Скачать или смотреть Ever heard of Altoona Curve? It perhaps offers the best game experience in all of baseball

Altoona Curve, a baseball team in central Pennsylvania was inspired by the local Horseshoe Curve railway, and thanks to the Skyliner rollercoaster next door to the ballpark in Lakemont Part, its a baseball day out that offers an exhilarating seat to watch the game.

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It's easy to only be attracted to attending big sporting events that a destination has to offer. In New York? You go to the Yankees. In London, a day at Wimbledon? You get the drift... but sometimes if you look under the radar a little you find some amazing sporting events to attend.

That is certainly the case in Altoona, a small town in central Pennsylvania and home to two famous destinations. 

The first is the Horseshoe Curve - the engineering marvel on the Pennsylvania railroad where the tracks complete a full u-turn reducing the incline as the line climbs the Allegheny mountains. 

Secondly, Altoona Curve - the baseball team that represents countless counties in the area, and owes it name to the aforementioned railway. 

Altoona Curve offers so much when it comes to enjoying live sport. A classic ballpark that is in no way overwhelming. It's intimate setting means you feel completely apart of the occasion, rather than just another ticket holder. 

The ballpark itself, named the People's Natural Gas Field, has many seating areas - ranging from picnic style seating at field level, terraced seating, adult only areas, family areas and a hill where families can play - all whilst the baseball game supplies the drama for the evening. 

What is unique about watching baseball in Altoona is the fact that right next door is Lakemont Park. A recreation park home to mini-golf, kart tracks and a rollercoaster.

Not just any rollercoaster either, this is the famous Skyliner, which called New York home in the 1960's and 70's until a move to Altoona in the 1980's.

The Skyliner sits just the other side of the boundary fence to the ballpark, meaning when you take a ride you have incredible views of the action within the PNG Field (to give it its shorter name). And as for as I know, watching live sport whilst doing loop the loops is a pretty unique experience.

A baseball game here, where many stars of the future are honing their skills, is a brilliant way to not only take in one of America's oldest sporting traditions but soak up the real culture and atmosphere of a destination.

You chat to people, understand the area; it's at these more intimate sporting events where you really get to know a the area you are visiting.

Find out more about Altoona Curve here: https://www.milb.com/altoona

Altoona is 5 hours on the train from New York, 4 from Philadelphia, 3 from Pittsburgh and around 5 hours from Washington DC. 

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Thanks for watching the video, I hope you can enjoy my journey across America as I tell the story of the country through sport & adventure through the summer of 2021.

Next episode: I travel to Washington D.C. to showcase how America's capital isn't just all about politics, with a vast array of sport and adventure on offer. I begin my adventures in the city with a glorious Rock Creek Park hike.