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- Date: Mon, 2 Apr 2012 07:53:21 -0400 (EDT)
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SPORTS: BASEBALL: PROFESSIONAL :
SPORTS: STADIUMS ARENAS AND FACILITIES :
UNITED STATES: CITIES: MIAMI, FLORIDA:
Fish Tanks and Palm Trees - Miami's New Baseball Stadium
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Fish Tanks and Palm Trees - Miami's New Baseball Stadium
By Kevin Gray
MIAMI
Mon Apr 2, 2012 6:19am EDT
Reuters
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/04/02/
uk-baseball-marlins-stadium-idUSLNE83101K20120402
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http://tinyurl.com/6r3mpov
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When baseball's Opening Day kicks off next week, the Miami Marlins will
inaugurate a new $515 million ballpark built with all the trappings of
South Florida -- two enormous fish tanks, palm trees and a kitschy (of
course) home run celebration display.
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The stadium, named Marlins Park, "screams Miami," team owner Jeffrey Loria
has said.
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The white semi-domed stadium is an attempt by Loria and city officials to
reignite fan interest in a team that won the World Series in 1997, and
again in 2003, but finished at the bottom of the National League East
Division standings last year.
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They also hope it will help revitalize Miami's Little Havana
neighbourhood, a rough-and-tumble district near downtown and a cultural
symbol for many in Miami's large Cuban community.
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The stadium's official opening on Wednesday will mark a new chapter for
the Marlins, who have changed their name, redesigned their uniforms and
embarked on a spending spree for a high-profile manager and free-agent
players to breathe new life into the team.
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To win over fans, the Marlins are offering up a baseball experience with a
dash of Latin and South Beach style.
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The stadium's signature feature will be its backdrop at home plate. Two
450-gallon salt water aquariums sit on either side and will be stocked
with 100 tropical fish.
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Commentary
NY deserved freedom from rainouts
Miami's new ballpark has the best of everything -- including a roof
Updated: April 1, 2012, 10:57 PM ET
ESPN New York
http://espn.go.com/new-york/mlb/story/_/id/7763263/
new-york-yankees-yankees-mets-blew-not-covering-their-parks
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http://tinyurl.com/d6bwl2l
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MIAMI -- Like all new ballparks, brand-new Marlins Park in downtown Miami
has its share of silliness.
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There's really no need for fish tanks between the fans and the ballplayers
behind home plate, especially since the only people who can really see
them are the lucky ones in the very front row. And besides, the red clay
from the warning track constantly kicks up on the glass, obscuring the
little fishies' view of the game.
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The curving section of the center-field fence is either an inside-the-park
home run or a video review waiting to happen, and I can't imagine the
function of that rococo monstrosity beyond it -- the thing that looks like
a rainbow over a pair of pink flamingos.
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But the ballpark has its share of astonishingly cool features, like the
giant HD screens, the huge windows in the outfield that offer a panorama
of the Miami skyline, and the replica of the Clevelander hotel beyond the
left-field wall. It seems like a really fun place to see a ballgame.
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And Marlins Park also has one feature every new park should have: a
retractable roof.
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Which translates to three important words: No more rainouts.
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So will someone tell me again why neither Citi Field nor the new Yankee
Stadium came equipped with one?
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I understand that you get a lot more for your -- and the taxpayers' --
money in Florida than you do in New York.
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But just walking around Marlins Park before Sunday's spring training game
and seeing how much Jeffrey Loria got for his $515 million -- ballpark,
fish tanks and retractable roof -- compared with what the Yankees and Mets
got in 2009 for their combined $2.4 billion ($1.6 billion of which was
spent by the Yankees), well, it makes you wonder just who the suckers are.
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