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G.L.17 said:
Toronto is pushing for the 2027 All-Star game, shortly after the renovations are done to the dome.

Supposedly, season ticket holders in sections above the Blue Jays bullpen have been informed that the seats will not be available next year due to the renovations. Very interested to see if this will address that gap between the outfield wall and the outfield seats.
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The article also mentions stacked bullpens and possibly a asymmetric fence too. Shapiro actually did these type of renovations in Cleveland:

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T.E.C.II said:
Isn't the gap simply the batter's eye?
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He means the vertical gap between where the 100 level hangs over/behind the bullpens. It's valuable dead space I'm sure they will reuse. You can do a lot, especially if you want to be asymmetrical, to bring the seats right down to the walls (like the Crawford Boxes in Houston).
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The more I think about it, if the whole lower bowl is getting gutted, I think it can make a huge difference.
 
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TJ O'Pootertoot said:
He means the vertical gap between where the 100 level hangs over/behind the bullpens. It's valuable dead space I'm sure they will reuse. You can do a lot, especially if you want to be asymmetrical, to bring the seats right down to the walls (like the Crawford Boxes in Houston)View attachment 414988

The more I think about it, if the whole lower bowl is getting gutted, I think it can make a huge difference.
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I totally agree with you. When the prospect of a new stadium (or massive reno) got pushed back another decade or so I was pretty disappointed. But I have to say, adding a full dirt infield, vastly improving the fake turf, and adding a new lighting system has made a huge improvement to the aesthetics of the place. Now to mention removing Windows restaurant.

We've come along way from when it looked like this:
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to now:
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Bringing the outfield seats right to the fence, elevating the bullpens, and changing up the symmetrical design of the outfield could really do wonders.
 
Wonder if they'll change the color of the seats? I know when U.S Cellular Field renovated, they changed the seats from blue to green.
 
JMSRead said:
I totally agree with you. When the prospect of a new stadium (or massive reno) got pushed back another decade or so I was pretty disappointed. But I have to say, adding a full dirt infield, vastly improving the fake turf, and adding a new lighting system has made a huge improvement to the aesthetics of the place. Now to mention removing Windows restaurant.

We've come along way from when it looked like this:
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to now:
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Bringing the outfield seats right to the fence, elevating the bullpens, and changing up the symmetrical design of the outfield could really do wonders.
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I have to agree. I still think it's one of the worst stadiums in baseball, but not by leaps and bounds like it used to me. Really my biggest beef with the stadium at this point is how high the walls are and how enclosed you feel even when the roof is open. You just don't feel like your in a actual baseball stadium.

Again, as you said, it come a long way to the point where I don't cringe watching a jays game, especially when we have a big crowd. The place is awesome when it's 40G's plus.
 
Switching to a darker, richer blue like the seats at Petco Park in San Diego or even Nationals Park in Washington would be one of the better ways to make the "blue look" of the dome completely refreshed and modernized.

I definitely would want to see the blue facia that runs along each level replaced to help accent the potential new seating - currently it feels like an overkill on the blue.
 
sixrings said:
Well personally I wish they would replace the seats just to give everyone more room. I’d much rather a little more width and the stadium only fit 40k then 50k because realistically 90% of the time we are at the 25k mark Not only would it be more comfortable it would make the stadium feel more full.
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that's happening. stadium hasn't fit 50K for a few years now because they've been removing seating to widen the concourses etc.

There's lots of speculation on what they're renovating but it's almost certain they're re-orienting the seats to face home plate and putting in more modern seats which are wider.
 
I wish they could take the outfield hotel out altogether, but failing that I wonder if they could make it look warmer? Cover up that metallic grey with something else? Brick? Even more blue could be better?
 
T.E.C.II said:
Wonder if they'll change the color of the seats? I know when U.S Cellular Field renovated, they changed the seats from blue to green.
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I would say, looking at these pictures (and I noticed it when I went earlier this year) I do kinda miss when the 500-level entry gates up top were painted in rainbow colours, going around the stadium. Now they're all just boring black.

And I doubt they'll go below 45k capacity but I'm sure it'll be more than just wider seats and re-orienting. They will have different kids of sections, (standing, family etc.) I suspect and overall use the space more effieciently and they can also add gradations so, like, right now 100 level is one big, long level; you could break it up into more of 2 100-sections, like how Yankee Stadium does it here:
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... something similar could very well happen. The existing 100 level is movable so the football field could be setup... these renos will presumably create a permanent lower bowl. How they choose to do that in one off season will be interesting.
 
Kitsune said:
... something similar could very well happen. The existing 100 level is movable so the football field could be setup... these renos will presumably create a permanent lower bowl. How they choose to do that in one off season will be interesting.
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There's no question that everything realted to the football setup - the grading and orientation of the seats, all the unused mechanical crap underneath, the weird way that the last 5 corner sections are all accessed by one ramp - will all be gone. Once you tear all that out, you can do almost anything you want. I presume that means more seats closer to the fields and fences, for starters. Then it'll be whatever maxmizes revenue :)
 
Kitsune said:
... something similar could very well happen. The existing 100 level is movable so the football field could be setup... these renos will presumably create a permanent lower bowl. How they choose to do that in one off season will be interesting.
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two off seasons …..
 
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