After a nine-game road trip, the Toronto Blue Jays return to Rogers Centre tonight to face off against the Atlanta Braves. And with the Jays back on home field, OntarioBets.com decided to see where they rank among other MLB teams in terms of the most exciting in-game fan experiences.
We offer this as an accompaniment to our Ontario sports betting analysis. Here are the top 10, with the methodology explained below.
Rank | Team | Score |
1 | Philadelphia Phillies | 259 |
2 | Chicago Cubs | 255 |
3 | Toronto Blue Jays | 252 |
4 | Boston Red Sox | 251 |
5 | Colorado Rockies | 246 |
6 | New York Mets | 243 |
7 | Cincinnati Reds | 240 |
8 | Washington Nationals | 239 |
9 | Kansas City Royals | 235 |
10 | Tampa Bay Rays | 233 |
We first quantified the overall fan sentiment toward all 30 MLB teams using the social media management platform Hootsuite’s brand sentiment analyzer (positive, neutral or negative). Then we took into consideration attendance at both home and away games (per ESPN), and whether sports betting is available in the team’s jurisdiction – giving extra weight to those with both retail and mobile options, such as Ontario sportsbook apps in Canada.
Combining all those criteria, we created our top 10 list of best fan atmospheres among MLB franchises.
The Philadelphia Phillies top our list of the MLB teams with the best fan atmosphere. The team ranked second in total attendance in 2024, with over 3.3 million total spectators combined between home and away games. Among the fans contributing to the excellent fan atmosphere at Citizens Bank Park, none is more iconic than the Phillie Phanatic — the team’s big green mascot has been stirring up crowds at Philly home games since 1978.
Meanwhile, Canada’s lone MLB team slides into third on our list, rounding the bases with a definite homefield advantage. Check out Toronto Blue Jays playoff odds with us at OntarioBets all season.
The Jays only ranked 20th in road attendance (28,656), but they drew the ninth-largest home crowd, averaging 33,101 per game. And they do so in one of the league’s most unique ballparks. Originally opened in 1989 as the Skydome, the rebranded Roger Centre was the first stadium in the MLB with a fully retractable roof.
The Blue Jays are sandwiched between the teams that play in the two oldest Major League Baseball stadiums. The Cubs (second on our list) play ball at Wrigley Field in downtown Chicago, open since 1914. The Red Sox (No. 4) have called Boston’s Fenway Park home since 1912.
At No. 5 are the Colorado Rockies, who play at Denver’s Coors Field. At an elevation of 5,200 feet, the thin air at the Rockies’ home stadium is a major bonus for home run hitters.
For a different angle on Ontario’s team, see our overview of most undervalued Blue Jays in 2025.
Next up, the New York Mets check in at number 6, with Citi Field in Queens dating to 2009.
You can find the team with the seventh-best fan atmosphere along the banks of the Ohio River. Not only is it a great location, but the Cincinnati Reds’ home field, the Great American Ballpark, has seen more home runs than any other stadium over the past five full seasons (1,031 total from 2020 to 2024). Sounds like a great fan atmosphere to us.
The former Montreal Expos moved to the USA’s capital 20 years ago, and the Washington Nationals check in at No. 8. The Kansas City Royals (ninth) and Tampa Bay Rays (No. 10) round out our list, despite ranking 27th and 28th, respectively, in average attendance in 2024.
At this writing, the Jays lead the American League East, about 10% into the regular-season schedule. Can the Blue Jays be the latest worst-to-first team in MLB in 2025? Keep tabs all season at OntarioBets.com.
USA Today photo by Kevin Sousa
Author
Jeff Parker is an entertainment writer for OntarioBets.com. A writer for film, television and the internet, Jeff is a life long movie buff, with a Masters Degree in Popular Culture. He lives in Halifax, Nova Scotia, where he works full time as documentary filmmaker and producer.
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