Writing as part of the New Yorker "Sporting Scene" blog, Reeves Wiedeman points out that we have likely seen The End of the Retro Ballpark.
The architecture firm Populous has designed 18 of the last 23 new ballparks, both retro (starting the whole trend with Camden Yards in Baltimore) and thoroughly modern (Marlins Park). But both trends may be at an end, since it is unlikely there will be any new ballparks built in the near future. Wiedeman notes that there are three groups of MLB ballparks: the historic icons (Wrigley, Fenway), the newer parks, and the clubs that are having a struggle getting funding for a new park (Oakland, Tampa Bay).
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April 6, 2012
April 1, 2012
On retro ballparks
Mark Byrnes in The Atlantic: Cities argues that the wave of retro ballparks that began 20 years ago with the construction of Camden Yards in Baltimore is over. Byrnes states that Citi Field might be the last (and arguably the most forced) of the retro movement, the Great American Ballpark in Cincinnati bucked the trend, and ushered in a new wave of ballparks with contemporary design elements.
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