EatSleepJeep Posted July 18, 2008 Share Posted July 18, 2008 The Farm. I like that. Farm Bureau Insurance has its headquarters in West Des Moines. If you put their name on it as the corporate sponsor, the nickname is assured.Parking? It's Des Moines. Street parking & ramp parking is free after 6 and on the weekends. There is no shortage of parking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoughRiders9 Posted July 18, 2008 Author Share Posted July 18, 2008 The Farm. I like that. Farm Bureau Insurance has its headquarters in West Des Moines. If you put their name on it as the corporate sponsor, the nickname is assured.Parking? It's Des Moines. Street parking & ramp parking is free after 6 and on the weekends. There is no shortage of parking.I could tell that you're from Des Moines. What school did you go to? I went to Roosevelt High... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoughRiders9 Posted October 26, 2008 Author Share Posted October 26, 2008 BUMP.I just thought I'd bump this thread and get some feedbacks from other team. This would probably be the Iowa Oaks' home stadium, if they ever become a MLB team, lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Generic Posted October 26, 2008 Share Posted October 26, 2008 I love the idea, very put together and will probbly change during time but with good change. For parking, why not have some out along the side and then underground parking? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoughRiders9 Posted October 26, 2008 Author Share Posted October 26, 2008 I love the idea, very put together and will probbly change during time but with good change. For parking, why not have some out along the side and then underground parking?I was planning on having underground parking directly under the stadium for the players and front office staff only, but there's two or three parking garages that's just a block or two away. And there's two 1-level parking lots that's three blocks away. I'll just build a new parking garage directly on top of the lots, like St. Louis, where they build parking garages JUST for Busch Stadium. Also, for the pep rallies or post-games parties or whatever, they'll do it in the Nollen Plaza, which is just less half a mile down the road from the stadium. It'll be similar to Busch Stadium in the .Here's a few pics of the Plaza:I borrowed a lot of ideas from PNC Park and Busch Stadium for this thing. That's where the St. Louis Cardinals have their post game parties/pep rallies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoughRiders9 Posted October 26, 2008 Author Share Posted October 26, 2008 I also thought about building a parking garage above the freeway, like the Twins are planning to do with their new stadium in Minneapolis and have it connected directly to the ballpark. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaha32 Posted October 26, 2008 Share Posted October 26, 2008 I like the idea of putting this in a real block too. That's what I love about old parks is how the dimensions of the field are affected by their surroundings. Most new parks do not have that. Did you consider putting an old-fashioned roof/over-hang with lights and such above the upper deck. I always think that adds a lot to the feel of a park. Anyways good job.Has anyone thought of starting a forum where we could post ideas like this because I have like 10 ideas for ballparks in my head that I just never have gotten around to drawing (other than a few rough sketches). DesignsByHahn.com Behance Dribbble Instragram Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaha32 Posted October 26, 2008 Share Posted October 26, 2008 NYCDOg, I just read your comment on the water tower and Ive always thought that would be an awesome thing for a ballpark to built around/near a watertower like the Warner Brothers one. Could put up some old fashioned sponsors/ advertising or even a scoreboard like you said. DesignsByHahn.com Behance Dribbble Instragram Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoughRiders9 Posted October 26, 2008 Author Share Posted October 26, 2008 NYCDOg, I just read your comment on the water tower and Ive always thought that would be an awesome thing for a ballpark to built around/near a watertower like the Warner Brothers one. Could put up some old fashioned sponsors/ advertising or even a scoreboard like you said.Des Moines already has a symbolic image, a red umbrella that's on one of the buildings in dsm. I could build a water tower, and put a duplicate of the umbrella on it.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaha32 Posted October 26, 2008 Share Posted October 26, 2008 I didnt mean that you needed a water tower for this particular stadium. I dont know if it would fit the landscape of what you already have. But just of all the ballparks in the country I dont know of one that has a water tower and I think it would be cool for just one somewhere to have one. DesignsByHahn.com Behance Dribbble Instragram Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iowahoo Posted October 26, 2008 Share Posted October 26, 2008 Not really sure but with your bullpens in dead center field you may have some batters' eye issues there. . . Love the project, great job so far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoughRiders9 Posted October 26, 2008 Author Share Posted October 26, 2008 The bullpen is in Left Center. The batter's eye is the red barn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoughRiders9 Posted December 15, 2008 Author Share Posted December 15, 2008 After a few days of thinking about this project and as much as I've had fun with this, I realized that the city block that I was planning on "building" the stadium on is too small. So I need a bit of your help. Could you help me find a new location in the Des Moines area to build the stadium on. I know you don't live in Des Moines, but at least you can just use google maps to look around the town.Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
raysox Posted December 15, 2008 Share Posted December 15, 2008 It's a junkyard across the river @MichaelDanger19 | Dribbble Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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