Vikes Posted April 13, 2007 Share Posted April 13, 2007 i know i going to get blasted for this. but they unveil new designs for them. anyone up to making it. if not, then that ok. http://minnesota.twins.mlb.com/min/ballpark/index.jsp Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sean O Posted April 13, 2007 Share Posted April 13, 2007 Amazing timing, simply amazing. Unbelievable, in fact. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pirate Posted April 13, 2007 Share Posted April 13, 2007 I'm just going to say this... I love it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JP_Frost Posted April 13, 2007 Share Posted April 13, 2007 Looks good, however ... doesn't it snow alot in Minnesota? a retractable roof would've been nice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pudge77 Posted April 13, 2007 Share Posted April 13, 2007 Looks good, however ... doesn't it snow alot in Minnesota? a retractable roof would've been nicethey were talking about thios during the twins game the other night and they said they want to bring outdoor baseball to minnesota and get away from a dome i agree they should have gotten a retractable roof Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JP_Frost Posted April 13, 2007 Share Posted April 13, 2007 well, I can imagine that's anything's better than the dome (never been there myself, but it doesn't look too good on TV and I read some negative stories about it). Let's hope the weather won't be too much of a factor, but we'll see alot of cold fans and ballplayers when October rolls around. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kccitystar Posted April 13, 2007 Share Posted April 13, 2007 Amazing timing, simply amazing. Unbelievable, in fact. The world is coming to an end. Sean actually likes an upcoming stadium design. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
angryrat Posted April 13, 2007 Share Posted April 13, 2007 I give them props for leaving the dome. Dome's to me anyway, aren't the way sports should be played. Weather adds unique characteristics to playing all across the nation. I think it adds appeal to play games in sunny florida and then head up Minnesota and freeze your *** off. After all, it can't get much worse than this past week in Cleveland. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philliesphan18 Posted April 13, 2007 Share Posted April 13, 2007 Nice - this is actually a very good design for a stadium, although I agree that there will be a lot of shivering players and you will see more managers and coaches huddling in their jackets. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sean O Posted April 13, 2007 Share Posted April 13, 2007 The world is coming to an end. Sean actually likes an upcoming stadium design. Hah, not even close. I had posted 1 minute earlier how under no circumstances would I ever create this abortion in MVP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lavi Posted April 14, 2007 Share Posted April 14, 2007 I found some other pictures of the stadium here http://wcco.com/slideshows/local_slideshow...55/view?slide=1 They have some High Rez PDF's you can download to get a better idea of how the field lays out Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darkslide820 Posted April 14, 2007 Share Posted April 14, 2007 Haha. I read Sean O's comment in the Stadium Request Thread earlier today, and when I just saw this thread now I gave a hearty laugh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brutushayesosu Posted April 14, 2007 Share Posted April 14, 2007 The U. of Minn. also getting an outdoor football stadium so it looks like we get to see another stadium demolition...yippy! http://www1.umn.edu/stadium/index.php Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spoint10 Posted April 14, 2007 Share Posted April 14, 2007 Being from Minneapolis, and a Twins fan since birth, it's fantastic to see this new stadium, but also a sad day. What you've got to realize about the Metrodome is that it has history, and it really is a great place to watch baseball. Come playoff time, and that place is sold out, it's the most energized place in the Major Leagues. The noise in that place is astronomical. That is why I will miss the dome. The new renderings look stunning. It's going to be an incredible ballpark and I can't wait to finally watch a MLB game outdoors. And with all this talk about how it's going to be insanely cold: Look at what happened in Cleveland and Chicago this past week. It's not like we have temperatures that are 30 degrees colder than those two cities. And by 2010 (when the stadium will be done), I think MLB will have made the schedules so that teams in cold weather cities start the season on the road. All in all, it's going to be sad to see the dome go, but I'm so excited for this new park. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lavi Posted April 14, 2007 Share Posted April 14, 2007 I didn't see SeanO posted the same link in his request thread. Oops. As for the new stadium. I think it's an average ballpark. Nothing special but nothing truly terrible about it. I just wish people would try to be unique when they are going to be building these things Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Big O Posted April 14, 2007 Share Posted April 14, 2007 I actually like it. It's not really a ripoff of any other stadium. It's somewhat unique - ie. no brick and steel. It's about time somebody come up with something other than a "retro" park. The roof pays homage to the cookie cutter parks of the 70's. It's got a nice futuristic look to it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sean O Posted April 14, 2007 Share Posted April 14, 2007 But, here's the problem, inside it still looks like everything HoK has ever done before. What they do reminds me of the scene from the Simpsons where everyone gets excited with Malibu Stacy's new hat. It's still the same park. We should be seeing (and expecting, as patrons) ballparks that look more like: and and instead of a 19th Camden Yards. They just don't get it, and unfortunately no one seems to care that we'll have to go through this all in 25 years again. We have wasted one of the nation's best chances for urban renewal and architectural progress, in favor of pointless nostalgia of a time that never really existed. It's all insanity. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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