About Greg Kristan

Last updated on November 30th, 2023 at 08:58 am

About Greg TSR

I’m Greg Kristan, and I own The Stadium Reviews, LLC and TM Blast, LLC. I’ve been building this website since 2019. One of the best parts of running this website is learning more about different venues and sports. For example, I got into Major League Soccer in 2022 out of curiosity and have been a fan ever since. I’ve gotten more friends to go to MLS games with me, which helps grow my interest in the sport. I’m also a Yankees fan, though I wouldn’t say I like the direction of the team and where they are going, and a casual NFL, NBA, and NHL spectator. When I get into different sports, my interest grows in learning about them, and thus, covering them on this website.

 

Through visiting different venues, I’ve compiled further information about them. For example, I went to a New England Revolution MLS match on 9-2-2023 and directly took the information about their bag policy, parking, and food options into those pages. I try to incorporate first-hand experience and expertise into my content if I can share it. Since I love sports, I’ve been able to tie my passion from them into this website.

 

I ask my friends for help to provide the most accurate information on this website for places I have yet to go to. For example, if a friend goes to an MLS game in Kansas, I will ask them to take photos and provide any information they can so I can improve the website and the content. For any information I can’t get from a friend, I review Instagram postings, news articles, forum conversations, and more to categorize the information for my readers. I even watch videos of people attending games just to pause on the video screen to make out the concession stand offerings to include that into my content.

 

The Stadium Reviews (Greg Kristan) Featured on Podcasts About the Website

 

  • I was a guest on the Sports Chasers Podcast on 11-2-2023 to talk about The Stadium Reviews and my experience at different ballparks. You can listen to the interview with this link below.

 

 

  • I was interviewed on the Sports Bytes Podcast by Chris Joseph on 10-13-2023 to talk about the website and more. You can listen to the 30-minute interview with this link below.

 

 

About Greg Kristan

About Greg in More Detail

 

Greg Kristan is the owner of The Stadium Reviews, LLC. This business began as a bit of accident to be honest. I went to a baseball game in Cleveland and thought the food at Progressive Field was so good that I blogged about it. The traffic I got on that blog post showed me there was an interest in that topic, so I kept covering it more and more. I put my first-hand experience into the baseball stadiums I went to via their food, and then the rest became history.

 

In addition to running the sports website daily, Greg runs his SEO consulting firm, TM Blast LLC. Greg is also building out Plant Legend, a new website about caring for plants and flowers. Greg got into plants during the pandemic, and it is something him and his wife share as a hobby.

 

Outside of work, Greg enjoys running, cycling, hanging out with his friends, tossing a frisbee around, watching TV, watching sports live, and playing video games. He lives with his wife and their Shiba Inu in Saratoga Springs, New York.

 

Stadiums I’ve Been To

Stadiums Greg has been to

Below are the stadiums I’ve been to at least once in my life. As a note, some venues like Yankee Stadium and Citi Field (old yankee stadium and shea stadium) are probably at over 50 now in my life since I live in New York. Also, I’ve been to the Baseball Hall of Fame, Football Hall of Fame, Basketball Hall of Fame, and Hockey Hall of Fame.

 

MLB

  • American Family Field
  • Citi Field
  • Citizens Bank Park
  • Comerica Park
  • Coors Field
  • Fenway park
  • Guaranteed Rate Field
  • LoanDepot Park
  • Nationals Park
  • Old Yankee Stadium
  • Oriole Park at Camden Yards
  • PNC Park
  • Progressive Field
  • Rogers Centre
  • Shea Stadium
  • Tropicana Field
  • Truist Park
  • Wrigley Field
  • Yankee Stadium

 

NBA /NHL

  • Barclays Center
  • Bridgestone Arena
  • Kaseya Center
  • Madison Square Garden
  • TD Garden

 

NFL

  • Caesars Superdome
  • Foxborough Stadium
  • Gillette Stadium
  • Highmark Stadium

 

MLS

  • Citi Field
  • Gillette Stadium
  • Red Bull Arena
  • Yankee Stadium

 

MiLB

  • Delta Dental Stadium
  • First Horizon Park
  • Hadlock Field
  • Joseph L. Bruno Stadium
  • McCoy Stadium

 

College Football

  • Alumni Field
  • Bob Ford Field at Tom and Mary Casey Stadium
  • Fitton Field

 

Minor League Hockey

  • Amica Mutual Pavilion
  • Cool Insuring Arena
  • DCU Center

 

 

How Does this Website Make Money?

Running a media company is different from my consulting company. Therefore, I get asked often how this website even make money since I don’t charge people to subscribe to it. Below is how the website earns money.

 

  • Mediavine Ads: Those display ads you see on your website earn the website money
  • SpotHero: On my parking pages, I might have a SpotHero map embed on them. If you click on that and purchase, I may receive a commission. However, I’m not sponsored by SpotHero, so my thoughts and opinions on the service are my own
  • Amazon: On my bag policy pages, I may have links out to clear bags that you can purchase for your next event. I may receive a commission if you purchase these items.

 

I don’t accept any financial offers from any business to feature them on the website. This website was built by a fan of sports, so my recommendations on food, the bag, or parking come from myself, Greg Kristan.

 

If you do want to support this website, feel free to share this website with your friends! You can also follow the website on my social media accounts in the footer at the bottom of the website. Finally, you can subscribe to the newsletter to stay up to date on where I’m going next!

 

Bag Recommendation

The Stadium Reviews Bag Policy

 

The bag I recommend people bring to a stadium is clear. Most venues have the same (or similar) bag policy that allows a single-compartment bag into a venue. I bring my clear fanny pack to stadiums now, and I have never had an issue getting it through any security check.

 

Parking Recommendation

I (Greg Kristan) built this website years ago to highlight the parking options around stadiums. SpotHero became a partner of mine, which was great since I could give people direct parking recommendations. Over the years, I’ve been a SpotHero user myself, which is why I recommend others use it. While I’m not a spokesperson for SpotHero, I recommend it online and offline to others.

 

Do I Have a Favorite Team?

Greg Kristan Do I Have a Favorite Team

I’m originally from New York and grew up as a Yankees fan. However, while I like baseball, I’m becoming more of an MLS fan. The MLS team that I like to root for and follow is NYCFC. In 2022, I attended three different MLS games, including the playoff game for NYCFC at Citi Field. IN 2023, I’ve already been to one NYCFC match and one New England Revolution match.

 

I’m a casual fan of the NBA, NHL, and NFL. That means I’m always down to go to a game, but I don’t follow a team or sport as closely as I do with baseball or soccer. However, if I had to choose teams for those sports, I would root for Boston.

 

Do I have a Favorite Sport?

Do I have a Favorite Sport

The sport that I care about the most is baseball. My first baseball game came at the Old Yankee Stadium in 1994. I was only four then, but I remember sitting on the third-base side with my dad, his dad, and my uncle. As the years went by, I went to more baseball games at Yankee Stadium and Fenway Park since I lived in Boston for six years, which is why baseball means so much to me.

 

Outside of MLB, soccer is my next favorite sport. I support NYCFC but watch the rest of the MLS league and games. In addition to that, I watch EPL and La Liga games. However, I don’t have a team I actively root for in the EPL or La Liga league.

 

As a Business

In 2021, The Stadium Reviews officially became an LLC business. The business’s address is 229 Washington Street, Suite 306, Saratoga Springs, NY, 12866. Outside of becoming a business, the website continues to operate the same as before, intending to answer people’s questions about sports topics, parking tips, and food choices at venues and more. When possible, I try and go to a new stadium each year to document the parking, food, and bag policy for the venue. Any way I can incorporate first-hand experience into my articles is what I strive for.

 

As mentioned, if I don’t have first-hand experience in a topic, I use my network to cover those gaps. For example, if I have friends who are going to a game in Miami, I will ask them to take photos of the concourse so I can see what the food and drink options are at the stadium. The same goes with the parking situation and the bag policy for that place.

 

Outside of The Stadium Reviews

Outside The Stadium Reviews

 

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