February 4, 20197 yr Author Yes the inside will be open but people won't be able to go into the Diamond Club and other places under construction... huge missed opportunity to sell potential new season ticket holders on the renovations. Absolutely having everything ready by Opening Day is the priority but not having everything ready by Fan Fest is a missed chance for them especially cosidering how many casual fans go to that. Yeah, I'd agree it's a missed opportunity. I'm sure they'll have giant boards of renderings outside of each area for people to look at.
February 5, 20197 yr Happy to hear they're getting rid of the green No they aren't, Jeter's keeping as much green as possible! #CheapJeter #JuckFeter
February 5, 20197 yr No they aren't, Jeter's keeping as much green as possible! #CheapJeter #JuckFeter Welcome to the club.
February 10, 20197 yr Author Well, I used my stalker skills to have more angles than that guy! So ha! I'll have a more detailed writeup about the renovations either this evening or (more likely) mid-day tomorrow. Took 10-15 pictures to share. I have to upload them and write everything but can't right now.
February 10, 20197 yr Surprised this thread doesn't have more updates after today. Here are some of my observations: -The color scheme in the main team store is absolutely fabulous. You walk in and it's so pleasing to the eye. Much more cool and vibrant than the orange which I thought was vibrant at the time but was more abrasive looking back. This color scheme works way better for this team and, right now, I think it might be "better" than teal for present day Marlins. The teal is beautiful and has its place but I don't think it fits us right now. -The end seat of every single row has been replaced because the previous seats had the white old logo on the side. The new seats are blank on the sides. -All the tiles behind the lower bowl seats are still there they were just painted over in blue, even the grout was painted. I wonder if in the future they'll actually replace all the tiles. -The concourse walls are a clean white, all of the colored tiles are gone. The colored speckled floors are now a glossy gray but with white and black speckles all over it. It looks very nice very clean very sharp but definitely a bit sterile and bland. It looks nice but needs something to make it pop a bit more. -The entire outfield concourse was closed off. Many sections were blocked off due to construction. All of the unfinished renovations look like they're gonna be nice but I was bothered seeing them so unfinished on a day like today. It was like having fan fest at a construction site in some areas. -The new pizza is pricier than before, $12 to what I remember being $8, maybe $10... but man is it way better in quality taste and appearance. The previous Papa Johns there was worse than regular papa John's. -The field was a disaster because of that golf event last month. There were signs semi apologizing and saying new grass coming soon. People were allowed to walk all over the field though as opposed to past years when you were directed along specific paths. So it's clear that they decided not to replace the grass but to just let everyone walk all over it and replace it afterwards as opposed to replacing it and then having people ruin it and then get it replaced again. It makes sense but it looked really bad today. Look at this pic though... [ATTACH]2703._xfImport[/ATTACH]
February 10, 20197 yr They should do it before the game starts, like an hour or so. Or maybe while they are playing so fans can enjoy the experience.
February 10, 20197 yr Author Ok, so I finally have some time to post pictures/thoughts. This first image is just to show the concourse and how many people were there. And a view of the people on the field. Here's the view from/of the right field SRO section. I think it'll be nice to stand there and eat for a bit watching the game. I'll return back to the concourse for this part. As mentioned before, the floors are now just gray with black/white flakes in it, and it's the same throughout. It is kind of boring/sterile, but looks nice. The tiles on the fronts of the concession windows are all painted white now. Definitely boring/standard looking but I guess it's all uniform around the park now. The previous signs (which said things like Burgers, and MIA BBQ, Sweat Treats, etc) have been removed. At FanFest, they had video screens showing either the name of the place that was there or "coming soon" with the name of the place going there (Pincho, Fowl Pole, etc) It looked like the signs had been removed recently, because there were still wires and things hanging out, like you can see in this photo. The TV screens out front of the window usually displays the game during games, so I don't know if they'll stick with showing the restaurant name on those, or if that was temporary for today, and actual signs will be placed up. I was SOOOOO happy to see they resolved this - they must be reading my posts - they FINALLY got smart and alternated the menu screens - every other screen shows food OR drink options - no idiotic rotating through both on all screens so you have to wait for it to roll back over to what you were reading. You can also see a closeup of the tv sign in the upper left corner - like I said above, I'm thinking that may be temporary until they get the real signs put up, unless they don't plan on showing the game during games. In addition to the paid windows, they had a few free taste test areas for things like hot dogs. This was cool looking - didn't remember seeing it before: On to the main attraction: It looks like it's going to be a cool setup once done. I definitely plan on checking it out. That one wall on the bottom level (above the display boards) looks kind of tall, though. It'll be nice to see how it looks when finished. ---- Oh also of note, but didn't take pictures. The concession area right to the right of the home plate entrance behind that info booth that had been shut down/used for Marlins member things the last few years was blocked off by construction fencing - it looked like it may have all been removed, so something different is going in there. Also, they had the former Taste of Miami section (the sign was also gone) blocked off, so changes are happening there too. --- Another thing I noticed but wasn't sure about - the field lights seemed different - I don't know if it was just because they weren't all activated or not, but does anyone know if they changed to LED field lights? --- Interesting to hear about the logo "caps" on the ends of the seat rows - I didn't think to look at that. I'm sure that was the simplest way to solve that, as I think it was molded into the seat frames, which would mean replacing every end piece. I'd guess whenever they replace the seats years down the road, they'll put the new logo in there (who knows, maybe it'll change again.....maybe they should just put little video screens there so they can change it every few years haha).
February 10, 20197 yr On the food menus I also noticed more pictures of the food. Every main food item that I saw had an image next to it. That helps, like in a fast food restaurant. In the past I believe only some items were pictured. Thinking back to yesterday kinda bummed we didnt set up some meeting between members here. We're overdue for that.
February 10, 20197 yr Author On the food menus I also noticed more pictures of the food. Every main food item that I saw had an image next to it. That helps, like in a fast food restaurant. In the past I believe only some items were pictured. Thinking back to yesterday kinda bummed we didnt set up some meeting between members here. We're overdue for that. Good point! I don't recall any menus having pictures before - I only remember it being lists/a typical menu. That'd have been cool. Maybe next year!
February 18, 20197 yr Thinking back to yesterday kinda bummed we didnt set up some meeting between members here. We're overdue for that. Back in 2007 when I had a connection at Pro Player, I invited L a r r y to sit with me in the Batters Box seats. He accepted. He’s a great guy and was very appreciative.
February 18, 20197 yr Back in 2007 when I had a connection at Pro Player, I invited L a r r y to sit with me in the Batters Box seats. He accepted. He’s a great guy and was very appreciative. Those were the days huh?... Does anyone really knows if he still reads the forum? I miss posting ... #BanLarry ?
February 18, 20197 yr Are the OF walls going to be green next year? I thought they were making them blue.
February 18, 20197 yr Are the OF walls going to be green next year? I thought they were making them blue. They are going to be blue, seems like they are waiting until the day before the season to do it at this rate.
February 18, 20197 yr Those were the days huh?... Does anyone really knows if he still reads the forum? I miss posting ... #BanLarry ? I miss bulling him too
February 19, 20197 yr Author They are going to be blue, seems like they are waiting until the day before the season to do it at this rate. They probably just don't want them to get ruined with construction ongoing, and events taking place in the park/on the field.
February 19, 20197 yr They probably just don't want them to get ruined with construction ongoing, and events taking place in the park/on the field. That makes a lot of sense.
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