nuordr Posted January 9, 2012 Share Posted January 9, 2012 If you have ever been to one cookie cutter stadium then the rest were all the same. The Reds and Bengals shared the same stadium and the field always looks like crap for the Reds game, but was better for the Bengals games:Riverfront StadiumCincinnati Reds at RiverfrontCincinnati Bengals at Riverfront Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Breakwood Posted January 9, 2012 Share Posted January 9, 2012 Astroturf in baseball was ugly and horrible, and hopefully soon the Jays and Rays will find a way to get grass too so its all gone forever.If you're willing to pay for a new stadium in Toronto then by all means. If not, then you're going to be looking at turf for a long time.True but can you imagine a PNC Park type stadium in downtown TO. It would be a beauty.By all means I would be very happy for the Rogers Centre to be replaced by a baseball specific stadium. Unfortunately I dont think Rogers has any interest in building a new park since they own the dome and make quite a bit of a profit off of it...and I really hope the city doesnt spend tax money on a new stadium. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pmoehrin Posted January 9, 2012 Share Posted January 9, 2012 By all means I would be very happy for the Rogers Centre to be replaced by a baseball specific stadium. Unfortunately I dont think Rogers has any interest in building a new park since they own the dome and make quite a bit of a profit off of it...and I really hope the city doesnt spend tax money on a new stadium.I've heard talked about a few times but on a scale of 1-10 where 10 means the stadium is getting built no question about it and 1 means there is no chance of it being built, I'd say its at about a three right now. Maybe a four but the Blue Jays no real plans as of now to build a new stadium. I don't think your even going to hear anything serious until at least the end of the decade. The SkyDome was an incredibly expensive stadium to build even by today's standards.I would also regard Canadian governments as a little bit smarter then US governments when it comes to these things. I don't see too many instances of them just cutting checks for teams to build new stadiums/arenas with a complete disregard for what kind of economic impact it may actually bring. (Insert Glendale/Harrison/Surise joke here) I think they learned their lesson after Olympic Stadium. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dexter Morgan Posted January 9, 2012 Share Posted January 9, 2012 Astroturf in baseball was ugly and horrible, and hopefully soon the Jays and Rays will find a way to get grass too so its all gone forever.If you're willing to pay for a new stadium in Toronto then by all means. If not, then you're going to be looking at turf for a long time.it will rank as one of the worst stadiums in the game.anyways. astrotruf is an abomination. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BBTV Posted January 9, 2012 Share Posted January 9, 2012 Not all astroturf fields were created equally. I played at Franklin Field (U of Penn) and it was like painted concrete, just like the Vet - but without the deadly seams. I also played at Villanova's field, which was the same legit astroturf, but with a nice pad underneath, and (for lack of a better term) "brushed up" fibers. It wasn't bad at all. Other than the rug burns, I enjoyed it.There were a few big problems with the turf fields. One problem was that back in the day, most teams didn't own or at least manage their own stadiums, so they were basically tenants paying money to the city or some stadium authority who was charged with maintaining the surface, and in many cases, this was neglected. Poorly maintained astroturf was deadly. Well-maintained astroturf was (for the most part) fine. I've never played on NexTurf or FieldTurf or SpeedTurf or whatever other second-generation artificial surface is out there now, but I have no doubt that it's far superior and easier to maintain than old astroturf - but that doesn't mean that there weren't some good astroturf fields. "The views expressed here are mine and do not reflect the official opinion of my employer or the organization through which the Internet was accessed." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Admiral Posted January 9, 2012 Share Posted January 9, 2012 Our British contingent must be having a field day with the most unfortunate truncation of the thread title. ♫ oh yeah, board goes on, long after the thrill of postin' is gone ♫ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Viper Posted January 10, 2012 Share Posted January 10, 2012 Our British contingent must be having a field day with the most unfortunate truncation of the thread title.At least it's an apt comparison to turf baseball fields. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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