Spelled “best” wrong

I hope when they demolish Soldier Field they keep and repurpose the columns (pic 1) into whatever goes there next.

Imagine if they would have kept the shell of Ebbets Field (pic 2) and converted the interior into mixed use space.

This is what happens when owners basically want what someone else has (aka Allegiant Stadium) and hire the same architect. Happened in MLB after Camden Yards too.

This is how you open your roof (volume up).

#Rangers

Via: Shannon Drayer

This clip, on repeat...

Original center field distance of parks built between 1909 and 1913:

Shibe Park: 509’
Forbes Field: 435’
League Park: 460’
Comiskey Park: 420’
Griffith Stadium: 421’
Tiger Stadium: 425’
Crosley Field: 420’
Ebbets Field: 508’
Fenway Park: 488’

..And this was the dead ball era.

Ebbets Field and Citi Field.

This a wild misnomer to fans who never had the privilege to attend a game at Tiger Stadium or Comiskey Park. Camden Yards deserves a lot of credit for bringing back the baseball only feel and charm plagued by mid-century multi-purpose “cookie-cutter” stadiums, however, the real

The original HKS, Inc. design concept for what would be Globe Life Field. #Rangers

The #Phillies played their first official game at Citizens Bank Park 20 years ago, today.

Populous

This is so cool, youtu.be/Wmlo27B8QwE Bandbox Ballparks meticulously digitally recreated #Reds Crosley Field (which opened 112 years ago, today). Click on link to see a spectacular flyover of his work.

PS: Bandbox Ballparks is now working on Ebbets Field, and regularly posts