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Miami Marlins Ballpark Study
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Miami Marlins Ballpark Study
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In January of 2006, after the Marlins Baseball Club was considering other locations, including leaving South Florida altogether, Major League Baseball (MLB) requested the architects to try and see if there was any other sites in downtown Miami that had not been considered before for relocating the Marlins.The architects found a tight, unconventional site, with quirky issues and constraints, and convinced MLB, by designing a ballpark scheme featuring various alternatives for roofing, with the corresponding costs associated with them, that a 38,000-seat ballpark could fit in this overlooked parcel. The most compelling reason for selecting this site, however, was the fact that it abutted Metrorail and the Peoplemover, the only mass transit systems in Miami-Dade County, which the architects felt, was the most important feature of site selection.The site consisted of only seven ownership interests, including corporate giants like AT&T, Bellsouth and Florida East Coast Railroad, to name a few. Other owners were identified and their lands were placed under contract.Proposal design amenities include:-Unique fan friendly design for urban siteTraditional asymmetrical field designUnique existing buildings (Bellsouth, AT&T, and historical façade of Salvation Army Building on 5th Street) that remain, creating interesting careens in the field of play. -Beautiful view of downtown Miami skyline beyond center and right field. -Open-air design concept taking advantage of prevailing breezes. -Unique multiple bowl layout allowing fans to be seated among the closest to the game. -Among the various design imageries of this proposal, one design incorporates imagery with historical references to the old Miami Marlins Stadium (scheme 1), which boasted the largest cantilevered roof structure of its time, and was located just several blocks away from this site. An innovative fixed “band shell” (scheme 2) design (never used before in baseball) allows games to continue even in rain since the infield is protected from rain (mud, not rain, is what stops the game); retractable roof (umbrella), (scheme 3) which is designed as a soft structure composed of metal frames and Teflon reinforced fabric, that completely moves out of the way of the playing field while not in use. -Ballpark design features direct access to and from Metrorail and Metro Peoplemover systems for easy access to and from ballpark.-Parking facilities for over 25,000 automobiles within a ten-minute walk of the ballpark. -Office Building opportunity above parking structure to the east for over 200,000 s ft. of office space availability, including the Marlins Baseball Club offices.-Access to ballpark is through four principal areas; Metrorail at concourse level on west side, Metro mover at main concourse level to the south, ground level at southwest corner by 5th street with valet service from the west under the Metrorail station, by NE 6th Street from the east along North Miami Avenue.-Unique signage opportunities along I-95 corridor to the west. -Ground level restaurant and retail opportunities all around the ballpark for year round use. -Design proposals combine several South Florida contextual imagery elements such as the “sail”, the “wave”, “gantry cranes”, wrapping in a modern cosmopolitan and very “Miami” vocabulary, the traditional game of “Baseball”, Marlins style.
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