FEA TURE — M ARLINS P ARK
Project Fact File: Miami Marlins Ballpark Special amenity areas:
Name: Marlins Park Location: Miami, FL Construction Cost: US$515m Land Cost: Included Completion Date: April 2012
Land: 40 acres (gross), 17.6-acre footprint
Height: 264ft from field to top of closed roof at second base Roof Span: 565.5ft
Retractable Roof opening: 547ft by 510ft
Time to open or close roof: 15 to 17.5 minutes depending on wind speed Seat-tread depth:
■ Lower bowl (Batter’s Box & Dugout Clubs) 3ft — 3 inches, Promenade/Lower bowl (Home Plate, Base and Baseline Reserved and Clubhouse Box) 3ft
■ Legends/Club and Suite level: (Founders/Legends/MVP Suites) 4ft
■ Legends/Club: (Platinum, Gold & Silver) 3ft
■ Vista/Upper bowl: (Vista Box & Reserved) 2ft — 9 inches
■ Home Run Porch: 2ft — 9 inches Concourse Widths: ■ Service Corridor/Field: 16ft ■ Promenade/Main: 40ft ■ Vista/Upper: 28ft Building square footage: 928,000sqft Main Concourse: 86,366sqft
Seating for Baseball: 37,442 (standing room)
Seating for Special Events: Soccer 40,000, Concerts & Boxing 44,000, Tennis 39,500
Premium Seat Offerings: 14 Founders suites, 14 Legends suites, 12 MVP suites, 2 Championship suites, 6 Fiesta suites, 2 Field Level suites; 3,300 club seats
Team Store: 4,584sqft
MARLINS’ MIAMI MIRACLE
Diamond Club: 10,240sqft; 2 Dugout Clubs: 3rd Base 2,065sqft, 1st Base 2,652sqft
East Plaza: 65,337sqft West Plaza: 182,348sqft OTHER BUILDING FEATURES 26 Ticket/box office windows
32 Fixed concession locations, 20 Portable concession locations
Fan services locations: (2) one on main (Promenade), one on upper (Vista) levels
First aid stations: (2) one on main (Promenade), one on upper (Vista) levels
9 ATM Machines 4 delivery truck docks 5 TV truck docks 2 trash docks (3 compactors) 8 passenger elevators 2 freight/food service elevators 10 escalators 2 ramps Locker Rooms:
■ 1 official home team — 2,700sqft for lockers, 14,040sqft includes weight & training rooms, hydro, kitchen, grooming, etc.
■ 1 visitor team — 2,100sqft ■ 2 auxiliary — 1,280sqft ■ 1 mascot — 213sqft ■ 1 women’s umpire — 186sqft ■ 1 men’s umpire — 1,550sqft
4,600 secured on-site parking spaces in 4 garages
1,100 surface lot parking spaces in 6 lots
MLB-configured press box, broadcast interview room LEED Certification: Gold
travelling at a speed of 39ft per minute. Each of the three panels can move simultaneously or individually to pro- vide partial shading to the field surface and patrons. A click of a button on a computer screen in a control room gets the three panels rolling along what amounts to giant overhead railroad tracks. “It’s a simple proce- dure,” said Andrew Agosto, Uni-Systems Project Manager, who trained Marlins personnel to operate it.
In addition to the person at the controls, a couple of spotters keep watch on the panels as they move along the 750ft beams. Depending on the wind, it takes about 13 to 15 minutes to close, and it’s around 17½ minutes in total to get it locked down and sealed.
The Marlins plan to close the roof for about 70 of the 81 home games a season, even when rain is not an immi- nent threat, as Agosto advised: “We have a lot of sensors that tell the operator what's going on and if there are any problems, where it is exactly.”
In hurricane mode, it is secured with 96 tie-downs, 70 of them deployed automatically.
Feeding the Fans
As concessionaires, Brad Morris, Levy Restaurants Direc- tor of Operations for Marlins Park told PanStadia: “Our plan here was to take concessions to a whole new level. This was our first ballpark from the ground up, so we wanted to do something different — develop mini-res- taurants instead of general concessions. Our Miami Mar- lins Signature items and locations reflect the local atmosphere. Our signature blend burger is short rib, bris- ket, and chuck, never given any form of hormones or antibiotics, and all fresh — none frozen. The cattle are raised on a strictly vegetarian diet. And we toast all hot dog and burger buns for extra great flavour.”
Morris continued: “Suite service is located on two lev- els. For the Legends Suites behind home plate it’s more of a ‘just in time’ service, so when guests arrive, food
The unique home run structure at Marlins Park is an iconic
feature of the new ballpark. IMAGE: POPULOUS
The sold-out opening day at
Marlins Park. IMAGE: MARLINS
20 th AN N I V ER S AR Y P AR T II/ S U M M ER 1 2 P AN S T AD I A 50
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