Pieces of Old Ballparks incorporated into New Ballparks

[Gooseamania]

i was interested in hearing about, or seeing some pictures of anything from old ballparks that were in any way brough to a new stadium and used at them, pictures would be awesome.

also, since it falls into a similar catagory, i had another question for everyone, if you could take features of any old stadium and incorporate it into a new stadium (after modernizing it of course), what features would you take? for me, i like how braves field's infield grandstand roof was stopped short and the seats in the outfield grandstands were open, very unique, and i think it would look great in a modern day stadium if done correctly.

[Gooseamania]

by the way i apologize for spelling "pieces" wrong in the thread title....my bad! :cap:

[Chevy114]

Does turning county stadium into a little league replica of miller park count?

[LetsGoMets687]

This was once the left field home run screen in the LA Colusium: http://www.flickr.com/photos/epler/1449665634/

[KCGHOST]

The Cardinals moved home plate from old Sportsman's Park to Busch Stadium when it opened in 1966. I don't know if they repeated this step when they moved in to the new Busch Stadium in 2005.

[Pelt]

Home plate from Crosley was moved to Riverfront Stadium in Cincy. Not sure if it was moved to GAP, or not.

[Aviator_Frank]

- Home plate from Candlestick was airlifted by the CHP to AT&T (nee Pac Bell) Park.

- A replica of the frieze at Yankee Stadium, though technically it's not the original.

[POLO GROUNDS 1957]

This photo shows a section of the outfield wall from Forbes Field that was relocated inside a club or bar at old Three Rivers Stadium in Pittsburgh. does anyone know if that wall was saved when 3 rivers stadium came down.

[Brackish__4]

The Orioles use the same foul poles in Camden Yards from their old ballpark, Memorial Stadium.

http://www.ballparksofbaseball.com/past/memorial3.jpg

http://www.ballparksofbaseball.com/al/camden902.jpg

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/74/208028621_645038c3ec.jpg?v=0

[Gooseamania]

this is just a guess but i am fairly confident i am right, i'm sure the yankees will bring the monuments and stuff from monument park over to the new yankee stadium

[Philtration]

The White Sox dug up the entire infield from Comiskey Park and moved the dirt over to the new Comiskey. I cannot call it U.S. Cellular Field.

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y220/phil62/baseball%20site/comisk01.jpg

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y220/phil62/baseball%20site/062405DDOVERALL008.jpg

[stlfan]

The White Sox dug up the entire infield from Comiskey Park and moved the dirt over to the new Comiskey. I cannot call it U.S. Cellular Field.

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y220/phil62/baseball%20site/comisk01.jpg

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y220/phil62/baseball%20site/062405DDOVERALL008.jpg

I heard, and this may be an urban legend, that the reason the White Sox did this was because so many people had their ashes scattered at Old Comisky Park.

[Reds41]

I heard, and this may be an urban legend, that the reason the White Sox did this was because so many people had their ashes scattered at Old Comisky Park.

I heard that also.

[mdnash]

i was interested in hearing about, or seeing some pictures of anything from old ballparks that were in any way brough to a new stadium and used at them, pictures would be awesome.

also, since it falls into a similar catagory, i had another question for everyone, if you could take features of any old stadium and incorporate it into a new stadium (after modernizing it of course), what features would you take? for me, i like how braves field's infield grandstand roof was stopped short and the seats in the outfield grandstands were open, very unique, and i think it would look great in a modern day stadium if done correctly.

the right field grandstand and former ticket office are now used by BU. the grandstand (not sure if its the original, but one exits in the exact location as the original) is there and the former ticket office houses BUPD and a day care center

[Twins91871977]

Rumors are that the original flagpole from Metropolitan Stadium, although never was placed at the Metrodome, will be placed at the new Twins' ballpark.

[OBomb]

Although I don't have pictures, the home plate at Petco Park is the same used at Qualcomm Stadium. At the Q's final game, part of the closing ceremonies included a few Marines and then-Mayor Dick Murphy digging up home plate, driving it downtown, and "installing it" at Petco as the crowd at Qualcomm watched on the jumbotron.

[Manhattan]

Although I don't have pictures, the home plate at Petco Park is the same used at Qualcomm Stadium. At the Q's final game, part of the closing ceremonies included a few Marines and then-Mayor Dick Murphy digging up home plate, driving it downtown, and "installing it" at Petco as the crowd at Qualcomm watched on the jumbotron.
How about several pieces of Old Yankee Stadium incorporated into New Yankee Stadium?

[parlo]

Although I don't have pictures, the home plate at Petco Park is the same used at Qualcomm Stadium. At the Q's final game, part of the closing ceremonies included a few Marines and then-Mayor Dick Murphy digging up home plate, driving it downtown, and "installing it" at Petco as the crowd at Qualcomm watched on the jumbotron.The Padres also brought their inept ways from Jack Murphy to Petco.

[Brackish__4]

How about several pieces of Old Yankee Stadium incorporated into New Yankee Stadium?

Do you have any suggestions? I think they should bring over the black and yellow scoreboard from the post-renovated stadium over to the new one. The one that shows the scoring of all nine innings, and the clock that is famously showed during the 2001 WS when Derek Jeter became Mr. October.

[efin98]

Do you have any suggestions? I think they should bring over the black and yellow scoreboard from the post-renovated stadium over to the new one. The one that shows the scoring of all nine innings, and the clock that is famously showed during the 2001 WS when Derek Jeter became Mr. October.

You mean Mr. November? :rofl:

It would be great to install it into the outside wall facing inward and be linked to the new one to reflect the current score while also being a static display...

[OBomb]

The Padres also brought their inept ways from Jack Murphy to Petco.

Funny.

For the sake of clarification, the Padres had a winning record their first 4 seasons in Petco Park. They had never had a winning record for 4 consecutive seasons in franchise history. This is the first bad season they've had since moving out of Qualcomm Stadium. Some teams show great potential during a season then stage monumental collapses at the end, while others will just stink at the beginning so as not to get the hopes of its fan base up only to shatter them at the very end.

[PeteU]

The Orioles use the same foul poles in Camden Yards from their old ballpark, Memorial Stadium.




They also brought home plate from Memorial Stadium as well.

[Brackish__4]

You mean Mr. November? :rofl:

It would be great to install it into the outside wall facing inward and be linked to the new one to reflect the current score while also being a static display...

:laugh Oops! That was a terrible error on my part. :sorry:

[parlo]

Funny.

For the sake of clarification, the Padres had a winning record their first 4 seasons in Petco Park. They had never had a winning record for 4 consecutive seasons in franchise history. This is the first bad season they've had since moving out of Qualcomm Stadium. Some teams show great potential during a season then stage monumental collapses at the end, while others will just stink at the beginning so as not to get the hopes of its fan base up only to shatter them at the very end.I am only kidding with you. I am well aware of their dominant 82-80 Western Division flag a few years ago, and their near miss at the playoffs last year.

[PowerAlley21]

When Seals Stadium was demolished in SF, the light racks and seats were trucked up 1-5 and installed in Cheney Stadium in Tacoma.

[bigtime39]

The Orioles use the same foul poles in Camden Yards from their old ballpark, Memorial Stadium.

They also brought home plate from Memorial Stadium as well.

IIRC, they originally brought only one of the foul poles (RF) from Memorial stadium, along with home plate. The first LF foul pole at Camden Yards was new. The Memorial Stadium one replaced it after the (thankfully) brief experiment with moving home plate backwards to deepen the park.

[Lafferty Daniel]

Rumors are that the original flagpole from Metropolitan Stadium, although never was placed at the Metrodome, will be placed at the new Twins' ballpark.

Here it is

http://www.twinsballpark2010.com/_resources/P6050098a_flagpole.jpg

Rick's idea from www.twinsballpark2010.com

[Lafferty Daniel]

Part of the basketball court from the Minneapolis Armory (former home of the Lakers) will be used as the flooring in one of the bars at the new Twins park.

http://img.groundspeak.com/waymarking/display/8de624d5-0200-407c-8a98-025c1469e07b.jpg

[Chevy114]

Part of the basketball court from the Minneapolis Armory (former home of the Lakers) will be used as the flooring in one of the bars at the new Twins park.

http://img.groundspeak.com/waymarking/display/8de624d5-0200-407c-8a98-025c1469e07b.jpg

Thats cool, you wouldn't think they would still have the floor from a team that played there almost 40 years ago. Did the timberwolves play there or something?

[Lafferty Daniel]

Thats cool, you wouldn't think they would still have the floor from a team that played there almost 40 years ago. Did the timberwolves play there or something?

The Timberwolves played at the Metrodome briefly before the Target Center (yuck) was completed. The Minneapolis Armory is currently being used as a parking lot. Lots of Twins fans park here and then walk to the dome. It's kinda random that they'd use the old basketball floor in part of a ballpark, but it could be a nice touch.

[Philtration]

Part of the basketball court from the Minneapolis Armory (former home of the Lakers) will be used as the flooring in one of the bars at the new Twins park.

http://img.groundspeak.com/waymarking/display/8de624d5-0200-407c-8a98-025c1469e07b.jpg

Now that is cool and and a surprise as well.
I never really thought about their old house still being there

[Lafferty Daniel]

Now that is cool and and a surprise as well.
I never really thought about their old house still being there

Yep, and despite it being a parking lot on the inside, it still looks pretty cool.

[PeteU]

IIRC, they originally brought only one of the foul poles (RF) from Memorial stadium, along with home plate. The first LF foul pole at Camden Yards was new. The Memorial Stadium one replaced it after the (thankfully) brief experiment with moving home plate backwards to deepen the park.

There was also plans to bring the Diamondvision video board from Memorial Stadium to OPACY, but they decided against it and had a brand new Dakotatronics board installed instead.

And now, 16 years later, that Dakotatronics board has been replaced as well.

[teamrap]

the right field grandstand and former ticket office are now used by BU. the grandstand (not sure if its the original, but one exits in the exact location as the original) is there and the former ticket office houses BUPD and a day care center

Small points, but it was called the right field pavillion (not grandstand) and the so-called ticket offices were actually the Boston Braves executive offices

[teamrap]

It was a long time ago, but the infield sod was dug up at Huntington Avenue Grounds and replanted at Fenway Park when it opened in 1912 ... does that count?

[DrBear]

Some of the bricks from Milwaukee County Stadium were saved and put in the wall behind the Mercedes-Benz picnic area in right field at Miller Park.

[Goober]

Part of the basketball court from the Minneapolis Armory (former home of the Lakers) will be used as the flooring in one of the bars at the new Twins park.

http://img.groundspeak.com/waymarking/display/8de624d5-0200-407c-8a98-025c1469e07b.jpg

I remember reading that. Does anyone remember where it was in storage?

Moose