Most Walkable Baseball Stadiums
Just in time for opening day of baseball season, Walk Score ranks the most walkable ball parks.
Who wouldn’t want a ball park with plenty of places to celebrate (or drown out your team’s sorrows) nearby?
And the winner is… Pittsburgh Pirates’ PNC Park – Walk Score 95!
| Rank | Ball Park | Team | Opened | Walk Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | PNC Park | Pittsburgh Pirates | 2001 | 95 |
| 2 | Fenway Park | Boston Red Sox | 1912 | 94 |
| 3 | Busch Stadium | St. Louis Cardinals | 2006 | 94 |
| 4 | Progressive Field | Cleveland Indians | 1994 | 92 |
| 5 | Coors Field | Colorado Rockies | 1995 | 91 |
| 6 | Petco Park | San Diego Padres | 2004 | 91 |
| 7 | Camden Yards | Baltimore Orioles | 1992 | 88 |
| 8 | Wrigley Field | Chicago Cubs | 1914 | 88 |
| 9 | Great American Ball Park | Cincinnati Reds | 2003 | 88 |
| 10 | Yankee Stadium | New York Yankees | 2009 | 88 |
| 11 | Chase Field | Phoenix Diamond Backs | 1998 | 88 |
| 12 | Target Field | Minneapolis Twins | 2010 | 86 |
| 13 | AT&T Park | San Francisco Giants | 2000 | 85 |
| 14 | Rogers Centre | Toronto Blue Jays | 1989 | 83 |
| 15 | Minute Maid Park | Houston Astros | 2000 | 80 |
| 16 | Safeco Field | Seattle Mariners | 1999 | 80 |
| 17 | Tropicana Field | Tampa Bay Rays | 1990 | 71 |
| 18 | U.S. Cellular Field | Chicago White Sox | 1991 | 68 |
| 19 | Angel Stadium | Anaheim Angels | 1996 | 62 |
| 20 | Citi Field | New York Mets | 2009 | 60 |
| 21 | Oakland Coliseum | Oakland A’s | 1966 | 52 |
| 22 | Nationals Park | Washington Nationals | 2008 | 52 |
| 23 | Rangers Ballpark | Texas Rangers | 1994 | 51 |
| 24 | Turner Field | Atlanta Braves | 1996 | 51 |
| 25 | Dodger Stadium | Los Angeles Dodgers | 1962 | 51 |
| 26 | Citizens Bank Park | Philadelphia Phillies | 2004 | 49 |
| 27 | Miller Park | Milwaukee Brewers | 2001 | 38 |
| 28 | Kauffman Stadium | Kansas City Royals | 1973 | 28 |
| 29 | Sun Life Stadium | Florida Marlins | 1987 | 22 |
| 30 | Comerica Park | Detroit Tigers | 2000 | 12 |
And just like the housing market, stadiums built before World War II or after the late 90′s are very walkable. Stadiums built from 1960 – 1990… not so much!
April 29th, 2010 at 11:40 am
It’s the Arizona Diamondbacks, not the Phoenix Diamond Backs!
June 6th, 2010 at 2:45 pm
Victory Field – Indianapolis Indians – Would Rank #7 on your list of Walkable Stadiums – I know it is only Triple A, but how many Triple A Stadiums would rank? We really just go to these places for the Hot Dogs and sunshine anyway, so it is a great place to have down the street from our condo!
501 West Maryland Street; Indianapolis, IN – Walk Score: 89 out of 100 — Very Walkable
August 3rd, 2010 at 2:48 pm
This is anecdotal evidence only, but I’ve lived in both Philadelphia and Detroit and been to baseball games in both. Philadelphia’s stadiums are all clustered in a swath of concrete south of the city. There aren’t really any bars around them at all. Comerica Park (where the Tigers play) is surrounded by lots of little bars and restaurants – Bookies, the Hockey Town Cafe, Cheli’s, etc. The stadium is also sunken into the ground so people walking by can see the game through the fence. I guess I don’t know the methodology that went into this, and Philly’s transit is obviously better, but in my opinion Comerica Park is way more walkable…you just have to get down to it somehow. Thanks!
August 3rd, 2010 at 2:52 pm
I love the Phoenix Diamond Backs. Almost as much as the Arizona Diamondbacks.
April 4th, 2011 at 5:21 pm
Wow. Walkscore needs some serious updating/tweaking. I figured Comerica Park might not score high, but 12? I looked at the metrics and there are some serious errors, enough that I’m pretty much never going to trust a Walkscore again.
I can think of a half dozen bars that are closer than the closest listed on the page. Same for restaurants. You completely missed the Fox Theater which is right across the street. On the other hand, the Borders downtown location has been closed for over a year now. The nearest coffee place is not Starbucks at a half mile away but 1515 Broadway which is approximately one-third that distance. Obviously Detroit is not really a walkable city and the CBD is pretty lacking, but anyone with a modicum of common sense could look at the satellite/streetview images of, say, Citizens Bank Park vs. Comerica Park and easily conclude that your ratings appear to be meaningless.
February 10th, 2012 at 4:30 pm
Two Things:
1. Either you changed your methodology since this was published or had some addresses wrong. And having been to PNC and lived in St. Louis, I checked those Walkscores as of 2/10/12 and sure enough, they are much lower than they were last year when this was done. Those two are now scored as 82 and 77 from 95 and 94. I’d love to see an updated version.
2. I think that you need to take into account the fact that stadiums occupy huge pieces of land and average the scores from each gate. For instance, Busch Stadium in St. Louis is listed as a 69 transitscore when you use the street address on the east gate even though there is a light rail train that drops people off across the street from the northwest gate (but is scored as being .17 miles from the east gate even though it is ~125 feet away from the stadium).
Also, have you considered integrating OpenStreetMaps? in my experience that provides a larger variety and more comprehensive of walkable scale infrastructure (off street paths, greenways, etc) that Google Maps doesn’t capture well.
March 13th, 2012 at 2:48 pm
JRM – Walk Score aggregates data from several sources and we rely on these datasets. We realize, of course, they are not perfect and cannot match the human eye – that is why there is an ‘add location’ feature. If you notice missing amenities you can add them. Thanks!
EUO – Thanks for your thoughtful feedback. Walk Score does use Open Streetmap data as one of our datasources. The algorithm may change from time to time, more likely amenities are added or removed (businesses open and close) which directly affects the scores.