Marlins Park

Marlins Park
The Fish Tank
Marlins Park at the official opening on April 4, 2012
Data
place	501 Marlins Way Miami , Florida 33125
Coordinates	25 ° 46 '42 "  N , 80 ° 13' 11.5"  W Coordinates: 25 ° 46 '42 "  N , 80 ° 13' 11.5"  W.
owner	Miami-Dade County
operator	Miami Marlins LP
start of building	July 1, 2009
opening	March 5, 2012
First game	Christopher Columbus High School - Belen Jesuit Preparatory School
surface	Natural grass
costs	634 million US dollars
architect	Populous Architecture
capacity	36,742 seats 37,442 seats (with standing room)
playing area	Left Field Line: 344 ft (105 m) Left-Center Power Alley: 386 ft (118 m) Center Field: 418 ft (127 m) Right-Center Power Alley: 392 ft (119 m) Right Field Line: 335 ft ( 102 m) Backstop: 47 ft (14.3 m)
Societies)
Miami Marlins ( MLB , since 2012)
Events
Games of the World Baseball Classic 2013 Miami Beach Bowl ( NCAA football, since 2014) MLB All-Star Game 2017

The Marlins Park is a baseball stadium in Little Havana about three kilometers west of the center of the US city of Miami , Florida area. It is the home ground of the Miami Marlins from Major League Baseball (MLB). The stadium is located on the site of the former Orange Bowl Stadium . It is the sixth MLB stadium with a closable roof. The capacity of the Marlins Park is 36,742 spectators.

history

Since the founding of the Miami Marlins under the name Florida Marlins, the team has played at Sun Life Stadium, which was originally built for American football games. Even several conversions could not turn the football stadium into a multifunctional stadium. At the end of the 1990s, the idea of ​​building a pure baseball stadium with a closable roof came up. After the Marlins won the World Series in 2003 , Miami-Dade County officials presented plans for the new stadium, which should be on the site of the Orange Bowl Stadium.

The new stadium was controversial from the start because of city and county funding and was the subject of the 2009 election campaign for the post of Mayor of the City of Miami. After several legal disputes, construction began in July 2009, and the stadium was opened just under three years later in March 2012. The construction costs of 634 million US dollars were financed 59.35% by Miami-Dade County, 20.89% by the City of Miami and 19.76% by the Miami Marlins.

Before the official opening against the St. Louis Cardinals on April 4, 2012, some games were already held as part of the preparation. The first game was played on March 5th between Christopher Columbus High School and Belen Jesuit Preparatory School. On March 6, the Marlins played a show game against the Miami Hurricanes (7-6 win for the Marlins) and on March 7th against the FIU Golden Panthers (5-1 for the Marlins). Likewise, on April 1 and 2, two spring training games were played against the New York Yankees .

As one of eight stadiums in the 2013 World Baseball Classic , the Group 2 round 2 games were played in Marlins Park.

On February 13, 2015, the MLB announced in the person of Commissioner Rob Manfred that the All-Star Weekend 2017 with the MLB All-Star Game will take place on July 11 in Marlins Park in Miami. Miami is the first to host the event for the 88th edition of the MLB All-Star Game.

Web links

Commons : Marlins Park  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• miami.marlins.mlb.com: The Marlins Park on the MLB website of the Miami Marlins (English)
• ballparksofbaseball.com: Marlins Park (English)
• populous.com: stadium project on the website of Populous Architecture (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Florida Marlins Pitch a Miami Mayoral Candidate. (No longer available online.) Governing.com, archived from the original on May 27, 2013 ; accessed on September 7, 2012 (English). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
2. ^ Miami-Dade challenging $ 1.7 million of Marlins expenses at new ballpark. miamiherald.com, accessed September 7, 2012 . 
3. ↑ Miami high school powers primed for first pitch at Marlins Park. sun-sentinel.com, accessed September 7, 2012 . 
4. ↑ Marlins to host Yankees in new park exhibitions. (No longer available online.) Mlb.com, formerly in the original ; accessed on September 7, 2012 (English).  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.    
5. ↑ m.mlb.com: Marlins to host 2017 All-Star Game article from February 13, 2015 (English)