FL Marlins will finally get their stadium

[Flash3]

Video Rendition of stadium: http://www.miamiherald.com/video/index. ... id=5140910

Sarah Talalay South Florida Sun Sentinel

10:01 PM EDT, July 18, 2009

MIAMI - The Florida Marlins lengthy quest for a new ballpark came off the drawing board Saturday with a ceremonial groundbreaking, but the team's vision goes beyond creating a field of its own and controlling its own revenue.

It's about making a statement. So Marlins owner Jeffrey Loria challenged veteran ballpark architecture firm Populous to design a modernist structure: a sleek white stucco, silver metal and glass venue. He wanted a pitcher's park, but with an intimate 37,000 blue seats, a left-field beach with a swimming pool and a right-field porch where fans can catch home-run balls. And sliding glass panels behind left field to showcase Miami's skyline.

"For me, Miami is a really cool place to live ... it's a cool place to visit, it's a cool place to work in, and I wanted the stadium to have that feeling, which is why I wanted to look forward, rather than looking backward," Loria said.

Cont. http://www.sun-sentinel.com/sports/sfl- ... 7888.story

[trwi7]

Kind of looks like Tropicana Field on the inside. And what a novel idea, a stadium with a retractable roof where it's a common occurence to have rain and hot and humid weather. Enjoy your open roof stadium, Minnesota.

[Posey H8er]

Left Field Line - 340 feet (104 m)
Left-Center Power Alley - 384 feet (117 m)
"Bermuda Triangle" In Left-Center - 420 feet (128 m)
Center Field - 416 feet (127 m)
Right-Center Power Alley - 392 feet (119 m)
Right Field Line - 335 feet (102 m)









I like it. It's a much more welcoming stadium than the current stadium. They're also going to be called the Miami Marlins.

[Posey H8er]

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[travis minor]

in b4 people trashing the south florida sports fans

[Da Schwab]

Just another park for no one to go to.

[sunshinekids99]

Seems like a decent park, although all the new ones seem that way now. Nothing really sticks out as being special to me tho.

[livestrong4ever]

Kind of looks like Tropicana Field on the inside. And what a novel idea, a stadium with a retractable roof where it's a common occurence to have rain and hot and humid weather. Enjoy your open roof stadium, Minnesota.

Minnesota wanted a retractable roof, but they couldn't get it passed because it would cost to much and the tax payers would go rar rar rar

[CentralQB5]

bout time the Dolphins will have their own stadium

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Jacobs is gone. Uggla may be moved in the next week. And, Johnson will probably be traded around 2011 before we lose his arbitration years.

[WEFFPIM]

Wait, they're actually becoming the Miami Marlins?

Stadium looks great, though