IIRC, it was stated that the field would be re-sodded every year after the Nighthawks' season was over. There weren't any drainage issues I was aware of but the field was getting a bit rough toward the end of the football season. There were grounds crews spreading grass clippings in spots near home plate for aesthetics before the football games.
Midwest Living wrote:In 2011, the NCAA Men's College World Series left its home at Rosenblatt Stadium. We miss the small-town feel of that historic park by the Henry Doorly Zoo, but we must admit, the event's new 24,000-seat $131 million brick home next to the Qwest Center is pretty sweet.
Jeffrey Robb
WORLD-HERALD STAFF WRITER wrote:Omaha's new stadium generated a net operating profit of $5.6 million in its first official fiscal year, according to a new financial report, and was more than able to cover the ballpark's contributions to its debt payments.
"The stadium is paying its way as we said it was going to," said Roger Dixon, president and CEO of the Metropolitan Entertainment and Convention Authority, which runs TD Ameritrade Park.
I noticed tonight at my Prom that they must be able to do some interesting things with the lights. Ameritrade, the CLink, and Bob Kerrey Bridge were all a blue green combo for Millard North Prom.
Axel wrote:I noticed tonight at my Prom that they must be able to do some interesting things with the lights. Ameritrade, the CLink, and Bob Kerrey Bridge were all a blue green combo for Millard North Prom.
CenturyLink Center @centurylinkoma 4 Apr. We are proud to participate in "Light It Up Blue" for Autism Awareness. Our lights will be blue until Sunday, April 7th!
Axel wrote:Really? The autism awareness colors look like a multi color puzzle... huh... interesting coincidence then!
You have never seen this anywhere???
That's what I was referencing when I said multi colored puzzle hahaha. The colors of the Stadium etc. were just blue and green, leading me to think it was Millard North.
Axel wrote:Really? The autism awareness colors look like a multi color puzzle... huh... interesting coincidence then!
You have never seen this anywhere???
That's what I was referencing when I said multi colored puzzle hahaha. The colors of the Stadium etc. were just blue and green, leading me to think it was Millard North.
I have never seen that ribbon anywhere. And even if I had, I don't think I would have made the connection from the blue and green to autism awareness.
My son got a 27 on his ACT. No this score is not as high as what Jeff's son achieved. But one has to remember the paternal gene-pool my son has to overcome. On a PGPAB [Paternal Gene-Pool Adjusted Basis], my son's score is a 37 and Jeff's son's PGPAB ACT score is 19.
I like the glass, but could they at least paint or cover up the holes in the concrete. Â I thought that looked unfinished since the first year of TD Ameritrade.
Seeing a lot of talk about the ballpark playing too big again this year. Â New talking point is changing to the Minor League style baseballs with the tighter laces.
iamjacobm wrote:Seeing a lot of talk about the ballpark playing too big again this year. New talking point is changing to the Minor League style baseballs with the tighter laces.
The ball change talk has been going on for about a year. I am guessing that change will happen.
The outfield is too big. Â It needs to come in 5 to 10 feet. The fundamentals of the game are a lot different thanin most if not all the parksmthe college game is played in. It changes the game too much
For the record NEBUGEATER does not equal BUGEATER !!!!!!!
My biggest issue is to make sure the stadiums doesn't start looking disjointed if we move the fence in. Â I wonder if they could add a row down in the outfield and move the fence in the 3-4 feet that row would take and drop the fence a foot for the sight lines. Â If they wanted to bring it in further put that foot wide flower bed in as well. Â If Center is 400 the power alleys 370 and the lines 330 with a foot shorter fence I think we would find a really happy medium between small ball, but still earning a HR when you crush it.
335 down the lines. 375 in the gaps. 408 in center.
The dimensions of TD Ameritrade Park didn't come from an architect's guide to stadium construction. They didn't come from a mathematician's calculator or a panel of legendary coaches. They came directly from three miles south — Rosenblatt Stadium.
These days, pitchers are laughing last. Three years after the CWS moved downtown, the familiar numbers on the outfield wall — 335, 375, 408 — may as well represent miles, not feet. There's a force field at the warning track.
Look at the evidence:
>> In its final three years, Rosenblatt yielded 2.45 homers per CWS game. In 2011 and '12 at TD Ameritrade, the average dropped to 0.64 and 0.67. This year, three balls have cleared the wall — 0.25 per game.
>> The NCAA dialed back the aluminum bats the same year the CWS moved to TD Ameritrade. So home run reductions aren't as simple as changing venues. But in the three seasons prior to 2011, the CWS produced 34 percent more home runs per game than the regular season. Since then, the CWS has produced 43 percent fewer homers than the regular season.
>> Through 77 regular-season games since 2011, TD Ameritrade has yielded only 29 home runs. That's 0.38 per game, less than half the average college ballpark. Just for comparison, the average major league ballpark in 2012 gave up about two home runs per game.
>> During the last three CWS at Rosenblatt, 14.8 percent of fly balls went over the fence. The past three years downtown, it's roughly 3 percent.
>> In 41 CWS games at TD Ameritrade, there have been tense moments, even a few walk-off hits. But no team trailing after eight innings has ever won. The last team to rally in the ninth was LSU during the 2009 championship series at Rosenblatt.
>> CWS teams are 21-0 at TD Ameritrade when scoring five runs or more. In other words, there has never been a game in which both teams scored five.
At the game last night I was thinking how the stadium looks so good, but that that "Batter's Eye" in center field looks so horrible! Â Nothing like a $126 million dollar stadium with a $1500 "shed" in the outfield... Â That's gotta go.
Brad wrote:At the game last night I was thinking how the stadium looks so good, but that that "Batter's Eye" in center field looks so horrible! Nothing like a $126 million dollar stadium with a $1500 "shed" in the outfield... That's gotta go.
Are you referring to the giant green block that is at center field? If so, I agree. I would say it'd be a nice place for a fountain system, but knowing this city, if they ever broke it would take 15 CWS's just to get them fixed.
Brad wrote:At the game last night I was thinking how the stadium looks so good, but that that "Batter's Eye" in center field looks so horrible! Nothing like a $126 million dollar stadium with a $1500 "shed" in the outfield... That's gotta go.
Are you referring to the giant green block that is at center field? If so, I agree. I would say it'd be a nice place for a fountain system, but knowing this city, if they ever broke it would take 15 CWS's just to get them fixed.
Its the "batters eye" so it needs to be a dark area, but yes, they could do something better looking.
Brad wrote:At the game last night I was thinking how the stadium looks so good, but that that "Batter's Eye" in center field looks so horrible! Nothing like a $126 million dollar stadium with a $1500 "shed" in the outfield... That's gotta go.
Are you referring to the giant green block that is at center field? If so, I agree. I would say it'd be a nice place for a fountain system, but knowing this city, if they ever broke it would take 15 CWS's just to get them fixed.
Its the "batters eye" so it needs to be a dark area, but yes, they could do something better looking.
It is the batters eye and it is there for a reason. I remember they tried trees and a glossier better looking paing in the 1st year and the complaints from the batters was they were losing track of the balls. Every baseball stadium has to have one basically and unless it is Texas or St. Louis where they have a hill they all look like sh!t.
