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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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Scoreboard as viewed from Fifth Street.

Not from Moose's tour, but it's an image you need to see. (Click to enlarge greatly.)

In addition to the Pro Shop facade, you can see more gravel being laid before the final plaza surface is poured.

Home plate mount from Met Stadium (Source: LP, courtesy Clyde Doepner)

Just to the right, more ticket machines. These things are everywhere.

Circulation ramps: Wrigley (classic, integrated) and Kauffman (modern, external)

Did I mention that the cheerleaders looked pretty sharp?

The visitor's clubhouse at Target Field. (Photo by Javen Swanson)

Who Owns What (Click for larger version. Source: Ballpark Authority)

Just one lane of traffic and a couple of feet between the fence in right-center and the wall of the parking ramp!

This is the start of construction on the Northstar platform which will feed under the bridge and to a lobby with escalators and elevators just inside the ballpark's public concourse. Compared to the ballpark construction, this looks kind of puny. But the work just to get the trains to come has been positively Herculean. Future generations will look back at this with awe.

A distinct misstep, ostensibly to guard against missteps. But methinks I smell a lawyer...

Is it possible to take a bad picture of this building?

Secret entrance exposed!

The start of the VIP entrance and loading dock.

Did you notice the flowers?

Team pennant. (Click to enlarge.)

Nuts on Clark (a couple blocks north of Wrigley Field)

New Year's Eve, 2008

This is a good overview of the spot where the Northstar (bottom) and LRT (top) will intersect.

One of the many supports being built over the tracks.

Steps, skyway, and plaza intersect.

Champion's Club details (click to enlarge)

Mary Larson (left), a music teacher from Maple Grove, was a TwinsFest SSB winner and got to sing the anthem before the game.

The Ceremony (VIP in the crowd)

This was on BPM night. Nice neon, but I'm still waiting to see the homer show.

Looking from the doorway to the south, across Seventh Street

tracks which go under the promenade

Compare this picture, from the open house in March, with the one above and you'll see that some furniture reconfiguration has taken place.

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Brick work just inside the opening matches the color of the limestone - per Jerry Bell's requirements.

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Poles through the gap

Related Sites

Major League Baseball

Minnesota Twins

New Ballpark News

Dave St. Peter's Blog

DTFC Twins Forum

Ballparks.com

Remembering Met Stadium

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