What professional sporting events have you been to?

[DKrol]

In line with the "What're your favorite sports teams" thread, what professional sporting events have you been to? What are some fun memories or stats from the game you remember?

1/5/2016: Washington Capitols 3, Boston Bruins 2. The Bruins nearly made a comeback, with Patrice Bergeron scoring a goal with only two minutes left to go in the third.

12/6/2015: Seattle Seahwaks 38, Minnesota Vikings 7. Cordarrelle Patterson returned a kick off for a 101-yard touchdown...2 minutes after we left the stadium. We were in the parking lot and heard the cheer.

9/27/2015: Baltimore Orioles 0, Boston Red Sox 2. This was Henry Owens' last win in the Majors.

7/3/2007: Baltimore Orioles 5, Boston Red Sox 3. David Ortiz hit two home runs.

[Hoosier_Nick]

Probably a dozen Pacers game, a Colts game against the Bears, a few Reds games against the Brewers and a lot of High School games.

[vanguard96]

About 35 Vandy football games all but Michigan 2006 were at home most concentrated in 92-95 while a student
Over 200 combined Vandy men's & women's basketball games all but 4 were at home
1993 NCAA first & second round at Vanderbilt (UK, Iowa, Wake, Rider, Utah, a few others)
1994 NCAA Sweet 16 at Knoxville (Purdue-Kansas, Duke-Marquette)
3 Patriots game (Rams, Eagles, Lions)
1 Lions game (Cowboys)
About 100 college hockey games most with Providence College or Brown University
A few Hockey East & ECAC finals at Boston Garden
Maybe 5 or 6 Friar men's basketball games
New England Steamrollers Arena football vs New York Knights
Providence P Bruins AHL hockey maybe 2 games
Nashville Knights ECHL hockey 1 game
Hartford Whalers 3 games (Buffalo, Ottawa, Washington)
Boston Bruins 3 games (Nordiques, Flyers, Caps)
Detroit Red Wings 1 game (Lightning)
Detroit Pistons 5 games (Kings * 2, T-Wolves, Magic, Nets)
Detroit Tigers 9 games (Red Sox * 2, Rays * 2, Astros, Twins * 2, Royals, White Sox)
Boston Red Sox 1 game (Twins)
Pawtucket Red Sox maybe 10 games with school, little league, scouts or family
Tennessee Smokies or some other former double A minor league team 1 game in rain
Orleans Cardinals Cape Cod League baseball 1 game
Washington Bullets vs Knicks at Baltimore
California Angels at Brewers @ County Stadium
Phillies @ Montreal Expos @ Olympic Stadium
Hanshin Tigers 8 games  (Carp * 2, Swallows * 2, Bay Stars * 2, Dragons * 2) all at Koshien Stadium none vs Yomiuri Giants or Pacific League teams
Cameroon - England friendly in Kobe before WC2002
USA-Belarus Nagano Olympics 98
2 man bobsled Nagano 98
Japan Ironman Triathlon Lake Biwa 94

[Mr. Reactionary]

Ive maybe been to like a dozen MLB games, like 5 nascar races, and have gone to a live show for wwe raw.

[Statilius the Epicurean]

I have a Tottenham Hotspur season ticket, so too many to count. Apart from that, been to Lord's and The Oval several times for Test, ODI and County cricket, and a London Irish rugby game.

[Santander]

Been to 2 FA Cup Finals, and various Rangers and Norwich league matches.

Been to a few Test cricket matches in England and Australia, as well as Kent first-class matches and Middlesex limited-overs matches. I'd love to travel to watch a match in Lahore when they start playing Tests in Pakistan again.

I go to the Kentucky Derby every year, although I skipped a year last year. I go with a few friends who share my Clubhouse box. I go to the opening weekend of both Keeneland meets every year with a different group of friends. Also go to races at Santa Anita if possible when I'm in LA, but while I love the view of the San Gabriel Mountains, it's hard to compare the worn paint and shorts-wearing atmosphere of Santa Anita to the country club green and jacket-and-tie atmosphere of Keeneland. (and they call Kentuckians rednecks... LOL) Also been to races at Saratoga, Kentucky Downs, Turfway, Belmont, Aqueduct, Indiana Grand, Arlington, Gulfstream, Del Mar, Evangeline, Delta, and Monmouth, off the top of my head.

Also go to races in HK whenever possible. I obviously prefer Sha Tin, but I do the Happy Valley thing if a friend wants to go. I've been to Kranji in Singapore too, but it's not great. I go to the St. Leger with a friend every few years, and I'm looking forward to going back this September. The two races I'd like to go to more than any other are the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe at Longchamp and the Arima Kinen at Nakayama.

[dead0man]

maybe 40 StL Cardinals games
10ish Blues games
1 football StL Cardinals game
1 pro indoor soccer game (StL Steamers)
1 NBA game in San Antonio when I was in basic training
2 AAA baseball games in Omaha
2 NASCAR races (Atlanta and Talladega) (and an ARCA race in Atlanta)
1 hockey game in Atl when the Lightening played an exhibition game against their (at the time) minor league club in Atlanta
2 or 3 semi pro hockey games in Omaha (the Lancers)

[RINO Tom]

I've only ever been to MLB games (probably around 20 Cubs games at Wrigley and one in St. Louis) and one NFL preseason game (in Indy when my sister scored pressbox seats through work).

[Sprouts Farmers Market ✘]

MLB
Approximately 200-250 Yankees games - too many great memories though they've lost both World Series games - 2003 Game 6 and 2009 Game 1. Winning percentage close to .800 overall.
~10 Orioles games
3 Mets games
3 Blue Jays games
2 Phillies games
2 Nationals games
1 each: Cubs, White Sox, Angels, Athletics, Red Sox
(obviously very many minor league games for A and AA as well as the Cape Cod League)

NHL
close to 20 Rangers games
5 Devils games
1 Flyers game

NFL
Giants-Jets preseason game

NBA lol

NCAA Basketball
Villanova - probably just shy of 100 (obviously including 2016 Final Four plus two Big East Tournament championship victories and all NYC preaseason tournaments)
UPenn - 20
St. Francis (NY) - 2
Virginia, St. Joseph's, Temple, Drexel, Seton Hall, Rutgers, Princeton, Notre Dame
(intend to add DePaul and La Salle at minimum this year)

NCAA Football
~20 Villanova
~12 Princeton
~8 UPenn
5 Temple
1 Columbia
1 Notre Dame
(intend to add Northwestern and UNLV this year if it works out)

NCAA Lacrosse
2015 National Championship (Denver over Maryland)
2013-15 Big East Tournaments and probably 10 true home games

NCAA Hockey
3 Princeton

[Modernity has failed us]

At least a dozen Phillies games, a few Sixers games, one Flyers game, one (then) Philadelphia Phantoms game, several Lancaster Barnstormers games, like 2 Millersville football games, and countless Millersville hockey games.

[muon2]

I'm an old, so I've been to a lot of pro sporting events. I got to see a Celtics-Sixers game that featured Bird vs Dr. J. High up on the the list was Game 5 of the 2016 WS, a do-or-die, momentum turning game for the Cubs. But perhaps more memorable was attending Game 1 of the NLCS vs the Dodgers a couple weeks earlier. I was sitting in the mezzanine at Wrigley looking straight down the 3rd base line to see the rare sight of a stolen home base by Javier Baez, then later in the game a pinch hit grand slam by Miguel Montero.

[JGibson]

MLB
A few St. Louis Cardinals games.
Frontier League
A few Gateway Grizzlies games and a Southern Illinois Miners game.

NFL
No Rams (sad they're no longer in STL)

NHL
No Blues games.

NCAA
No Illini or Mizzou games.
Saw a SLU basketball game once.

[Illiniwek]

I have kept meticulous records of "major" (professional sports, major college sports) sporting events I have been to. These records include the score, attendance, most valuable player of the game, miscellaneous notes, etc. I have also kept records of how each team has done in front of me, as well as record at each venue.  While it would be too much to show all my records, here are my records for each of my favorite teams, as well as some of the most notable and favorite games I have been to.

                                              W    L      Streak
Illinois Fighting Illini Football     15   12    W2
Michigan Wolverines Football     7     6      L1
Illinois Fighting Illini Basketball  17   11    W2
Chicago Cubs                           13   9      W5
Chicago Bulls                           4     2      W3
Chicago Blackhawks                 1     4      L3
Chicago Bears                          0    1       L1


5/20/04 Giants 5 Cubs 3 First Cubs/MLB game; met AJ Pierzinski after the game (only pro I've ever met)
2/19/06 Illinois 70 Indiana 58 Sat next to tunnel and met Dee Brown and James Augustine
1/1/07 USC 32 Michigan 18 Game sucked, but it was the Rose Bowl
6/3/07 Cubs 10 Braves 1 Had great moment with my grandparents who loved the Cubs; First win on streak that led to Cubs winning the division
4/5/08 Kansas 84 UNC 66 Final Four
4/5/08 Memphis 78 UCLA 63 Final Four
4/7/08 Kansas 75 Memphis 68 Overtime national championship game; Derrick Rose; Chalmers shot
11/6/10 Michigan 67 Illinois 65 Amazing 3OT football game
12/17/10 Blackhawks 4 Red Wings 1 Great win on Chris Chelios night in Chicago
8/12/12 Bayern Munich 2 Borussia Dortmund 1 Great win in the DFK-Pokal Supercup
9/7/13 Michigan 41 Notre Dame 30 Under the Lights II
5/20/14 Cubs 6 Yankees 1 Jeter's Wrigley Farewell Series
11/2/16 Cubs 7 Indians 7 Witnessed history as the Cubs won Game 7 of the World Series
5/12/17 Padres 6 White Sox 3 Terribly boring game but caught my first foul ball

[Illiniwek]

About 35 Vandy football games all but Michigan 2006 were at home most concentrated in 92-95 while a student

I was at the 2006 Michigan-Vandy game as well!

[parochial boy]

At least half a dozen Tour de France stages
Lausanne
Diamond league track and field almost every year, and Zurich once
Two Newcastle United home games and at least 10 Sheffield Wednesday games
At least a dozen Servette fc games (pre bankruptcy only) but only one to Servett Ice Hockey
Stade Rennais fc at least 20 times
Leeds rhinos rugby league a handful of times
The rugby league world cup semis double header in 2013
Two south Sydney rabbitos games

That is all I can remember

[SNJ1985]

I went to a 76ers game at the Wachovia Center (now known as the Wells Fargo Center) in 2004. That's it.

[RINO Tom]

I have kept meticulous records of "major" (professional sports, major college sports) sporting events I have been to. These records include the score, attendance, most valuable player of the game, miscellaneous notes, etc. I have also kept records of how each team has done in front of me, as well as record at each venue.  While it would be too much to show all my records, here are my records for each of my favorite teams, as well as some of the most notable and favorite games I have been to.

                                              W    L      Streak
Illinois Fighting Illini Football     15   12    W2
Michigan Wolverines Football     7     6      L1
Illinois Fighting Illini Basketball  17   11    W2
Chicago Cubs                           13   9      W5
Chicago Bulls                           4     2      W3
Chicago Blackhawks                 1     4      L3
Chicago Bears                          0    1       L1


5/20/04 Giants 5 Cubs 3 First Cubs/MLB game; met AJ Pierzinski after the game (only pro I've ever met)
2/19/06 Illinois 70 Indiana 58 Sat next to tunnel and met Dee Brown and James Augustine
1/1/07 USC 32 Michigan 18 Game sucked, but it was the Rose Bowl
6/3/07 Cubs 10 Braves 1 Had great moment with my grandparents who loved the Cubs; First win on streak that led to Cubs winning the division
4/5/08 Kansas 84 UNC 66 Final Four
4/5/08 Memphis 78 UCLA 63 Final Four
4/7/08 Kansas 75 Memphis 68 Overtime national championship game; Derrick Rose; Chalmers shot
11/6/10 Michigan 67 Illinois 65 Amazing 3OT football game
12/17/10 Blackhawks 4 Red Wings 1 Great win on Chris Chelios night in Chicago
8/12/12 Bayern Munich 2 Borussia Dortmund 1 Great win in the DFK-Pokal Supercup
9/7/13 Michigan 41 Notre Dame 30 Under the Lights II
5/20/14 Cubs 6 Yankees 1 Jeter's Wrigley Farewell Series
11/2/16 Cubs 7 Indians 7 Witnessed history as the Cubs won Game 7 of the World Series
5/12/17 Padres 6 White Sox 3 Terribly boring game but caught my first foul ball

You have a winning record at Illini games in both sports?!  Lucky.

[Illiniwek]

                                              W    L      Streak
Illinois Fighting Illini Football     15   12    W2
Illinois Fighting Illini Basketball  17   11    W2

You have a winning record at Illini games in both sports?!  Lucky.

I do, but to be fair about 7 of those football wins and 5 of those basketball wins are against early-schedule teams that Illinois has absolutely no business losing to. Now that I am an alum and will probably only go down for conference or other interesting games, my winning records will probably wither away....

[100% pro-life no matter what]

Way too many to count, so I will list the stadiums I have been to games in:

NCAAF:
Vanderbilt Stadium
Jordan-Hare Stadium (Auburn)
Vaught-Hemmingway Stadium (Ole Miss)
Sanford Stadium (Georgia)
Wallace Wade Stadium (Duke)

NCAAB:
Memorial Gymnasium (Vanderbilt)
Cameron Indoor Stadium (Duke)
Pavilion (Villanova)
Coleman Coliseum (Alabama)
Several neutral site games and smaller venues

NFL:
FedEx Field (Redskins)
Nissan Stadium (Titans)
Lincoln Financial Field (Eagles)

Baseball:
Yankee Stadium (old and new)
Citi Field (Mets)
Shea Stadium (Mets)
Citizens Bank Park (Phillies)
Veterans Stadium (Phillies)
Oriole Park at Camden Yards
Nationals Stadium
RFK Stadium (Nationals)
PNC Park (Pirates)
Pro Player Stadium (Marlins)
First Tennessee Park (Sounds- AAA)
Hawkins Field (Vanderbilt- college)
Probably a bunch of other smaller minor league places

NBA:
Wells Fargo Center (Sixers)
Verizon Center (Wizards)
American Airlines Arena (Heat)

NHL:
Bridgestone Arena (Predators)
Wells Fargo Center (Sixers)

Major events:
World Series
SEC Basketball Tournament
NHL Western Conference Finals
NFL Playoffs
NCAA Basketball Tournament

[vanguard96]

About 35 Vandy football games all but Michigan 2006 were at home most concentrated in 92-95 while a student

I was at the 2006 Michigan-Vandy game as well!

We were not great that year but it was cool to see a game there. Was upset they negotiated out of a game at Ohio State

[vanguard96]

Way too many to count, so I will list the stadiums I have been to games in:

NCAAF:
Vanderbilt Stadium
Jordan-Hare Stadium (Auburn)
Vaught-Hemmingway Stadium (Ole Miss)
Sanford Stadium (Georgia)
Wallace Wade Stadium (Duke)

NCAAB:
Memorial Gymnasium (Vanderbilt)
Cameron Indoor Stadium (Duke)
Pavilion (Villanova)
Coleman Coliseum (Alabama)
Several neutral site games and smaller venues

Baseball:
Yankee Stadium (old and new)
Citi Field (Mets)
Shea Stadium (Mets)
Citizens Bank Park (Phillies)
Veterans Stadium (Phillies)
Oriole Park at Camden Yards
Nationals Stadium
RFK Stadium (Nationals)
PNC Park (Pirates)
Pro Player Stadium (Marlins)
First Tennessee Park (Sounds- AAA)
Hawkins Field (Vanderbilt- college)
Probably a bunch of other smaller minor league places

NBA:
Wells Fargo Center (Sixers)
Verizon Center (Wizards)
American Airlines Arena (Heat)

NHL:
Bridgestone Arena (Predators)
Wells Fargo Center (Sixers)

Major events:
World Series
SEC Basketball Tournament
NHL Western Conference Finals
NFL Playoffs
NCAA Basketball Tournament

I saw Vandy MBB at MTSU, @ Thompson Boling, WBB @ Harvard & Belmont. 3-1 with an embarrassing loss to the Blue Raiders. I also saw the blocked FG loss to MTSU game for Cutler's Dores in 2005. I knew he was good but not great even then.

I considered going to play-in game 2 seasons ago in Dayton - glad I didn't

[100% pro-life no matter what]

About 35 Vandy football games all but Michigan 2006 were at home most concentrated in 92-95 while a student

I was at the 2006 Michigan-Vandy game as well!

We were not great that year but it was cool to see a game there. Was upset they negotiated out of a game at Ohio State

Being such a big Vanderbilt and college football fan, I might try to go up to South Bend for the Notre Dame game next year.  I want to see all of the great environments.  I might try to do Neyland this year since it's such an easy trip for me and I know people over there (in addition to the MTSU road game, but that barely counts).

[muon2]

I didn't think college sports were supposed to be considered professional.

[Spark]

3 Phillies games
2 Eagles games, 1 preseason Eagles-Jets game
1 Sixers game
1 Flyers game

[dead0man]

aslo...

a Smackdown! taping in Omaha, and a WWE house show in KC.  And a local fed at the Fireman's Hall.