So, tonight my dad, two brothers and I are making one last trip to Yankee Stadium (as fans – I’ll be there Sunday night working). Frankly, considering the amount of attention the closing of the Stadium has received, I was expecting ticket prices to be astronomical for any game on this homestand and we were prepared to pay way over face value when we bought our tix on StubHub.

Instead, the prices for tonight’s game against Chicago and for most of the games, it seemed, other than Sunday’s finale, were very reasonable. We bought upper deck seats for about a dollar over face value and there were plenty of seats for under face available.

This seemed strange to me, though I guess it’s understandable. The Yankees have been playing so poorly that much of the juice has been lost from this “dramatic” homestand. If there was even the faintest hope of a potential playoff-spot rally, tickets would surely be more in demand, but with the Yankees so far gone it just seems like less people are interested in making one final trip to the Stadium before it closes.

Thus, the question is raised: If not Yankee Stadium, what place IS worth a final look? I think I’d want to go to Fenway one more time before it’s razed (whenever that is) and I’d also want a look at Madison Square Garden before it’s moved or substantively changed. Beyond that, I can’t think of too many other places that carry the sort of stature and history that would draw me.

Can you?

CARP SAYS:
You’re right. There aren’t many places remaining that deserve a nostalgic last visit, because they’ve all been torn down. Having come from hockey for so many years, I had the bittersweet pleasure of finals visits to such cool places like the Boston Garden, Montreal Forum, Chicago Stadium and Maple Leaf Gardens.

I would definitely want to see Fenway one final time before they eventually take it down—though you have to admire the owners in Boston for doing everything possible to keep it up and running, as opposed to the greed-driven Steinbrenners.  Wrigley Field might be another.

Other places? I’d like to ride the wrecking ball when it hits Shea, and I’d love to push the plunger when they implode Nassau Coliseum.

But on Sunday I’ll be fighting tears, I guarantee, when I walk out of Yankee Stadium for the last time.