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The ivy-covered brick home run walls of Wrigley Field will wrap Ohio State in sports stadium history Nov. 16 when the Buckeyes travel to Chicago to play Northwestern.
The venue is among the most famous OSU has played in, even if it was not designed for football. Wrigley has housed the Chicago Cubs since it was built in 1914, but also was home of the NFL Chicago Bears from 1921-70 and Chicago Cardinals from 1931-38.
Playing at Wrigley will be cool – and expensive. Ticket prices are expected to be ridiculously high. Worth it? Depends on your bank account and priorities. Tickets for the Taylor Swift Eras Tour went for an average of $1,088.56, according to CNBC (face value ranged from $49 to $499). Are Ohioans bigger fans of Ohio State or Travis Kelce’s girlfriend?
The Buckeyes at Wrigley got me thinking about the most iconic, beautiful and unusual venues Ohio State has visited. It’s a long list, but I narrowed it to 10. I gave extra credit for postcard settings, strength of stadium tradition and site oddity. In addition, frequency matters. The Big House and Camp Randall are classics, but Ohio State plays at Michigan and Wisconsin enough to render the stadiums rather ho-hum, compared to places like Notre Dame and the Rose Bowl. Finally, my picks do not consider the fervor of the game-day environment, which is a separate list. For example, Penn State’s Beaver Stadium would rank high in fan atmosphere, but the venue itself is nothing special.
Unknown date; Cleveland, OH, USA; FILE PHOTO; Cleveland Browns running back Jim Brown (32) carries the ball against the Detroit Lions at Cleveland Municipal Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Tony Tomsic-USA TODAY NETWORK
10. Cleveland Stadium
We’re talking about the old place/dump, not the current home of the Browns. Long before Ohio State signed on to play Northwestern at Wrigley, the…
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Author : The Columbus Dispatch
Publish date : 2024-05-20 10:07:47
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