Marlins Park Renovations Updates

[rmc523]

I decided to create a new thread specifically for updates, as it'd be easier to keep it all in one spot. I'm going to include my previous post here to start the thread, and will continue with today's comments/pictures

10/11/18:

So an update on the ballpark renovations...

I decided to drive by after work and walk around the park and see what I could see.

I quickly realized I had never actually walked around the entire park (on the outside) before. I discovered a few things I didn't know were there, namely the new brewery in the north west garage - I remember people mentioning it, but never knew where it was; and the retail space in the southwest garage facing the plaza - both storefronts empty of course, but I never knew it was there....I only knew of the retail on the north side of the northern garages.



From the outside, it didn't seem like there's much in the way of renovations going on aside from general maintenance such as pressure cleaning the pathways. The 5th base remains just a fancy tent - honestly I'd never seen it before either.

I went down there to try to peek inside, and more importantly to see if there was any sort of work on that northeast corner where they proposed moving the home run sculpture to. There wasn't any work being done there, and the top of the sculpture was intact from what I could see from the outside (roof and windows were open).

Walking around further, in the southeast garage, there were stacks of something in the bottom floor - I'm not sure if it was fencing or construction materials. It was too far away to tell what it was. Also on the southeast corner of the park in the loading bays, I saw several of those Waste Management dumpster bag things filled with seats that have been removed. Too bad they're just going to throw them away - I'd take a couple (not sure what I'd do with them, but I'd take them).



Anyway, I didn't take any pictures, as they wouldn't have shown up well through the blue windows and distance, but the only interior changes I could see from the Clevelander area was down the 1st baseline in the upper corner where that previous video showed the guy taking out seats. There were three sections extending from the baseline wall which had the top.....eh...10-20 rows (maybe?) removed. There didn't seem to be any work done yet beyond removing the seats in that area. Otherwise, I couldn't see any other changes from that vantage point. I couldn't really see the second or upper deck, and I did not see any seats removed in the areas above the dugouts where they were moving ticket holders (and presumably making seating changes there too).

I may continue going every few weeks to see if I can see anything going on if anyone is actually interested.

And now for today:

All exterior signs displaying the current logo have been removed. Interior logos, and the Marlins Park logo on the roof remain intact for now, though.





All banners Marlins banners that were on the parking garages were removed, leaving only advertising ones up





Some seats above the home dugout have been removed now:



The main part of Homer is still visible from the exterior:



However! Homer is already being dismantled.......I found parts for it underneath the park in one of the loading bay:



Work on Homer's new location in the northeast corner hasn't begun yet, though.

I also saw dumpsters full of debris and insulation on the west side in the plaza.

[rmc523]

.....and nobody cares haha.

[emkayseven]

This is a cool thing to do. Not sure what it all means (what’s replacing the seats?)

[rmc523]

This is a cool thing to do. Not sure what it all means (what’s replacing the seats?)

At the top part of the sections, I'd guess SRO areas. Above the dugouts, it sounded like they were going to put larger, more comfortable seats (remember they were moving people).



https://www.mlb.com/news/marlins-beg...re/c-299753134

The day after I took/shared pictures, there's an article on Homer being dismantled.

[Party]

Cool stuff! The seats being removed are likely for SRO areas. I asked my rep about it but he didn’t have a concrete answer. I’m interested in seeing if they’re going to keep the color coding of the ballpark and how it meshes with any changes to the outfield fence.

[rmc523]

Cool stuff! The seats being removed are likely for SRO areas. I asked my rep about it but he didn’t have a concrete answer. I’m interested in seeing if they’re going to keep the color coding of the ballpark and how it meshes with any changes to the outfield fence.

The only area that ties in with the fence or current colors is the green in the outfield. The red, blue, and yellow are all different. I could see those staying

[rmc523]

Blue walls:

https://twitter.com/chipbowers/statu...73027666550784

[Namaste]

I liked the green walls.

The new Center Field Zone is sweet. Right field kind of meh.

[rmc523]

[Madman81]

I liked the green walls.

The new Center Field Zone is sweet. Right field kind of meh.

is this sarcasm or nah? i thought most people here generally disliked the green walls. i thought the blue wrapping that was used during the wbc looked a lot better than the green walls.

[Party]

These changes are fantastic. Give the people what they want. Budweiser Bar and the Clevelander are always the busiest parts of the ballpark.

Daft is the first person I know who liked the green walls. Blue will provide for a better backdrop on TV for he home whites.

[Namaste]

:shrugs:

I really did like the green walls but the people have spoken.

Will the new caps be available at the team store on Thursday?

[emkayseven]

I loved the green walls as well.

These renderings look awesome, but also...kinda generic?

[fish16]

I like the shift towards getting fans actually closer to the action. While i like that you can see the game from anywhere in the stadium essentially, I think its important to keep fans somewhere near the action rather than having half of the stadium walking around the concourse most of the game. If we ever get good again and can have some playoff games I could see Marlins park being incredibly loud with the roof closed and getting more people on top of the field and close to the action should only help that.

[rmc523]

I loved the green walls as well.

These renderings look awesome, but also...kinda generic?

I agree about kinda generic. The one good thing about the bright green walls and of course the home run thing, was you knew it was Marlins Park no matter what camera angle they were showing on tv. Last year with the black backstop, it could've been any park. We'll have to see how it turns out. It'll look nice, no doubt about that, but more generic.

I like the shift towards getting fans actually closer to the action. While i like that you can see the game from anywhere in the stadium essentially, I think its important to keep fans somewhere near the action rather than having half of the stadium walking around the concourse most of the game. If we ever get good again and can have some playoff games I could see Marlins park being incredibly loud with the roof closed and getting more people on top of the field and close to the action should only help that.

I don't get this comment.....sure it does get people closer....in this one section in the outfield. That's not going to change people walking around the concourse in the rest of the park.

Definitely agree about the noise, though - even in small bursts at games with our minuscule crowds, it could get pretty loud, I imagine it'd be crazy with a full park.....of course Jeter would want the roof open anyway.