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"You talk about the magic, the aura, but what really makes a stadium is the fans. Concrete doesn't talk back to you. Chairs don't talk back to you. It's the people who are there, day in, day out, that makes the place magic."

– Bernie Williams

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Click to enlarge. (Photo by Jared Wieseler)



At lower left are the seats I'm not going to use any time soon.



Puckett atrium menu part 1



Arizona



Click to see the whole, beautiful image. (Photo by Tyler Wycoff)






A peak inside what will become the main concourse.



The lights have covers on the top, presumably to reduce light pollution



Complicated pedestrian crossing



Now we know what the English phone booths were for...









The outfield stands as viewed through the unnumbered gate






Citi Field as viewed from Shea.



Photo by Jeff Ewer



A little more imaginative is the circulation building for Northstar.



Circulation building with construction team on top



I took this because of the view reflected in the store windows. (The store is cool too.)



Lonely vendor...






OK, people are definitely riding their bikes to games! (Photo by Tim Davis, courtesy MBA)



Gate 34 Puckett



Rally Hanky (2002 ALCS)



The old flour Gold Medal Flour Mill, located next to the new Guthrie theater (Source: RP)



Here's another look at the Oliva gate.



The plaza as viewed from across the park. The right field overhang section will be built just in from where the plaza supports are.



Footings for the Seventh Street walkway from the A ramp.



The finished product.



Door to the visitor's clubhouse.



In the top of the 9th, the sun hit our backs and summer took one last long look.



A cross section of the field construction. (Click to enlarge.)






Plaza seating installation



Detroit got this part right!



That's some scary-ass scaffolding, if you ask me.









Champion's Club details (click to enlarge)









Walkway entrance from ramp



Florida






Target HQ main entrance. Ballpark resemblance? (Inset.)



Detail on the main gate, with Target Field sign






The process of building the canopy is really amazing to watch.



The start of the VIP entrance and loading dock.



This would have been the HERC side, though it's unclear just how far over the plant the retracted roof would have gone. My fear was always that they would have to shorten the track and more of the roof would have stayed over the ballpark. The only good retractable roof is one which disappears when not in use. I don't think they could have realistically created such a thing.


Glossary

BPM - Ballpark Magic

BRT - Bus Rapid Transit

DSP - Dave St. Peter

FSE - Full Season Equivalent

FYS - Fake Yankee Stadium (see also: NYS)

HERC - Hennepin Energy Resource Company (aka the Garbage Burner)

HPB - Home Plate Box

HRP - Home Run Porch

LC - Legends Club

LRT - Light Rail Transit

MBA - Minnesota Ballpark Authority (will own Target Field)

MOA - Mall of America

MSFC - Minnesota Sports Facilities Commission (owns the Metrodome)

NYS - New Yankee Stadium

SRO - Standing Room Only

STH - Season Ticket Holder

TCFBS - TCF Bank Stadium

TF - Target Field

Selected Bibliography - Analysis
 


(1993)
 


First Edition (1992)
 


Second Edition (2006)
 


(2008)
 

Selected Bibliography - Surveys
 


(1975)
 


Second Edition (1987)
 


Not a "Third Edition" exactly,
but it replaced the above title
(2000)
 


(2000, large coffee table)
 


Original edition (2000, round)
 


Revised edition (2006, round)
 


(2001, medium coffee table)
 


(2002, small coffee table)
 


(2003, medium coffee table)
 


(2004, very large coffee table)
 


(2006, very large coffee table)
 


Combines the previous two titles
(2007, medium coffee table)
 

Selected Bibliography - Nostalgia
 


(1992)
 


Book and six ballpark miniatures
(2004)
 

Complete Bibliography

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