“Transparency, that’s the one gift you get inherently with the old ballparks,” Trubey said. There is a feeling of openness even when the roof is closed and all of the seats, about 40,300 of them, are closer in relation to the field than the old stadium. When fans walk in, they will be able to see all the way into the field and all the way across to the other corner of the ballpark - about a quarter-mile away. “Intentionally designed to look like this ballpark could only be in Texas,” Trubey said. Limestone, brick and steel were prominently used in the construction, with those materials coming from Texas and providing a true feeling of the Lone Star State, along with those entries resembling large-scale porches and a smooth transition from outside to inside, even when the roof is closed. While having a roof was a big reason for the Rangers to move across the street after 26 seasons, Trubey said the goal wasn’t for the new ballpark to just be about the roof, but rather the architecture and transparency of the building. It was 94 degrees outside at first pitch, but a pleasant 72 in the ballpark.

The new stadium in Los Angeles will have open sides and a fixed ETFE roof.Īt Globe Life Field, the roof provides relief from the Texas heat, such as when the Rangers finally opened their pandemic-delayed season with their first game last Friday night, nearly four months after they had expected to play their inaugural season opener there. When the Vikings stadium opened in 2016, the roof of the colossal venue was the first by HKS to be covered solely by transparent material known as ETFE, the same that is incorporated into the largest single-panel retractable roof in the world that is above the Rangers’ field.

HKS also designed Miller Park in Milwaukee, and was the architect for the NFL home stadiums of the Indianapolis Colts and Minnesota Vikings, and the soon-to-open new Los Angeles stadium where the Rams and Chargers will play. “The goal here was to do something that really defined, like AT&T did for the NFL (stadiums), and so a big part of that is the fan-facing environment,” said Trubey, who was once told by a colleague that the Cowboys field suites were never going to work. That stadium has its own huge videoboard hovering over a 60-yard stretch of the field. Those suites are similar to the field-level seating at neighboring HKS-designed AT&T Stadium, a new concept when the home of the NFL’s Dallas Cowboys opened in 2009. Then there are those field-level luxury suites and clubs, behind home plate and then extending down both lines past the dugouts. You can tell center field and the gaps are going to play really, really deep.” “It’s a very beautiful ballpark,” Gallo said before becoming the first player to homer in the new place when he pulled a deep drive down the right-field line. Old ballparks don’t have massive videoboards towering high over right field, like the one in Globe Life Field that is about 40 feet inside the field of play and surely a potential target for a long Joey Gallo home run, though his first one didn’t hit it. That’s been done, with some incremental changes over time.” Fans were supposed to remain masked throughout the event (not enforced) and maintain social distancing (a complete joke as tickets were sold without any spacing between groups).“Our stated goal from the very beginning was to do the first next-generation ballpark,” said Bryan Trubey, the executive vice president for HKS who oversees the sports practice for the Dallas-headquartered architecture company that designed the $1.2 billion facility. COVID-19: Texas is a no mask state, but most of the staff members were properly masked. Sight lines are okay, but I could not see a significant portion of the left field corner. There is a huge message/scoreboard in center field with other auxiliary boards in several locations around the playing area. The main concourse is roomy with many concession stands and there are picnic tables available for enjoying your food. This stadium is an indoor facility and there are several restaurants just outside the main entry. If you prepay for parking, make sure you know exactly where your lot is because signage is not helpful. Not to be confused with Globe Life Park (literally across the street), Globe Life Field is the new home of the Texas Rangers baseball club.

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