#22: County Stadium

RANK: #22 of 22 overall, #7 of 7 defunct parks
NAME: County Stadium
A/K/A: The House that Bratwurst Built
MLB TEAM: Braves, Brewers
YEARS IN OPERATION: 1953-1965, 1970-2000
CAPACITY: 53,192 (final year)

• TRADITION: 3 - There's not much to say here. The Brewers made their only World Series appearance in 1982. Notable players from the final twenty years of the ballpark included Robin Yount, Paul Molitor, and Rollie Fingers. Hank Aaron hit his 755th and final HR at County Stadium as a member of the Brewers.
  
• AMENITIES: 3 - Parking was reasonably ample and nearby. The park had all of the amenities one could want, if one wanted only brats and beer. Restrooms were both sparse and decaying, and ushers were few and far between. On some of the chillier days, it seemed as though no one worked at the ballpark but the players and beer vendors.
  
• COMFORT: 1 - I tried to come up with a witty analogy for the comfort level of County Stadium, but my thoughts were consumed by memories of misery. The seats were designed to inflict back pain, the cold wind whipped unmercifully through the seating area, and the sightlines weren't all that great. In Dante's Sixth Circle of Hell, heretics such as Farinata degli Uberti, Guido Cavalcanti, and the architect of County Stadium are tormented.
  
• FANS: 2 - I don't recall ever seeing a game here for which the stands were more than a third full. There were a few knowledgeable die-hards, but all in all, it was a lackluster bunch with very little energy.
  
• TEAM: 2 - As previously noted, the team featured very few stars and was almost uniformly bad over the years.
  
• FUN: 2 - Well, there was Bernie Brewer and his giant beer slide in the outfield. Did I mention that everything here revolves around beer and sausage? It was like Oktoberfest, but without the goofy Europeans and the cleavage-laden tavern wenches.
  
• FOOD: 7 - Ah, finally something decent about County Stadium. People in Wisconsin like to eat and drink. A lot. The place was a massive heart attack waiting to happen, but hey, it's a ballpark, not a health club. The stadium brat was the best bet.
  
• PRICES: 5 - As the number suggests, the prices were pretty middle-of-the-road. It's been a long time since I saw a game there, but I recall neither fantastic bargains nor an extreme drain on the wallet.
• OVERALL FEEL: 1 - Put some grass and seats inside a drafty concrete warehouse, and you pretty much have the County Stadium experience. Sure, the food was good, but if you want cheese, brats, and beer, you could go anywhere in America's Dairyland.
  

TOTAL SCORE: 26