Deadspin:Why Your Stadium Sucks:Ballpark In Arlington

[dcpony]

Hard to argue with this guy.
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Arlington cemetery: Rangers Ballpark is a monument to every crass instinct in the modern stadium business, a tombstone for good sense, corporate social responsibility and the belief that the public interest is anything but a nice phrase on which to campaign for a terrible bond issue. Everything about it is wrong and vaguely criminal, even — especially — the look of the place. The ballpark takes up an absurd 1.4 million square feet in the midst of that iconic feature of the Texas landscape, the office park.

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[jtstang]

Man, what would he have said about the old Arlington Stadium?

[smupony94]

Man, what would he have said about the old Arlington Stadium?

Or NTSU's stadium

[MrMustang1965]

Man, what would he have said about the old Arlington Stadium?

Heck, I remember when it was called TURNPIKE Stadium!

This guy needs to give it a rest. Rangers Ballpark suits me just fine when I go see a game there. I certainly won't be seeing any games in that MONSTROSITY that was built next door to it, though.

[WildHorse]

Man, what would he have said about the old Arlington Stadium?

"The worst venue in sports" - which it was.

[Paladin]

There's nothing about the Rangers Ballpark that a little Light Rail system coudn't fix. I mean really, what a whip it is to drive there from Grapevine for a game, I can't imagine what it must be like coming from Plano, or Frisco, or almost any town not named Arlington.

[smu diamond m]

Man, what would he have said about the old Arlington Stadium?

Heck, I remember when it was called TURNPIKE Stadium!

This guy needs to give it a rest. Rangers Ballpark suits me just fine when I go see a game there. I certainly won't be seeing any games in that MONSTROSITY that was built next door to it, though.

It's a marvel of a monstrosity. It's stunning. You have got to go see it when you get the chance. I'll be seeing it for the third time July 13th...

[MrMustang1965]

Man, what would he have said about the old Arlington Stadium?

Heck, I remember when it was called TURNPIKE Stadium!

This guy needs to give it a rest. Rangers Ballpark suits me just fine when I go see a game there. I certainly won't be seeing any games in that MONSTROSITY that was built next door to it, though.

It's a marvel of a monstrosity. It's stunning. You have got to go see it when you get the chance. I'll be seeing it for the third time July 13th...

It'll be a cold day in Hell when I darken the door of Jerry Jones monument to himself.

[Bergermeister]

I'll be seeing it for the third time July 13th...

Don't tell me.... you're going for the record.

[MrMustang1965]

I'll be seeing it for the third time July 13th...

Don't tell me.... you're going for the record.

He's a roadie.

[smu diamond m]

I'll be seeing it for the third time July 13th...

Don't tell me.... you're going for the record.

He's a roadie.

Nah, I've been twice during construction and am going to see it finished out. I got to see a roof truss give way during a 100-ton pick the last time I was there -- EXCITING!

This pick:

Note RBIA in the background

Signed,
The Civil Engineer