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Just a point of discussion (and hopefully we can all keep it civil).
We all know that some of the 1960s-70s cookie cutter "concrete donuts" were very similar with one another. I would say that Riverfront Stadium and Three Rivers Stadium are probably the two most similar stadiums ever in MLB history. (If you don't believe me, go to Andrew Clem's ballpark page and check out the side by side feature.....it's scary: http://www.andrewclem.com/Baseball/Side-by-side.html )
Thankfully, the days of the concrete donut cookie cutters are all gone, and I don't think we'll see examples such as Riverfront/Three Rivers of stadiums looking nearly identical.
That said, one of the criticisms of the so called "new classics" is that they too have copied off one another. I think it would be in error to call these new era parks "cookie cutters", since they all seem to have some unique defining features that distinguish them from one another.
However, if forced to answer, what would you say are the two ballparks built in the 1990s onward that appear to have the most simularities between one another?
We all know that some of the 1960s-70s cookie cutter "concrete donuts" were very similar with one another. I would say that Riverfront Stadium and Three Rivers Stadium are probably the two most similar stadiums ever in MLB history. (If you don't believe me, go to Andrew Clem's ballpark page and check out the side by side feature.....it's scary: http://www.andrewclem.com/Baseball/Side-by-side.html )
Thankfully, the days of the concrete donut cookie cutters are all gone, and I don't think we'll see examples such as Riverfront/Three Rivers of stadiums looking nearly identical.
That said, one of the criticisms of the so called "new classics" is that they too have copied off one another. I think it would be in error to call these new era parks "cookie cutters", since they all seem to have some unique defining features that distinguish them from one another.
However, if forced to answer, what would you say are the two ballparks built in the 1990s onward that appear to have the most simularities between one another?
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