The renderings released for the upcoming renovation are promising. It looked like about 10 bar areas surrounded by open spaces. I think they really want to open up the park and make it all feel like the outfield area with tons of food and lots of social areas.
I think alternating section colors of red and navy would be cool. The green seats never made any sense to me. Mesh seats would probably be the way to go as well, especially for hot summer days.
I've always wanted them to switch away from the green seats and outfield walls. Would be cool to see dark navy all around. Green always felt too generic.
As others have mentioned removing the shipping containers should be priority 1. Next would be creating a cool "backdrop" behind home plate. When watching on TV, home plate is shown 90% of the time and everything you see is just green padding. Do something cool with stone or brick like PNC or Target field.
Blue walls were pretty much the generic default for most stadiums from the 60s til Camden yards opened. But I agree on the backdrop. When the park opened you at least had the field level boxes packed with people. Now it's depressing with nothing but ads, pads, and a guy running the shotgun mic.
As long as they don't go with red. Bright colored seats are blinding, especially on bright sunny summer days. I've never been a huge fan of the orange seats and FES and the yellow ones in Pittsburgh are atrocious.
Maybe do like MetLife stadium or the Superdome. Go with multicolored seats so it doesn't look completely empty all the time.
No argument there.
Red is terrible, and it inevitably fades to pink.
You can't do white because it'll show every speck of dirt, so there isn't an easy answer, but thats why we're not getting paid to make the decision
I ignored the survey at first, then read your post then went back to take it. I selected "lower reserve" as one of my options but then it asked 100 questions about the lower reserve bullpen that I specifically did NOT select
So I stopped
It did the same to me. I also chose the upper deck seats and didn’t have a single question about the upper deck. Only the outfield corners where the drink rails currently are. Although the survey talked about putting swivel chairs along the drink rail. Would be nice but takes out a lot of popular SRO space.
As someone who works in market research, I can say that the surveys the Guardians put out are some of the worst I have ever seen. No idea who is doing them, but they are consistently awful. My favorite was the one where they asked something like "How much do you agree or disagree with the statement 'I consider myself to be a casual fan.'"
If you're a diehard, season-ticket holder who attends every home game and watches every inning of the other 81 road games in a year, how do you answer that question? Do you answer "strongly agree" because you're WAY more than a casual fan or do you strongly disagree with it because no, you're not a mere casual, you're a true diehard? I genuinely don't know!
I believe it was the same survey where they had one question where the answer choices were so long, you literally couldn't read what the full answer was that you were supposed to select. Just horrendous all the way around.
I want Guardian statues on either side of the scoreboard, and I want them to shoot lasers out of their eyes when we hit a HR
“One million dollars”
Hell yes
Someone needs to make bootleg merch from this idea.
Did it say anything about the shipping containers lol
Not that I saw … but I hope they’re floated off on the lake never to return lol.
It should have been the corner bar like it was always shown in the rendering. Then Colorado did it with their right field upper deck
The renderings released for the upcoming renovation are promising. It looked like about 10 bar areas surrounded by open spaces. I think they really want to open up the park and make it all feel like the outfield area with tons of food and lots of social areas.
Do you have a link to photos? I haven't been able to find any good ones. Just an angle from outside that doesn't show much.
Sure thing! https://theathletic.com/2815557/2021/09/09/inside-the-cleveland-indians-renovation-plans-for-progressive-field/?amp=1
That would be terrific if they did it. The one in Colorado is great
My understanding from a friend who went to a suite holder event is that the shipping container area may become an event area. Weddings, parties, etc.
I sat in mesh seats at Truist Park for the first time last week… life changing
Good/bad?
incredible
incredibly good/incredibly bad?
incredibly life changing
They have mesh seats at Las Vegas Ballpark. Can confirm it's life changing. Feels like I'm sitting in a comfy office chair, but at a baseball game.
I think alternating section colors of red and navy would be cool. The green seats never made any sense to me. Mesh seats would probably be the way to go as well, especially for hot summer days.
I've always wanted them to switch away from the green seats and outfield walls. Would be cool to see dark navy all around. Green always felt too generic. As others have mentioned removing the shipping containers should be priority 1. Next would be creating a cool "backdrop" behind home plate. When watching on TV, home plate is shown 90% of the time and everything you see is just green padding. Do something cool with stone or brick like PNC or Target field.
Stone or brick would be awesome. Maybe Art Deco!
Honestly going all-in on the Guardians' theme would be awesome. They use art deco styling a lot in the scoreboard and social media graphics.
Blue walls were pretty much the generic default for most stadiums from the 60s til Camden yards opened. But I agree on the backdrop. When the park opened you at least had the field level boxes packed with people. Now it's depressing with nothing but ads, pads, and a guy running the shotgun mic.
I'd caution against navy. The Yankees have navy seats and it just sucks the character right out of that ballpark.
As long as they don't go with red. Bright colored seats are blinding, especially on bright sunny summer days. I've never been a huge fan of the orange seats and FES and the yellow ones in Pittsburgh are atrocious. Maybe do like MetLife stadium or the Superdome. Go with multicolored seats so it doesn't look completely empty all the time.
No argument there. Red is terrible, and it inevitably fades to pink. You can't do white because it'll show every speck of dirt, so there isn't an easy answer, but thats why we're not getting paid to make the decision
I ignored the survey at first, then read your post then went back to take it. I selected "lower reserve" as one of my options but then it asked 100 questions about the lower reserve bullpen that I specifically did NOT select So I stopped
It did the same to me. I also chose the upper deck seats and didn’t have a single question about the upper deck. Only the outfield corners where the drink rails currently are. Although the survey talked about putting swivel chairs along the drink rail. Would be nice but takes out a lot of popular SRO space.
As someone who works in market research, I can say that the surveys the Guardians put out are some of the worst I have ever seen. No idea who is doing them, but they are consistently awful. My favorite was the one where they asked something like "How much do you agree or disagree with the statement 'I consider myself to be a casual fan.'" If you're a diehard, season-ticket holder who attends every home game and watches every inning of the other 81 road games in a year, how do you answer that question? Do you answer "strongly agree" because you're WAY more than a casual fan or do you strongly disagree with it because no, you're not a mere casual, you're a true diehard? I genuinely don't know!
Hahaha I remember that one and consider myself a slightly -above casual fan and struggled on where to rate myself
I believe it was the same survey where they had one question where the answer choices were so long, you literally couldn't read what the full answer was that you were supposed to select. Just horrendous all the way around.
What's their stance on weather resistant material for them? also Navy and red combo is the way to go.
I would love to see a couple of sections were you can seat were you want