Boston sports spots worth the trip
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Boston sports spots worth the trip

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Boston sports spots worth the trip

Marcus Oyelaran
Marcus Oyelaran
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I bike the Necklace most weekends and lose at trivia most Thursdays, so sports for me is 80% spectating, 20% denial about my own 5K pace. These are the venues I'd actually tell you to buy a ticket for, ranked by vibes and lightly by win probability.

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NameTickAddressCitySportBest ForCapacityMy take
1TD Garden100 Legends WayBostonBasketball/HockeyCeltics or Bruins night~19,000Banners on banners. The building itself is just a parking garage with a scoreboard.
2Fenway Park4 Jersey StreetBostonBaseballGreen Monster seats~37,000Oldest park in MLB, worst sightlines, somehow still worth it 100% of the time.
3Gillette Stadium1 Patriot Place, FoxboroughFoxboroughFootball/SoccerPatriots or Revolution games~64,60045-minute drive each way for 3 hours of standing. Attendance math never checks out, I go anyway.
4Agganis Arena925 Commonwealth AvenueBostonCollege hockeyBU Terriers games~6,150 for hockeyCheaper ticket, louder student section, same ice-level violence as the pros.
5Harvard Stadium95 N Harvard StBostonCollege footballIvy League Saturdays~30,000Concrete horseshoe from 1903. Nobody fills it, which somehow makes it better.
6Charles River EsplanadeStorrow DriveBostonRunning/CyclingWeekend long ridesUnlimited, allegedlyMy actual weekly workout. Skyline view included at no extra charge.
7Emerald NecklaceJamaicaway, Jamaica PlainBostonCycling/WalkingSlow loop after a bad trivia nightUnlimitedOlmsted designed 1,100 acres so I'd have somewhere to sulk. Appreciated.
8Jamaica Pond507 JamaicawayBostonRowing/SailingEasy evening lapUnlimited1.5-mile loop, zero hills. My pace still manages to disappoint.