Talk:List of Major League Baseball stadiums

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It's a good start. Are we going to limit this to just current stadiums, or will it eventually include former stadiums as well? - jredmond 01:57, 9 May 2004 (UTC)

  • I like the idea. When I have some time, I can create a second chart on this page listing former parks. Kingturtle 04:11, 9 May 2004 (UTC)

A question: what is the source for all the cost numbers and % publicly financed? I've looked around and found different numbers for some of these. This page has a chart of estimated stadium costs and it claims that Busch Stadium cost $24 mil to build, of which $19 mil was taxpayer funded. If it were 0% publicly funded, as this page says, then it would contradict the notion that Pac Bell Park in 2000 was "the first privately funded baseball stadium since Dodger Stadium was built in Los Angeles in 1962" [1] (as would the "5%" listed next to SBC Park).

Just another note: it would be interesting to list the top ten newest ballparks in each league as well (unless there would be too much overlap with the oldest to make it interesting). --Minesweeper 07:09, May 9, 2004 (UTC)

  • There would be overlap. but I have a simple solution :) Kingturtle 09:33, 9 May 2004 (UTC)

Changed the year of construction of Angel Stadium to 1966. Are we going to use the date when it first was constructed on when it was remodeled? 67.123.225.216 00:58, 15 May 2004 (UTC)

  • List when it was first constructed. In parenthesis, you can list the last time it was remodeled. Kingturtle 01:17, 15 May 2004 (UTC)

If it could be fit in somewhere, I think that each stadium should also have its current baseball capacity listed.

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[edit] Future ballparks

In reference to the recent revert about the yet-to-be-built Mets stadium, there are also new ones coming in D.C., Minnesota and for the Yankees, at least. The obvious solution is to create another section on future arenas. Someone who actually knows how to do that could feel free to jump in here and do that. It should be limited to stadium plans that are concrete (ha!) and not just pie-in-the-sky. Wahkeenah 12:38, 1 June 2006 (UTC)

  • I did it. I included proposals, as the list is fairly short in any case. Wahkeenah 13:06, 1 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] like NFL article

i think it should be made into like the List of NFL Stadiums —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 141.157.188.124 (talk) 01:46, 21 February 2007 (UTC).

[edit] like NFL article

i think it should be made into like the National Football League stadiums article —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 141.157.188.124 (talk) 01:48, 21 February 2007 (UTC).

  • What's stopping you from doing that work? Wahkeenah 01:51, 21 February 2007 (UTC)
  • I'm not good at it, Wahkeenah, 141.157.188.124 17:26, 1 March 2007 (UTC)
    • Well, neither am I. Looks like we'll have to recruit someone. I wonder how much they would charge? Wahkeenah 17:49, 1 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Chavez Ravine?

Why has Chavez Ravine been listed as a "former stadium"? Even though it is past for the Angels, it is still current for the Dodgers. Or if it is to stay as former because of its role for the Angels, then shouldn't Shea Stadium be listed as a former stadium for the Yankees? — Michael J 06:23, 8 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] question

I'm kinda lost here but I tried adding my new site topratedballparks.com and it was removed. It's for sure relevant to a article about ballparks. Can someone help me out here. ThanksCk russell (talk) 00:29, 29 March 2008 (UTC)

Ck, I removed the link because I interpreted it as Spam. The site topratedballparks is soliciting all over the place for advertisers and has a total of ten people who have rated a ballpark. The total number of members in the forum is 1. No offense, but that site is not notable enough or informative enough to merit inclusion as an external link - not to mention the explicit commercial aspect of the site. Kingturtle (talk) 03:39, 29 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Style

Can someone define the different terms used in the "Style" column, and place those definitions on the page? I know what they mean, but they are not exactly obvious to someone who doesn't know much about baseball stadiums. Kuyabribri (talk) 22:11, 9 April 2008 (UTC)KuyaBriBri

Good point; I know nothing about baseball stadiums and am totally lost. 69.221.170.94 (talk) 08:39, 13 May 2008 (UTC)
We should probably remove the style column. It appears to be original research. Kingturtle (talk) 12:04, 13 May 2008 (UTC)
I went ahead and removed the column, due to the original research and the fact that many styles are largely subjective to the individual person's opinion. Jervill (talk) 00:13, 14 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] government funding for the St. Louis Cardinals

I'd like to see a source on this funding information. The cardinals pulled funds from st. louis city, st. louis county, and the state of missouri. That's a pretty established fact. DaronDierkes (talk) 07:34, 30 April 2008 (UTC)