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8 comments:
HOK is the best choice for ballpark design. I've been to around half of the MLB ballparks so far and the best are always designed by HOK. (Although Wrigley and Fenway preceded HOK!)
PNC Park, Pittsburgh, PA
(A must-see, highly recommended.)
Oriole Park at Camden Yards, Baltimore, Maryland
Jacobs Field, Cleveland, Ohio
AT&T Park, San Francisco, CA
"No fewer than 12 of the last 17 new NFL stadiums and 10 of the last 16 new Major League Baseball parks were built to HOK blueprints. Much has been written about the company's artful use of nostalgic design cues. But the real breakthrough was its realization--long before the idea dawned on competitors, team owners, or big-city officials--that sporting events aren't really about the game being played down on the field. They're mainly about the business taking place around it."
(From money.cnn.com)
What a great quote there at the end...."the business taking place around it."
guys, thanks for the pics
Adam W
I definately like the idea of taking out part of Webster St. and replacing it with a plaza/park. It makes the stadium seem more connected with the rest of the project, and gives it a much more pedestrian-friendly feel.
I also think the pictures of the Stadium are "pretty..."
I have been to quite a few baseball stadiums as well; most likely fewer then Brian... I have been to stadiums in:
Cleveland, Cincinnati, Dayton, Florida, Boston, Chicago, San Fran Cisco, Kansas City and Fort Wayne.
The best baseball stadium I have been to is in Kansas City. It is the best Baseball Stadium I have been to by far. It is in a Parking Lot in a questionable part of KC near the old steel mills. It shares a parking lot with the home of the Chiefs...
They have great tailgate parties and it is a stunning stadium...
There is no retail near the stadium and the entire venue is a parking lot and a baseball stadium. It is AWESOME.
My wife and I used to go to several baseball games a year when we lived in Kansas City...
Second for me is Wrigley Field in Chicago...
I think this project would have made a lot more sense 15 years ago when we did not have a baseball stadium already in place...
I bet that an architect could make an equally interesting plan for a multi-use sports facility that would draw NEW people into Downtown Fort Wayne rather then re-arrange the existing Wizards fans from one part of Fort Wayne to another...
Mike Sylvester
Mike,
I would encourage you to rent "Modern Marvels - Baseball Parks" from the library.
It traces the history of ballpark design and you will find out why the multi-use stadiums of the 60's and 70's failed and why the retro ballparks came back in force starting in the early 90's.
The idea of a multi-use stadium sounds good in theory - it did back in the 60's too, when all of our other ugly cost-cutting architectural designs came about.
If Fort Wayne was to have baseball played in a multi-use stadium it would actually be a step backwards.
I like the idea of having the ballpark design incorporate potential high school football games and other events. Hardball has also mentioned that the park would be open to the public to use as a running track, picnic area and potential ice-skating space.
I think this sounds like a great idea to have a ballpark open to other events, rather than a multi-use stadium.
It makes sense for Hardball to incorporate as many events as possible so that the maximum number of people visit their other investments in retail and condos. Some of the tickets to a new ballpark would even be lower than the current prices at Memorial Stadium. (Probably a reference to lawn seating areas.)
I like the pedestrian zones. I think they are an important aspect to this project. By the way, I think that moving downtown from "nothing" to "something" that is a family oriented activity. Don't have any of that downtown.
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