New Stadium

[Farmer Ted]

This doesn't look inviting, one bit. I think this is the weather in August, too.

http://minnesota.twins.mlb.com/min/ballpark/new_ballpark_webcam.jsp

[Guest attgig]

good thing they don't play baseball in February in Minnesota...

[ashie62]

Farmer Ted wrote: This doesn't look inviting, one bit. I think this is the weather in August, too. http://minnesota.twins.mlb.com/min/ballpark/new_ballpark_webcam.jsp

I like it in that it took quite an effort for Minnesota to get this done and I enjoyed when they used to play outdoors at Metropolitan stadium

[Guest Vince Coleman Firecracker]

Anyone else think it kinda looks like Citifield?

[Guest metsguyinmichigan]

Vince Coleman Firecracker wrote: Anyone else think it kinda looks like Citifield?

I went to college with someone from Minneapolis, and she said they called it "The Mini Apple." So a smaller version of Citi makes sense!

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

Vince Coleman Firecracker wrote: Anyone else think it kinda looks like Citifield?

HOK Sport design. Roughly the same outfield dimensions as the Metrodome, except for slightly bigger power alleys and more intimate seating. So, yeah, kinda.

I would have liked a view of the skyline/surrounding area from the field of play. They've got that.

[metirish]

I like it , domed stadiums suck for baseball.

[soupcan]

They did this part right at Target -




Wish the Mets had something Metly like that in the outfield. They should have taken the skyline from Shea and put it atop the new scoreboard rather than on top of the Shake Shack.

[Guest Edgy DC]

The St. Paulian seems to have a breast logo borrowed from Shoeless Joe.

[Ceetar]

In terms of snow, i know Coors Field has some sort of field heater underneath that can slowly melt all the snow that's stuck on it. I assume the Twins will be the same.

[Centerfield]

Wow. I had no idea this was in the works. Somehow I missed the fanfare surrounding the closing of the Metrodome.

[Guest Edgy DC]

Well, I don't think it's closing, but continuing as a football stadium and convention/event space.

[batmagadanleadoff]

They did this part right at Target - Wish the Mets had something Metly like that in the outfield. They should have taken the skyline from Shea and put it atop the new scoreboard rather than on top of the Shake Shack.

That Twins outfield display is a thing of beauty. By comparison, I think that the Citi Field scoreboard is hideous. Is there another main scoreboard in MLB with a worse info to advertising ratio than the one the Wilpons authorized? It reminds me of the recent Mets yearbooks and programs: they're 50% thicker but with 45 % more advertising.



Don't get me started on the right field CF scoreboard.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

Adding to the ugliness of the scorebaord was that the ads themselves looked terrible, particularly the aprielle equipment one. I'm not sure who's to blame for how ugly those ads were but if it were my park I'd send that design back to the agency and ask them to clean it up some.

otoh, 2009 was probably the worst year in advertising history.

[batmagadanleadoff]

John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: Adding to the ugliness of the scorebaord was that the ads themselves looked terrible, particularly the aprielle equipment one. I'm not sure who's to blame for how ugly those ads were but if it were my park I'd send that design back to the agency and ask them to clean it up some. otoh, 2009 was probably the worst year in advertising history.

There's no way to make a scoreboard that's only 30 or 40% scoreboard and 60% or 70% advertising look right.

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

soupcan wrote: They did this part right at Target - Wish the Mets had something Metly like that in the outfield. They should have taken the skyline from Shea and put it atop the new scoreboard rather than on top of the Shake Shack.

Yes, and yes.

That RF porch looks pretty damn familiar, doesn't it?

[Ceetar]

I didn't hate the Citi Field scoreboard, thought it was okay once I got used to where to look. Still wish there were exclamation points after the "Lets Go Mets".. Most scoreboards are mostly advertising aren't they? Shea was. Yankee Stadium might as well rename itself Sales Pitch Field.



Some standards in ad design couldn't hurt(Like always advertising the Blue Bud Light instead of the Red Budweiser), although the way the economy was/is I'm not sure beggers can be choosers, even in baseball stadiums.

[Ceetar]

I don't have access to all my stadium pics at work, but it looks like the biggest problem with Citi Field's scoreboard is that the ads are flush against the scoreboard so there is no separation from the two.

Even though Yankee Stadium has a billion ads and a small, scrolling out of town scoreboard, the main board is front and center and separate (and probably not much, if any, bigger than Citi's)
http://picasaweb.google.com/CeetarsNose/YankeeStadiumIII#5348697748118975650


Coors's is fairly small (supposedly they're getting an upgrade soon actually) http://picasaweb.google.com/ceetar/Denver#5402297611252271138 but the Ads are off to the sides and not completely surrounding it.

[MFS62]

At least there's no huge Pepsi bottle like the one at Fenway. At least I didn't notice one.
Later

[metirish]

A lot of pictures in thnis link, looks like a beautiful stadium


http://www.ballparksofbaseball.com/future/TargetField.htm


scroll down for pix.....apologies to soup if he posted pictures. at work I can't wlways see them.

[ashie62]

The Vikings will be playing in this stadium 2010

[Guest Edgy DC]

This is our future leftfield also. Move in a few cosmetic feet, plant a few coniferous pines to sit beneath Flushing's cumulous clouds, and take the unscalable monster out of play.

[Guest Vince Coleman Firecracker]

Beyond the outfield wall in this pic: 3 of Minneapolis' 4 tallest buildings, including the very nice (IMHO) Wells Fargo Center. I kinda wish one of the NY big-league stadiums took advantage of the greatest skyline in the world. When I hit the trillionaire lotto and buy the Mets, I'm rebuilding Shea Stadium in Red Hook or on Governor's Island.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

You'd kinda hafta put it in Jersey City to get the skyline view that wouldn't blind the players.

[Benjamin Grimm]

I think Long Island City would have worked nicely.

That's a great photo, by the way. The Mets should have something similar at Citi Field, perhaps with this image:

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

Benjamin Grimm wrote: I think Long Island City would have worked nicely.

if you start home games at 9pm in the summer, it would rock. Guv's Island would be interesting, you're kinda looking up at the city

[Guest Edgy DC]

Accessablitity might be a minor issue.

[Guest Vince Coleman Firecracker]

Benjamin Grimm wrote: I think Long Island City would have worked nicely.

LIC is a little too far north to get the good parts of the skyline in without, as JCL said, having the batters face the sun (although you could market that as a pitcher's park, right?), but you could get a nice view of the 59th street bridge and you'd be a short walk to the incredible Gantry state park and the nice restaurants around the Vernon-Jackson stop. Plus, the LIE is right there.

But my imaginary trillionaire dollars are still for putting New Shea south of Manhattan. Park you car in an underground garage by the Battery tunnel and board the flotilla heading to Governer's Island. Make like Derek Bell.

And yeah, we need a 50 foot tall Mr. Met.

[batmagadanleadoff]

Rob Neyer more than implies that a Tom Seaver statue should've already been erected at CF.

Excerpt:

"Of the 30 franchises, only 20 feature statues depicting actual players. And the Orioles' only statue is Babe Ruth, who didn't actually play for the franchise (of course the Babe was born in Baltimore and did play for the minor-league Orioles in 1914). Four stadiums have generic sort of players, with the Rockies sporting the best of those.... So six teams -- the Rays, Twins, A's, Mets, Marlins, and Dodgers -- don't have statues .... With that in mind, let's run through the other candidates for the statue-less ballparks.... Here are my top candidates, after just a bit of research: Orioles - Cal Ripken (why hasn't this happened already?) Mets - Tom Seaver (ditto) Twins - Kirby Puckett, Rod Carew, and someday probably Joe Mauer Dodgers - Sandy Koufax, Sandy Koufax, and Sandy Koufax Rockies - Todd Helton Blue Jays - Dave Stieb (yeah, it's a stretch) Rays - Carl Crawford if they lock him up (and Evan Longoria if they don't) Marlins - Hanley Ramirez if they lock him up Athletics - Rickey and Reggie both candidates, but played a lot for other teams Angels - Garret Anderson? Tim Salmon?? Brian Downing??? Diamondbacks - Randy Johnson, but only if they're desperate "

http://espn.go.com/blog/sweetspot/post/_/id/2264/who-deserves-to-be-bronzed

[metirish]

Is that what Neyer is at these days? , not what I'd expect from him.