The giant screen looks gorgeous.

 

It does for now.

Once Stanton sets his sights on it, it'll look ugly.

The giant screen looks gorgeous.

 

It does for now.

Once Stanton sets his sights on it, it'll look ugly.

 

I was going to say this exact thing.

 

Mike Stanton will cost the Marlins millions of dollars by breaking both the home run celebration and the jumbotron in the first week of the season.

From the pictures I still can't figure out why they have the scoreboard angled the way they do.

From the pictures I still can't figure out why they have the scoreboard angled the way they do.

 

What's wrong with it?

It looks like it's a really convex screen.

 

Will the batter's eye be that color?. Cause right now, without grass, it doesn't look that good.

It looks like it's a really convex screen.

 

It's not convex in any way, it's completely flat.

 

The top is angled out towards the field because the top of the screen is about 175' (and the bottom about 125') above the playing field and the average seat is probably about 40-50' above field level. Makes for better viewing, on average.

 

Will the batter's eye be that color?. Cause right now, without grass, it doesn't look that good.

 

It'll remain that color unless a lot of hitters decide that they don't like it, in which case they'll repaint it, probably to a darker green.

i think what has most people confused about the scoreboard is that its a trapezoid instead of being the traditional square/rectangle

Those pics are freaking amazing!!!

i think what has most people confused about the scoreboard is that its a trapezoid instead of being the traditional square/rectangle

 

Yup. It's angled-out and a trapezoid. The extra area on the left side makes it look like it's even more angled-out at the top than it is, which is only 3 or 4 degrees out of vertical. Optical illusion.

 

The trapezoidality is obvious in 7 of the pics above. Not sure why they didn't add a little to right side, too, the right side looks to have 90 degree corners.

 

Marlins. International. Trapezoidal.

I love how "Gaudy" it is, and how other teams, players and fans will come to hate it because it will become synonymus with Stanton bombs.

The very slight tilt of the screen (by a few degrees) is obvious by comparing the right edge of the screen to the absolutely vertical column supporting the roof tracks about 30' to the right of the screen in the last picture (and in other pics.) They ain't parallel.

 

This stadium is fabulous, hortatory comments about the HR "public art" feature notwithstanding. Loria has pulled off an absolute masterpiece of design and the last 10 years' worth of commentary about how wonderful new baseball stadia are will be dwarfed by the praise heaped on this place once the media wake up and realize what has been created. Despite their worst efforts to demonize and vilify Loria and the Marlins at every step.

 

:lol

The very slight tilt of the screen (by a few degrees) is obvious by comparing the right edge of the screen to the absolutely vertical column supporting the roof tracks about 30' to the right of the screen in the last picture (and in other pics.) They ain't parallel.

 

This stadium is fabulous, hortatory comments about the HR "public art" feature notwithstanding. Loria has pulled off an absolute masterpiece of design and the last 10 years' worth of commentary about how wonderful new baseball stadia are will be dwarfed by the praise heaped on this place once the media wake up and realize what has been created. Despite their worst efforts to demonize and vilify Loria and the Marlins at every step.

 

:lol

 

Yup.

 

I can't wait to hear what the national media's reaction to our masterpiece is when I get back home from the game.

Not sure if a picture like this was already posted but here's the view from the park when the glass windows are open:

Not sure if a picture like this was already posted but here's the view from the park when the glass windows are open:

Not sure if a picture like this was already posted but here's the view from the park when the glass windows are open:

 

 

 

I think that may be more when the glass... umm... wasn't put in yet.

...and most of the roofs missing.

And we don't have our home run dancing Marlin thingy.

Even though it's from many months ago, it's still an absolutely fabulous picture.

...and most of the roofs missing.

 

... and there aren't any seats or walls.

WHERES THE SOD!!!!

i think what has most people confused about the scoreboard is that its a trapezoid instead of being the traditional square/rectangle

 

Yup. It's angled-out and a trapezoid. The extra area on the left side makes it look like it's even more angled-out at the top than it is, which is only 3 or 4 degrees out of vertical. Optical illusion.

 

The trapezoidality is obvious in 7 of the pics above. Not sure why they didn't add a little to right side, too, the right side looks to have 90 degree corners.

 

Marlins. International. Trapezoidal.

 

Oh, that's why it looks a little weird.

 

 

 

I still can't believe how it will all look like during the first game.

Even though it's from many months ago, it's still an absolutely fabulous picture.

 

Thank-you. At least someone agrees with me that it's a great picture.

 

Even with the glass/roof/HR dancing Marlin thingy all missing you could still get a good feel for how the view will be when the glass windows are open.

 

To make you guys happy, here's a picture of the view with the glass windows and roof already in place (though not as nice of a picture):

At least someone agrees with me that it's a great picture.

 

Not just great, stunning. Astounding. No other stadium has that sort of skyline view. Yeah, a few parks give you some downtown buildings, but no other stadium has that sort of wide-open and all-encompassing view of miles of buildings. Loria and his architects and designers hit the view-jackpot. There's nothing else close to it in all of MLB.

 

Let's go back to the great pic:

 

 

 

 

Yeah. That's better.

No other stadium has that sort of skyline view. Yeah, a few parks give you some downtown buildings, but no other stadium has that sort of wide-open and all-encompassing view of miles of buildings. Loria and his architects and designers hit the view-jackpot. There's nothing else close to it in all of MLB.

 

 

This ain't bad:

No other stadium has that sort of skyline view. Yeah, a few parks give you some downtown buildings, but no other stadium has that sort of wide-open and all-encompassing view of miles of buildings. Loria and his architects and designers hit the view-jackpot. There's nothing else close to it in all of MLB.

 

 

This ain't bad:

 

 

 

Ha! You beat me to it. I was about to post that exact picture. PNC is my favorite park right now.