Classic stadium support post design

[Clash City Rocker]

For those people who saw games in old stadiums with stacked decks, what was the probability that a support post would screw with your enjoyment of the game? And was the tradeoff of having a close upperdeck and intimate surroundings worth it?

When I tend to do stadium designs they always are stacked decks because I think they have more 'personality'.

[sickle]

I must admit that I have no technical know-how, but I like your sketch. It DEFINITELY has personality and closeness to it. Good seats for all fans!

[Elvis]

I heartily agree with you, CCR. I've always felt that the upper deck is the best place to see a game, and am very dissapointed at HOK and other ballpark designers who give the short end of the stick to upper deck fans these days by pushing back the upper decks behind the lower bowl. I love the idea of a moder ballpark being designed with a limited nuimber of posts to give that "stacked deck" feeling.

Great design, by the way!

[Gjm130]

Looks like the Ballpark in Arlington...
Didn't they change the name of that ballpark???

[Yankeebiscuitfan]

To me it is more like a mixture of the intimate athmosphere of Ebbets Field and the stands of Tiger Stadium.

Good work man!

[tonypug]

For those people who saw games in old stadiums with stacked decks, what was the probability that a support post would screw with your enjoyment of the game? And was the tradeoff of having a close upperdeck and intimate surroundings worth it?

When I tend to do stadium designs they always are stacked decks because I think they have more 'personality'.

Actually the owners had more trouble with the support posts then us fans. They couldn't sell the seats without telling the fan, and the tickets said limited view on them, and were cheaper.If they were the only seats left you bought them and either found seats that people weren't using or stood up, but at least you were at the game. As a fan I don't think it was a big deal. That is a great drawing.

[sschirmer]

Ah, the age old arguement, to post or not to post.

[Southlake CubsFan]

For those people who saw games in old stadiums with stacked decks, what was the probability that a support post would screw with your enjoyment of the game? And was the tradeoff of having a close upperdeck and intimate surroundings worth it?

When I tend to do stadium designs they always are stacked decks because I think they have more 'personality'.

that looks VERY similar to Ballpark In Arlignton..and that is a very nice stadium

[Southlake CubsFan]

Looks like the Ballpark in Arlington...
Didn't they change the name of that ballpark???

Ameriquest Field In Arlington

[sschirmer]

Ameriquest Field In Arlington

I'm going on a corporate name strike, it will always be the Ballpark in Arlington to me.

[Clash City Rocker]

Looks like the Ballpark in Arlington...

Must be the corrugated RF roof? Actually its based on being half Tiger Stadium and Comiskey Park, with the goofyness of Griffith Stadium.

[POLO GROUNDS 1957]

posts

I saw games at old comiskey park,tiger stadium and fenway park. i never had a problem with sitting by a post. all of the classic stadiums including my polo grounds had posts in them. i would love to sit in front of a post today at the polo grounds to see some games there.

[CAV]

Looks like the Ballpark in Arlington...
Didn't they change the name of that ballpark???

Yes, It is now Ameriquest Field. Maybe the Rangers can get some pitching to go with the bats now that the team has the extra money from the stadium sponsorship!

[riverfrontier]

I have seen 30 or so games at Tiger Stadium (including McGwire's first big league home run over the 440 mark in center in '86) and honestly, it was never the post seats that bothered me. You could still follow all the action by peering around it.The upper deck was great. A box seat put you right there. It was always the lower deck reserved seats that were too far back towards the concourse, under the upper deck. That was a bad seat. It was like being in a cave looking out towards the entrance. You had to follow every fly ball by tracking the outfielders, and you only had sight of the auxilliary scoreboards. But it was still the place to be for those big games in the mid 80s. My brother and I made it into the 87 Topps set as a backdrop for Dave Stapleton's Red Sox card, hanging by the visitor's dugout for the second game of the 86 season getting autographs and freezing our butts off. It actually snowed that day. Unbeatable memories. Getting threatened with arrest for vandalism for checking the ink in my sharpie pen on the wall while Earl Weaver laughed his head off. Best autograph park in the majors.
Nice stadium, by the way. The upper pressbox is definitely Tiger stadium, but the overall look is Comiskey.

[sschirmer]

I would tend to agree with you on the Tiger/Comiskey point. I have to whole heartedly agree with you on the under the concourse seats. Just awful!