Comparison of the Dudes...

[Xenomorph]

1. Keeping a sliver of the existing grandstand seems like it would handcuff the project since you're stuck with sight lines.

2. Home plate location isn't changing (as best as I can tell) but the stands are getting closer. Wonder if that makes scoring on a passed ball more dicey.

3. There's going to be a seriously short porch at the foul pole in right. I bet it'll be somewhere around 305-310'.

4. There's gonna be a lot less foul territory. As a State fan... in 2019, I fully expect to lose a super regional after being tied in the 9th and an opposing batter hits a ball that lands 3 feet into the stands, just out of reach of our first baseman and then hits a walk-off on the next pitch.

 

[The Maroon Pug]

*indians sitting around a table writing notes frantically**

Chief: what's this now about less foul territory??***

 

[aTotal360]

 

[Arthur2478]

3. There's going to be a seriously short porch at the foul pole in right. I bet it'll be somewhere around 305-310'.

Some of the shortened distance will be offset by the height of the plaza wall, which based on the renderings is where the right field foul pole will be located:

 

[Xenomorph]

First world problem concerning file size..

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[Xenomorph]

The Brick Monster.

 

[Arthur2478]

I like it

 

[Faustdog]

Is be curious as to why they don't want to tier the berms. I don't know anyone who'd prefer sitting on a hill to flat land, or better yet flat land in a folding chair.

 

[bulldogcountry1]

I just noticed that the renderings on the first page is missing a whole section of chair backs down the 3B line, but the plans show it. The rendering only covers the existing grandstand footprint, but the plans show the added section.

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[Xenomorph]

Thank you!.. I've been looking through all the A drawings trying to figure out why the berm is different than the renders.

 

[bulldogcountry1]

Thank you!.. I've been looking through all the A drawings trying to figure out why the berm is different than the renders.

I was looking at the rendering thinking the grandstand looked so much smaller than the original plan, but the plan had a different feel. Evidently, they were looking at downsizing even further at some point. Just adding that one extra section makes a big difference.


-They also scaled down the RF entry circle, which is a bummer. We aren't really losing any usable space or feature, but the grandness of the original was one of the "wow" factors I really liked.

-Looks like the scoreboard was pushed back to allow for the extra row of lounge spaces. That is definitely one thing that seems like an improvement over the original renders. I know there are currently 86, and it looks like there will be about 96 (give or take). I would guess they made all the lounges a bit bigger in the process.

- I can't quite nail down what's going on in the LF corner beyond the bullpen. It's like like some kind of Escher effect going on there in the render with some stairs and ramps, but I don't know if there is another function for that area. The render is definitely different than the plans. The render doesn't even show the walkway behind the bullpen.

 

[Croom's knee socks]

Man we should have updated the grand stands 10 years ago. Those metal bleachers have been such an eyesore. Still this new Dude is going to be awesome.

 

[Dogariffic]

4. There's gonna be a lot less foul territory. As a State fan... in 2019, I fully expect to lose a super regional after being tied in the 9th and an opposing batter hits a ball that lands 3 feet into the stands, just out of reach of our first baseman and then hits a walk-off on the next pitch.

We won't have to wait that long. I bet it happens first game!!**