Road Trip: The Sports Lover's Travel Guide to Museums, Halls of Fame, Fantasy Camps, Stadium Tours, and More!

by Lisa Iannucci

This guidebook breaks down--state by state--every place a sports fan will want to visit. The book will be cross referenced by sports categories and teams, so the reader will have an easy time finding attractions in a particular state by location or team. Included here are everything from restaurants owned by sports celebrities (i.e. Elway's in Denver or Yao Ming's YAO Bar & Restaurant in Houston) to such newly minted sites as the National Soccer Hall of Fame Museum at Toyota Stadium in Frisco, Texas. The latest trend--celebrity cruises with your favorite team--are also detailed, as are both birth places and grave sites of the stars, and such obscure museums as the Ted Williams Hitters' Hall of Fame in St. Petersburg, Florida. Conferences and a calendar of other fan events round out this essential guide to all things sports.

208 pages, Paperback

Published March 1, 2020

Reviews

[Ben · Rating 1 out of 5]

Seriously disappointing. You can get the same information with a simple Internet search. I got the impression that the author had actually visited all of about three of the sites listed in the book, given that there was no insight provided for any of the listings. Instead, it was 200 pages of "This city has a sports team. This is the name of their stadium. Here are the names of two of their famous players. You should go visit this stadium because, you know, you like sports." There were no details about unique aspects of the stadiums, must-see things to visit while in the stadium, best places to sit, etc. I was also not a fan of the writing style, and the organization was goofy. The listings were separated by states, which made sense, but there was no order within a state's listing. There was a heading for college stadiums for each state, but it was often sandwiched between listings of pro teams/stadiums, and there was no break after the last college listing.