Everyone who loves sports at virtually every level has their favorite places to take in a game or event. In short — it’s just way cool. So what are the places on Cape Cod that provide for us some of those feelings, for better or worse? Well, we took a look at all the places we’ve seen games over the past year and here’s what we thought, mind you, these are strictly opinions and these places are not an attempt to “rank” anything. Enjoy.
Hyannis Youth & Community Center
Lt. Joseph P. Kennedy Jr. Memorial Skating Rink: The Hyannis Youth and Community Center offers the best of many worlds and is a state-of-the-art collegiate-level facility from top to bottom where the beautiful aptly re-dedicated Kennedy Rink is accompanied by a gorgeous basketball gymnasium. The basketball court – with second story walking track above, offers seats right on top of any game, although the fantastic scoreboards are blocked in many areas and the teeny-tiny courtside bleachers are designed for Lilliputians, it’s hard not to enjoy a good high school game here. The concessions are pretty good, too, as is the café style dining area overlooking the secondary rink and the sort of quasi-skybox effect of stool and countertop dining areas overlooking the main rink. All in all though, the HYCC is truly a top shelf venue to take in a game for either sport but at the price it cost to construct it could use a little of the TLC that so many pour into a place like Lowell Park.
