Sporting Tourism - Ideas, suggestions and my greatest hits

 

sports? Check out these just see destinations

So it seems that sporting tourism is more popular than ever. I guess that cheap flights and the global presence of many big-name sports brands add to the appeal.

In the UK, this is nothing new, sporting tourism has long been a thing. We have been travelling to places like the West Indies and South Africa for some time to watch cricket. Australia also figures, with a trip to the Boxing Day test being very near the top of most cricket fans’ bucket lists.

Aside from jumping on a flight to Jamaica, where else could you feed your sporting passion? Well, it just so happens that I have done one or two trips overseas to watch sports, and I can recommend a few that I have done myself. I may also throw in one or two that are on my bucket list.

Here are our top recommendations for Sporting Tourism destinations

Boston - Fenway Park to watch the Red Sox

I’ll keep this one brief, as I already wrote an article about how I fell in love with Baseball thanks to a trip to watch the Red Sox, but it really is something else. One of the few remaining traditional ballparks, Fenway has only ever been added to, and never re-built and at 108 years young, is the oldest of the ballparks in the Major Leagues.

Safe to say, Boston is a great place to visit in any case. The public gardens are wonderful, the pubs are full of proud American-Irishmen and Boston is also home to giant franchises the Boston Celtics and the New England Patriots. If you like sports, you’ll love Boston, and you’ll love the tour of Fenway Park.

In terms of sporting tourism, and specifically baseball, this is one of the very best and it has a truly unique atmosphere.

New York - The Yankees, The Giants and The Knicks

So I have been to Yankee Stadium, which as a Red Sox fan was an odd experience but its one of those places that you have to visit. Unlike their Bostonian rivals, Yankee stadium is a new, vast cathedral for the game of baseball.

Designed in the same dimensions as the old one, it really is worth a visit. The food and drink, of course, is overpriced, but there are some very cool local bars a 5-10 minute walk away where you can get a real game day experience.