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At Fenway the games sell out(34K) in the summer even when the Sox are in last place. Mostly because people visiting Boston on vacation. Now the Sox are on a 14 game winning streak. Fenway is a pretty cool place to see a baseball game as long as you are not behind a 16” I-Beam post in the grandstand.
The seats are very close to the field.
Plus, it is basically a museum. It is the oldest MLB ball park.
Just like Wrigley in Chicago.

I got to go to Wrigley before the lights. 34K is a SMALL stadium. Boston is a Red Sox town. I have to explain to many that even with Brady and the championships, Boston will always be baseball first. Before Brady, The Red Sox and Celtics had more interest from the Boston folks. I am still not sure that for the olde-timers, that Doug Flutie is a bigger hero than Tom Brady.

As one raised in Connecticut, I always resented that the Pats claimed all of New England for themselves, especially since (at the time) there were FAR more New York Football Giants fans in most of Connecticut, even though the Giants stunk. (For the record, I didn't like the WHA/NHL Whalers claiming New England either, and was glad when they changed their name to Hartford Whalers).