Stadiums of the old have special items about them, like the green monster in Boston or the ivy on the wall in Wrigley but also have things that people hate. With the new parks built, the environment is supposed to change for the best baseball experience possible. A few big baseball cities have all gone from old parks with lots of problems to beautiful stadiums that people awe over.

Boston has the oldest stadium currently being used in the majors. It has been in use since 1912, when it was built, by Osborn Engineering (ballparksofbaseball.com 1). It took one year to complete and it was built on concrete and steel.

In Detroit fans have been going to games in the old Tiger Stadium 87 years but that era is over. Detroit has always had a great baseball tradition and they have had some of the most memorable games in baseball. The only problem is this was all done in the in a stadium that fans dreaded going to. The views were terrible with many of them obstructed by the pillars that supported the outfield roof. This roof was both good and bad. It was added in 1937, 25 years after it was built. The way it was designed was to hang over the field and it appeared when sitting in the seats like you were directly on top of the outfielder (Enders 69). This was unique and was said to be the best seats in baseball. But the lower level had to suffer because of the roof, which made watching a game in the outfield a disturbing event. Another so called building flaw would be its outer appearance. From the road it looks like a large white warehouse. It may fit in with its surroundings but it's !

One of the emphases of the project was to bring out the Northwest and they did this with some of the art pieces in the stadium. There is also a huge chandelier at the home plat entrance made of bats. This stadium has brought the greatest game of baseball in full swing and high spirits not only to the fans but it is showing in the players as well. They play with a lot of joy and just love the old smell of natural grass under the great sunlight just the way baseball should be played. So just remember next time you hear the sound of a train pass by you could be in Safeco watching history and hearing the same train cross under the pulled back roof.

The new Fenway Park is going to be a bigger retro style of the original Fenway (ballparksofbaseball.com 2). They will use some of the same parts of the old Fenway but they will add about 10,000 more seats and a lot more technology. They will also have around 100 luxury boxes, which are now a must in new stadiums, and 5,000 premium seats. The biggest thing with this new stadium is making the view of the game and seating up to par. They will have better angles with their seats wider aisles and wider seats (ballparksofbaseball.com 2). This stadium is estimated at costing 352 million dollars, easily 100s of millions more the originally Fenway which cost is unknown (Enders 31). So with the new park compared to the old it says that luxury is way to go and the way to bring in the fans.

Originally it was one level and very plain inside. The only appealing thing in the stadium was the mammoth left field wall called "the green monster" (ballparksofbaseball.com 2). The outside of the building was a large red brick facade that has never changed. Another thing this stadium is known for is its construction of its wall and its messed up dimensions that make up its home run territory. It has a very low left field fence that is very close compared to mos

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