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Post by mikecubs on Aug 9, 2014 1:51:21 GMT -6
The Cleveland Indians are reducing capacity from 42,404 to between 37,000 to 38,000. They are also removing another 16 luxury suites and adding them into a kids play area. In the past they removed a bunch of suites to build the original kids play area. They used to have over 120 luxury boxes now they are down the 76 and 4 party suites by my count. Even with the reduction Cleveland has the 7th most suites in the league. Also the bullpens are being stacked and moved to center field and they removed a bunch of crap in center field so you can see the city skyline better. Check out the pics. www.cleveland.com/business/index.ssf/2014/08/cleveland_indians_detail_multi.htmlNext teams that need to do this are Arizona(48,633)and Seattle(47,476). Both need to lose around 6,000 seats. It wouldn't be a bad idea for Cincinnati(42,319) and San Diego(42,302) to lose 3,000 to 4,000 seats. |
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Post by mikecubs on Aug 9, 2014 2:07:59 GMT -6
Lots of seat chopping in baseball lately. here is a list
1.Colorado- before this season removed the entire right field upper deck and made it a bar area though they still list the old capacity.
2. Los Angeles Dodgers- before last year the Dodgers too went from 56,000 to about 51,402. The Dodgers admit they removed seats but won't say how many but 51,402 was the lowest number they listed as a sell out last year so I go with that.
3. Chicago White Sox- In the early 2000's the White Sox chopped off the top 3rd of the upper deck all the way around going from 44,321 seats to 40,615.
4. Baltimore- a few years ago went from 48,290 to 45,971. They did this by removing all the seats in the upper deck and making them wider.
5 Texas Rangers- The rangers removed about a thousand seats a few years ago going from 49,170 to 48,114
6. The Royals in the 2009 renovation went from 40,615 to 37,903 seats. They did this by cutting 2 huge holes in the upper deck so you could see out of the concourses
7.Tampa before this season went from 34,078 to 31,042 by removing seats in the outfield.
8.The marlins new stadium that opened last year has 36,742 seats smaller than any stadium other than Tampa and Oakland.
9. Atlanta Braves- The new suburban stadium that is approved and breaks ground in November will have 41,500 seats compare to the 49,586 the current stadium has.
10. Minnesota Twins- the new park opened with 39,504 and they reduced capacity to 39,021 by removing stuff in right field. The old Metrodome had 45,423 seats.
11. New York Yankees- current stadium that opened in 2009 is 50,291 compare to 57,545 at old Yankee stadium
12. New York Mets- current stadium that opened in 2009 is 41,922 compare to 57,405 at the old.
MLB ballparks are shrinking.
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Post by Bruinsfan on Aug 9, 2014 20:25:27 GMT -6
They made the stadiums way too big. Right around 40 is the perfect number for the MLB...hell even 50 is looking too big for the yanks
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Post by wolfmannick on Aug 9, 2014 21:07:37 GMT -6
Cleveland rocks, cleveland rocks, Cleve-land rocks
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Post by mikecubs on Aug 9, 2014 22:44:20 GMT -6
They made the stadiums way too big. Right around 40 is the perfect number for the MLB...hell even 50 is looking too big for the yanks Yep, every retro park from the 90's has reduced capacity or is going to. They didn't know what the correct number was. The circular stadiums were 50 some to 60 some thousand. They figured go smaller than that but bigger than Fenway/Wrigley. For small markets the Clevelands, Tampas, San Diegos, Kc's, Montreal(if they get a team)etc... 36 to 38 thousand is best. Yep Yankee stadium should remove those seats next to the food place in center field since those seats are obstructed by the side of the food place. Wiki now says Yankee stadium is 49,000 something for this season but I can't confirm if that is correct or not. Sometimes wiki is off on capacities. |
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