A sports stadium comes with its own drama baked in.

Dizzying heights and memories of nail-biting games; the buzz of the crowd. Perfect for the scene in Space Jam (1996) when alien Nerdlucks check out an NBA game at Madison Square Garden and drain some familiar stars of their talent. Madison Square Garden is the most filmed sports stadium in America.

Fantastic storylines and sports stadiums seem to go together; perhaps it is the sense of spectacle. Angels in the Outfield (1951) one-ups Space Jam by having its ‘invaders’ come from Heaven itself. Paul Douglas plays Aloysius X. ‘Guffy’ McGovern, an obnoxious and down-on-his-luck baseball coach who is visited by an angel with the task of making McGovern a better coach and human. The Pittsburgh Pirates were the team, with scenes shot at the neighboring Wrigley Field stadium, home of rivals the Chicago Cubs.

10. Superdome, New Orleans, Louisiana

Total Movie/TV Credits:  14

9. Wrigley Field, Los Angeles, California

Total Movie/TV Credits:  23

8. Crypto.com Arena [formerly Staples Center], Los Angeles, California

Total Movie/TV Credits:  24

7. Wrigley Field, Chicago, Illinois

Total Movie/TV Credits:  25

6.Fenway Park, Boston, Massachusetts

Total Movie/TV Credits:  29

5. Dodger Stadium, Los Angeles, California

Total Movie/TV Credits:  38

4. Yankee Stadium, Bronx, New York City, New York

Total Movie/TV Credits:  43

3. Shea Stadium, Queens, New York City, New York

Total Movie/TV Credits:  43

2. LA Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles, California

Total Movie/TV Credits:  54

1. Madison Square Garden, Manhattan, New York City, New York

Total Movie/TV Credits:  88

Methodology

HawaiianIslands.com used IMDb Advanced Search to pull the filming location data for all movies, TV movies, TV series, and mini-series from 01.01.1900 to 31.12.2020 and removed all the movie studios, movie ranches, and non-U.S. locations from the dataset.

Next, we counted the number of appearances for each location and categorized them by state. For each state, we manually cleaned up the top of the state list, dropping broader locations like cities and neighborhoods, allowing us to focus on more granular locations like landmarks and points of interest.

We also found the most uniquely popular filming locations by genre (i.e., which filming locations are significantly more popular for specific genres). For this, we calculated the proportional increase of a location’s appearance rate in a particular genre compared to its appearance rate across all genres. Finally, we manually selected the top location by category, including museums, buildings, sports stadiums, beaches, and national parks. While choosing the buildings, we limited our search to the American Institute of Architects’ list of “America’s Favorite Architecture.”

This article originally appeared on HawaiianIslands and was syndicated by MediaFeed.

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