Woah...I never knew about this...

 

 

 

 

That is most likely where the camera will be.

 

 

 

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I'm really starting to like that shade of green for the outfield wall.

I'm really starting to like that shade of green for the outfield wall.

 

 

I was just thinking that, too. Now if they can just remove the HR Celebration thing, it would be perfect.

I really hate the green

 

 

Honestly, I love it. It's something totally different from every other ballpark, and it's very Miami. I think all the dark green on MLB The Show, for instance, makes the stadium look very depressing and totally "blah" (btw, anyone else annoyed by the fact that you can't play The Show with the roof closed? That really blows).

 

The whole ballpark is meant to be colorful, from the lime green walls even down to the concourse floors that are different shades of speckled red, blue, yellow, etc. It's totally different from any place in the game, and while it's not the way I would design my home, I don't mind taking in the experience at the Marlins home.

Yeah, I really dig the green.

 

It really brightens things up. Retractable roof parks run the risk of feeling like warehouses when the roof is closed. I think that the green will probably help shed that.

 

The home run feature is honestly the only aesthetic issue I have with the park. Everything else is stellar.

Is that a tear on the left side of the stadium (extterior stadium view)? Looks pretty big. Like a black hole, anyone see that? Im not at my home computer right now, so I cant get an image on ms paint.

Is that a tear on the left side of the stadium (extterior stadium view)? Looks pretty big. Like a black hole, anyone see that? Im not at my home computer right now, so I cant get an image on ms paint.

 

 

It certainly looks like a hole in the skin.

I really hate the green

 

 

Honestly, I love it. It's something totally different from every other ballpark, and it's very Miami. I think all the dark green on MLB The Show, for instance, makes the stadium look very depressing and totally "blah" (btw, anyone else annoyed by the fact that you can't play The Show with the roof closed? That really blows).

 

The whole ballpark is meant to be colorful, from the lime green walls even down to the concourse floors that are different shades of speckled red, blue, yellow, etc. It's totally different from any place in the game, and while it's not the way I would design my home, I don't mind taking in the experience at the Marlins home.

Yeah, I really dig the green.

 

It really brightens things up. Retractable roof parks run the risk of feeling like warehouses when the roof is closed. I think that the green will probably help shed that.

 

The home run feature is honestly the only aesthetic issue I have with the park. Everything else is stellar.

Are you coming down to see the ballpark anytime soon?

Are you coming down to see the ballpark anytime soon?

 

I was originally going to come down for opening day, but I decided that I will wait until I can go to more games in a row. I'm not sure when that will be yet.

Marlins install DoublePlay Baseball turf...

 

Miami, FL, March 13, 2012 --(PR.com)-- FieldTurf is the choice of the Miami Marlins. The two-time World Series Champions have installed FieldTurf DoublePlay Classic for their bullpen areas at the new Marlins Park. The team also elected to install a shorter-pile FieldTurf product for their batting tunnels.

 

FieldTurf’s product development team, along with research partner Penn State University, designed the DoublePlay baseball turf product line to be completely customizable to the needs of baseball clients. This customization allows for baseball programs to get the baseball turf product they want.

 

“FieldTurf leads the industry in this type of field surface and they are a great addition to Marlins Park,� said Marlins Executive Vice President, Operations and Events, Claude Delorme. “Their work in our bullpens and batting tunnels compliment our ballpark and we’re extremely pleased to add them to our state-of-the-art facility.�

 

“Installing our turf at the beautiful new Marlins Park is certainly a point of pride for us,� said FieldTurf president Eric Daliere. “Marlins Park will be in the center of some high profile baseball events in the coming years and we’re glad our products have been chosen to be a part of the new ballpark.�

 

The first baseball game at the new ballpark took place on March 5, 2012 with a high school baseball game between Christopher Columbus High School and Belen Jesuit Preparatory School. The Marlins played an exhibition game on March 6 against the Miami Hurricanes and on March 7 against the FIU Golden Panthers. The Marlins are scheduled to host two exhibition games at the new ballpark against the New York Yankees on April 1 and 2, before they play their first regular season game on April 4 against the St. Louis Cardinals. The Marlins are pushing to have the new ballpark host the 2013 World Baseball Classic Championship game and 2015 Major League Baseball All-Star Game.

 

FieldTurf is changing the way the baseball community perceives artificial turf – with its specialized DoublePlay turf systems driving surface innovation throughout every level of baseball. The Marlins join an impressive list of over 25 NCAA Division 1 teams that play and/or practice on FieldTurf DoublePlay systems such as the University of Texas, Oregon State University, Rutgers University, and the University of Oregon, to name a few.

 

About FieldTurf

 

FieldTurf offers industry-leading engineering and manufacturing resources and leads the synthetic turf industry with regard to setting higher environmental standards. FieldTurf is the global market leader in terms of synthetic sports fields with more than 7000 fields installed. Additionally, FieldTurf has attained more than 25,000 satisfied customers in high quality pet, residential, commercial and municipal landscaping solutions, playground surfacing and has a complete range of golf and tennis products. FieldTurf synthetic turf customers enjoy the benefits of significantly reduced water consumption, the elimination of fertilizer and pesticides, superior durability and drainage and a product that looks and feels real. The positive environmental impact of FieldTurf provides the added benefit of LEED building contributions.

 

FieldTurf is part of Tarkett Sports, a Division of the Tarkett Group. Tarkett Sports is the largest entity in the sports and landscape surfacing industries. Included within the Tarkett Sports portfolio is an impressive range of performance sports flooring products. This product range includes: synthetic and hardwood basketball; volleyball and gymnasium flooring; squash and racquetball courts; floor protection and covering systems; weight room flooring; and high performance indoor and outdoor running tracks, featuring Beynon and Atlas track surfaces. All Tarkett Sports surfaces are developed, produced and installed with a concentration on sustainability and a commitment to protecting the environment, providing additional LEED contribution opportunities for customers. The company calls this focus on sustainability and the environment ‘Environmental Intelligence’ and all company personnel strive to exemplify this philosophy in all aspects of the business.

 

http://www.pr.com/press-release/397904

customers enjoy the benefits of significantly reduced water consumption

 

:lol

 

Unless there's some need to water plastic grass that I'm unaware of, a 100% reduction in water consumption isn't just significant, it's total. They need to blow their horn a little louder.

On a more serious note, I was wondering what they were going to do with the turf in the bullpens. They're somewhat shielded from rainfall and installing a bunch of very limited-range sprinklers wouldn't have been cheap. Not to mention that they're relatively small quarters to bring serious field lawn-mowing equipment into.

 

Seems to be a good solution, water consumption aside.

customers enjoy the benefits of significantly reduced water consumption

 

:lol

 

Unless there's some need to water plastic grass that I'm unaware of, a 100% reduction in water consumption isn't just significant, it's total. They need to blow their horn a little louder.

 

You actually do need to hit it with some water every now and again - the fill has a bunch of little bits like ground up rubber and the water helps it settle, keep it settled and maintain it's integrity

Field Turf? then what the hell was all that Celebration Bermuda grass that was being talked about?

Playing surface vs bullpen/cages

 

Nice that they sprung for the good stuff though, even for the training/warming up areas

customers enjoy the benefits of significantly reduced water consumption

 

:lol

 

Unless there's some need to water plastic grass that I'm unaware of, a 100% reduction in water consumption isn't just significant, it's total. They need to blow their horn a little louder.

 

You actually do need to hit it with some water every now and again - the fill has a bunch of little bits like ground up rubber and the water helps it settle, keep it settled and maintain it's integrity

 

Hmm. That may well be true, but Tarkett's site doesn't mention watering or "settling" or maintaining anything.

 

They mention brushing, aerating, raking and sweeping the turf, but not watering. Also, of course, you need to remove snow. Nasty stuff. I know. I migrated from Minnesota 32 years ago. They also mention how easy it is to get gum and dog turds out of their turf. It's amazing stuff.

 

They do talk a lot about the "fill," which is extensive and made up of silica and rubber, but nothing about watering it. 9 pounds of fill per square foot.

 

They claim to "eliminate impact on water resources," which also implies zero watering.

 

They have a cool pic of our bullpen with their "turf" installed here:

 

http://www.fieldturf.com/

 

I think Tampa has this stuff (or something similar) installed. Every time a ball hits the outfield grass, there's a little puff (like kicking up chalk.) Maybe Tampa needs to water their "fill" more than they do to keep the dust down.

 

Probably a good thing that we only have it installed in the bullpens.

Looks good

the new park isn't a part of a Miami skyline, yeah?

Thanks, Marlins, I was too lazy to fiddle with Tarkett's pic. Good looking "grass."

 

:thumbup

I love This Photo.. :wub:

Thanks, Marlins, I was too lazy to fiddle with Tarkett's pic. Good looking "grass."

 

:thumbup

 

No problem. Took 2 seconds. Gotta learn how to do it.

http://www.stadiumpage.com/construction/MarlinsPark_201200302.html

This thing is going to be so awesome.

It should look pretty cool with the ribbon boards involved in the process during a HR trot. Wonder if we will keep the same HR music we used in Sun Life.

Still trying to figure out whats going on here the last few days, Is it Mothman? A Giant Bird? Did an Asteroid hit the Roof?

Just looks like a tear to me. I dont know how strong that stuff that put over the metal in the roof really is but thats not a good sign if a hurricane does come through.