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FENWAY PARK
Boston
Opened: 1912
Capacity: 33,871
Average Ticket Price: $44.56
Average Cost of Concessions and Souvenirs: $98
Pluses:
The reasonably priced T (Boston's subway system) will take you to Fenway from almost anywhere in the metropolitan area.

Minuses:
The park doesn't have an official parking lot, although about 5,000 spaces (most of which cost $20) are located within a 15-20 minute walk. But, seriously, do you want to drive through Boston traffic? As one longtime resident remarked: "Only idiots drive to Fenway."
Fenway Park may have the tightest seating accommodations in pro sports, which isn't so good for the back but seems to have worked wonders in creating a fiercely loyal following.
Photo by Damian Strohmeyer/SI
Take care of nature's call before you go -- a mere 26 restrooms (14 men's, 12 women's) line the park, but there are 44 places for you to spend your money on food; a new concourse underneath the outfield offers picnic tables and televisions to watch the game; but the better action is on Yawkey Way before games; tight seating quarters leave anyone over 5-foot-9 with a backache by the end of a game.
The smallest ballpark in the majors is also one of the best venues to watch a game. Fenway provides an intimate setting, and the fans are extremely intense and knowledgeable. The food is average for ballpark fare (Fenway franks are a fan favorite), but you can get Legal Seafood clam chowder. Any seat is a good seat, but sitting atop the Green Monster is truly an experience. -- B.J. Schecter  
Take the T to Kenmore Square, walk with the throngs of fans across the Mass. Pike and onto Yawkey Way, where the sweet smell of grilled sausage is intoxicating. After the game, head out to Lansdowne Street and the legendary Cask 'N Flagon (just a David Ortiz home run away) or head out to Newbury Street or Faneuil Hall, where plenty of pubs and restaurants await. -- B.J. Schecter  
2005 Record: 75-54 (all statistics through Aug. 29)
Players worth the price of admission: David Ortiz (.297 average, 35 RBIs, 117 RBIs), Manny Ramirez (.289, 33 HRs, 115 RBIs), Johnny Damon (.325, 65 RBIs, 14 SBs).  
Look, we get it. People go to Fenway to watch baseball, not to cheer on the scoreboard races. But is watching the Olde Towne Team really worth $12 more, on average, than any other club in the majors? Hell, the Yankees' average ticket costs half the price and they have 20 more World Series titles. But if you treat going to Fenway like you would that special anniversary dinner (exorbitant but memorable in every detail), it's worth the trip.  

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