Comments on: Mets Unveil New Ballpark Design http://www.maurybrown.com/?p=115 Sports Meets Balderdash (Random Thoughts On Maury Brown's Personal Blog) Tue, 15 Jun 2010 16:03:48 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: The Baseball Journals » Blog Archive » Mets Finalize Ballpark Agreements http://www.maurybrown.com/?p=115&cpage=1#comment-333 The Baseball Journals » Blog Archive » Mets Finalize Ballpark Agreements Tue, 22 Aug 2006 17:05:44 +0000 http://www.maurybrown.com/?p=115#comment-333 [...] Click here to see renderings on the New Mets Ballpark Design [...] [...] Click here to see renderings on the New Mets Ballpark Design [...]

]]> By: The Baseball Journals » Blog Archive » Second Half Business of Baseball Points of Interest http://www.maurybrown.com/?p=115&cpage=1#comment-255 The Baseball Journals » Blog Archive » Second Half Business of Baseball Points of Interest Thu, 13 Jul 2006 18:56:26 +0000 http://www.maurybrown.com/?p=115#comment-255 [...] New York State of Mind – Look for movement on New Yankee Stadium and the New Ebbets… er, New Mets Stadium to happen in the coming months. Remember… get in and see the House that Ruth Built before, as my Baseball Prospectus colleague Neil DeMause said, “George Tears Asunder”. [...] [...] New York State of Mind – Look for movement on New Yankee Stadium and the New Ebbets… er, New Mets Stadium to happen in the coming months. Remember… get in and see the House that Ruth Built before, as my Baseball Prospectus colleague Neil DeMause said, “George Tears Asunder”. [...]

]]> By: pintoj http://www.maurybrown.com/?p=115&cpage=1#comment-117 pintoj Thu, 06 Apr 2006 21:23:07 +0000 http://www.maurybrown.com/?p=115#comment-117 What ever happened to the last "new design" for the Mets ballpark? I remember a few years back it was also unveiled with much fanfare but I never heard anything more about it. It had a number of innovative features including a retractable roof and I thought I remember there was something special about the field too that was innovative. Does anyone remember? Compared to that previous "new design" this new design seems pretty banal. What ever happened to the last “new design” for the Mets ballpark? I remember a few years back it was also unveiled with much fanfare but I never heard anything more about it. It had a number of innovative features including a retractable roof and I thought I remember there was something special about the field too that was innovative. Does anyone remember? Compared to that previous “new design” this new design seems pretty banal.

]]> By: neildemause http://www.maurybrown.com/?p=115&cpage=1#comment-116 neildemause Thu, 06 Apr 2006 20:50:02 +0000 http://www.maurybrown.com/?p=115#comment-116 I like how HOK used a cross-section from down the first/third-base lines to make their seating distances look good by comparison. Because Shea is a circle, those seats are the worst in the house for distance to the field - if they'd used a cross-section from behind home plate, the new park wouldn't look as good as it does. I also wonder what happened to the promise in state development documents that the new upper deck would be "lower in elevation than the third seating level known as the Mezzanine Level at Shea Stadium," since that clearly isn't true... I like how HOK used a cross-section from down the first/third-base lines to make their seating distances look good by comparison. Because Shea is a circle, those seats are the worst in the house for distance to the field – if they’d used a cross-section from behind home plate, the new park wouldn’t look as good as it does.

I also wonder what happened to the promise in state development documents that the new upper deck would be “lower in elevation than the third seating level known as the Mezzanine Level at Shea Stadium,” since that clearly isn’t true…

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