Located below street level is the playing field that allows fans to walk down to seats in the lower deck. Large open air concourses allow fans to easily move around Camden Yards. Escalators, ramps and elevators allow easy access to the upper deck. Camden Yards consists of a three-tier grandstand that stretches from behind home plate, down the third base line around the left field foul pole, and down the first base line.
All 45, seats are green, replicating ones in bygone ballparks The original seating capacity was 48, but all seats were replaced with larger ones by the season. Fans can stand and watch the game beyond the out of town scoreboard in right field or in an area over looking the bullpens in left centerfield.
A beautiful grassy picnic and park area filled with colorful flower gardens and shady trees is located beyond centerfield. Camden Yards is built at the former location of a major rail station; its name derives from the rail yards formerly on the site.
Many seats in the stadium also have a good view of the downtown Baltimore skyline. The stadium planners incorporated the warehouse into the architecture of the ballpark experience rather than tear it down or shorten it. The floors of the warehouse contain offices, service spaces, and a private club. The warehouse has been hit on the fly only once; Ken Griffey, Jr. The wall of the warehouse facing the stadium once held numbers that recorded the number of consecutive games that Cal Ripken, Jr.
It elapsed until the 2,nd game, which was the last one of Ripken's streak. It was later repeated for the countdown to Ripken's 3,th hit. The countdown to 2, was re-enacted on September 8 , , for the 10th anniversary of the breaking of the record, and "2," was put back up during the week of July 23 - July 29 , , as part of ceremonies to commemorate Ripken's entry into the Baseball Hall of Fame.
Eutaw Street, between the stadium and the warehouse, is closed to vehicular traffic. Along this street, spectators can get a view of the game or visit the many shops and restaurants that line the thoroughfare, including Boog Powell 's outdoor barbecue stand. On game days, pedestrians must have a ticket in order to walk on the part of Eutaw Street adjacent to the stadium; however, on non-game days the street is open to all, while access to the stadium is gated. Sections 90 - 98, called Eutaw Street Reserve, are located not in the stadium, but adjacent to Eutaw Street, with the seats descending toward the outfield below.
If a game sells out, fans may purchase reduced-price " standing room only " tickets, which entitle them to enter Eutaw Street and watch the game from two designated standing areas. Many home run balls have landed on Eutaw Street, and the Orioles organization has marked the spots with small baseball-shaped bronze plaques embedded in the street, though it sometimes takes up to a year for each homer to get a plaque. The pitcher who surrendered the home run was Ben McDonald.
A plaque was placed at the spot, but was stolen and never replaced; however there is a bronze baseball-shaped plaque where it hit. The bullpen area was designed after many write-in designs were submitted by the public.
It's unique two-tiered design was a first in major league parks. On the street there is also a statue, created in by sculptor Susan Luery [7] , of left-handed Babe Ruth holding a right-handed fielder's glove. The statue is entitled, "Babe's Dream", and shows him at the beginning of his career, before left-handed gloves for the right hand of a fielder were an option. However, the inclusion of the incorrect glove on the statue was indeed the result of a lack of baseball knowledge on the part of the people working on the project.
The scoreboard in center field advertises The Baltimore Sun at the top. The "H" in "The Sun" will flash to show a scoring decision of a hit, and the "E" will flash to show an error. The stadium is the first major league park to have an outfield wall made up entirely of straight wall segments since Ebbets Field.
The playing field is 16 feet below street level. However, promised benefits to adjacent residential neighborhoods and the Howard Street retail corridor have not materialized. Loverro, Thom. Dallas, TX: Taylor Publishing, Hayward, Mary Ellen, and Frank R.
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