Haven't been here, but it sits on top of a hill, and looks amazing on TV. The stands are very close to the field, and it seats over 80,000. Amazing stadium!
2. Spartan Stadium (Michigan State)
Another great one that I haven't been to. The field barely fits because the stands are so close. I love it! Looks like great sight lines too. The atmosphere isn't the best from what I've seen, but that could be due to the quality of the team recently.
3. Kinnick Stadium (Iowa) saw 1 game here! ('99 v. MN)
Stadium itself is not very impressive(looks like a bunch of bleachers), but the sight lines inside the stadium are great! and the fans are right on top of the field. Stands are very close to the sidelines and fans in the endzones actually have their feet on the field grass!
4. Camp Randall (Wisconsin) saw 1 game here! ('03 v. OSU)
Not very impressive from the outside, especially with the expansion. Stadium looks great from inside, sight lines are pretty good, but the distance between the stands and sideline is way too big. There is no concourse, fans walk behind the benches along the sidelines to get up to the stands with a medal fence separating them from the field. (remember the incident of the early 90's?)
5. Michigan Stadium "The Big House" (Michigan)
Stadium is actually built into the ground, so is not impressive at all from the exterior. Sight lines seem okay, but the large bowl makes most seats near the top or in the corners not even worth sitting in. Plus that flagpole on the field is well....shitty and stupid! Most overrated stadium in the Big Ten.
6. Ohio Stadium "The Horseshoe" (Ohio State)
The lore of the horseshoe helps tis one out a bit. It's a very sweet looking stadium both inside and out, but the field is SO far away from the stands, with that old track going around it, that it ruins the whole look of the stadium. It's okay, but again, overrated.
7. Ross Ade Stadium (Purdue)
Nothing spectacular, but it is a horseshoe, and the stand seem close to the field. Always looks fairly attractive on TV.
8. Memorial Stadium (Illinois) saw stadium in '05, no games
It actually looks very cool from the outside, but on the inside it's really just 2 large stand on the sides of the field. I couldn't figure out how they get 70,000 in there. When the finish the improvements and close in one end it will jump up a couple spots.
9. Metrodome (Minnesota) saw ~70 games here! ('86-'06)
I know, I know, its the Dome. But it's really no that bad a place to watch a game. The stands are way too far away from the field, and the atmosphere cam be pretty stale, but when it gets fairly full it can be loud and a lot of fun.
10. Ryan Field (Northwestern) saw 2 games here! ('96, '99 v. MN)
Its outdoors....it's old, etc. But it's really not that impressive. It's kind of a stale atmosphere. It doesn't feel like a Big Ten stadium. It feels like you're at a MAC game.
11. Memorial Stadium (Indiana) saw 1 game here! ('05 v. MN)
Yuck, not a good stadium. No atmosphere at all. The stands are strange...almost vertical. 2 open ends is not good, although with the new improvements it will jump ahead of the Dome and Ryan Field. I do like "the rock" addition from Heoppner.
