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All 30 MLB stadiums, ranked: 2023 edition

Here are the best places to watch a baseball game.

Editor’s note: This story was originally published in March 2023.

It’s that time of the year again.

March Madness is winding down, and Major League Baseball is back in our lives.

For the first time in what feels like forever, MLB will have a full season that starts on time, and we’re so happy about that. While we’re in for a few rule changes this season, you won’t see any new stadiums opening in MLB this year. However, several teams did make some upgrades to existing stadiums, and it was enough to shake up our stadium rankings for 2023.

Using the same — yes, subjective — criteria of general atmosphere, design, location, amenities, food and character that we used in past seasons, we’ve arrived at an updated rankings of MLB ballparks to get ready for the 2023 baseball season.

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MLB fans hilariously roasted a graphic that ranked each ballpark’s affordability

Almost EVERY line has to be wrong.

There aren’t many sports experiences that can beat an evening at an MLB ballpark. Each stadium is unique in its own way. And while other sports do have more raucous atmospheres, baseball is the national pastime for a reason.

But going to a game — especially with a family of four — is not a cheap undertaking. You have to take ticket prices (with fees!), parking, food and beverages into consideration. And when all that is done, you’re looking at an expensive night out. Cost is a roadblock MLB should really consider as it struggles to grow the game.

Even the affordability studies out there seem to be underselling just how expensive a single MLB game can be. The Hustle released a graphic this week that ranked each stadium’s average cost for families using data Fan Cost Index. And let’s just say it’s pretty wrong.

There was just one problem: Very few fans could find any of the cheap prices listed in the graphic.

Dodger Stadium, for example, has domestic beers for $16 — not the $6.75 listed above. The Rockies’ $3 beer offer is only valid at the rooftop deck for the two hours before first pitch. You have to essentially hunt to find that deal, and it’s not during the actual game. There doesn’t seem to be any evidence of $6 beer at Yankee Stadium as it was $8 for a pint as recently as 2018.

MLB Twitter was basically wishing they could pay the prices shown in the graphic because the reality is much pricier.