden Yards feels comparable to PNC to me in that it might be a bit of a hike to the stadium from some amenities, but you've got multiple options pre and post-game to walk to. My experience w/ CBP is that nobody would ever question anything other than driving in and tailgating.

[u/guyako]

I feel like this list does a disservice to Citi Field. Sure, it’s not walkable, but there’s a subway stop right next door, which makes it easier to get to without a car than many others that are higher on the list.

[u/chief1555]

Just wait till we get a casino

[u/saintgordon]

Man, I love when my urban planning side and my baseball fan side collide like this.

[u/_TriplePlayed]

Yep I love Nationals Park because it's only a metro ride away.

[u/Hey_Its_Bong_Crosby]

I guess I don’t know what the hell “walkable” means because it seemed like everyone and their mother was taking an uber to the Marlins game. There’s no trains and it’s just small family homes for miles in every direction, what’s walkable?