It hit the top of tiger stadium s roof and bounced over landing on the lower roof that covered the exit ramps.
How fra from the roof of houston stadium to field.
The roof at minute maid park however retracts completely off the ballpark to reveal the largest open area of any retractable roofed baseball stadium in existence today.
The astrodome a dome multipurpose stadium allowed astros fans a way to escape the summer heat by coming inside to watch baseball.
I knew it was gone.
The ballpark is houston s first retractable roofed stadium and features a natural grass playing field.
It had an astroturf field and many of the seats were far away from the field.
They want that to remain the case through games 3 4 and 5 of the world series this weekend.
Minute maid park previously named the ballpark at union station enron field and astros field is a ballpark in downtown houston texas united states which opened in 2000 as the home stadium of the houston astros of major league baseball mlb.
The stadium is the home of the national football league s houston texans the houston livestock show and rodeo the texas.
Bank stadium the vikings facility opening in july.
It was the first nfl facility to have a retractable roof.
The roof reveals the largest open area of any retractable roofed baseball stadium in existence.
The structure weighs 2 2.
The houston astros have not played a game with minute maid park s retractable roof open since june 9.
However by the 1990s the stadium lacked amenities of the new retro ballparks built in baseball.
It was a high fastball killebrew said after the game.
The stadium seats 70 240 spectators for most events with the ability to expand it with 30 000 additional seats for larger events.
I stood and watched.
I was worried that it wouldn t stay fair.
The center field fence is located 436 feet from home plate the farthest distance in the majors.
The ballpark was built as a replacement for.
The ball soared toward left field hugging the foul line all the way.
The stadium s roof made of etfe a clear plastic material is similar to the roof at u s.
The retractable roof can open or close quietly in less than 20 minutes without interrupting the game.
Nrg stadium pronounced as n r g stadium formerly reliant stadium is a multi purpose stadium in houston texas united states it was constructed at a cost of 352 million and has a seating capacity of 72 220.
The energy cost is about 5 per usage.
Another component of the stadium s design is the oculus an ovular double sided 4k hdr video board that is suspended from the roof over the field.
The stadium bowl has open sides.