Mount Rushmore--Most Iconic Sports Venues In the World
 

Inspired by Q's thread.

What are the Mount Rushmore of worldwide iconic sports venues (past or present).

Augusta National
Fenway Park
Churchill Downs
Pebble Beach

Madison Square Garden
The Orange Bowl
Yankee Stadium
3 Rivers Stadium

Indianapolis Motor Speedway
Wrigley Field
Madison Square Garden
Cameron Indoor Stadium

Fenway Park
Wrigley Field
Yankee Stadium
Wembley Stadium

Coliseum (Rome)
Rose Bowl
Wimbledon
Augusta National

Augusta National
Madison Square Garden
Wimbledon
Yankee Stadium


in other words, nothing original to see here

I'd almost love for this to be a nominating thread and then we could have a poll where you could vote for 4 and we could see what wins.

Baseball: Yankee Stadium, Fenway Park, Wrigley Field, Dodger Stadium
Football: Rose Bowl, Lambeau Field, ??
Basketball: Madison Square Garden, a couple of college venues maybe, ??
Motor Sports: Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Daytona Speedway
Other Sports: Augusta National, Churchill Downs, Wembley Stadium, Wimbledon

SI

Old Trafford (soccer)
Champs-Elysees (Final stage of Tour de France)
Streets of Monaco (Formula 1)
Augusta National (golf)

Olympia, Greece (home of the ancient olympics)
St. Andrews Golf Course
Wimbledon Tennis and Croquet Club
Churchill Downs

Olympia, Greece
Wembley
Wimbledon
The Colosseum

My theory is that if this is "world", the venues have to have a use or cultural significance beyond being just the home field for one particular team in one particular league. So...

Roman Colosseum
Madison Square Garden
Wembley Stadium
Rose Bowl (doesn't really fit with the other 3 but I got stuck).

Looking outside the US. :D

A list:

- Wimbledon
- Wembley - the most famous stadium, in the world's sport
- Lord's Cricket Ground - the birthplace of cricket
- Monaco - F1

I have to think that MSG should pretty much be in the running for 1 or 1a on any list.

MSG wouldn't even make my list.