Facility Notes
The Marlins are preparing to build a new ballpark in downtown Miami, and in Ft. Lauderdale, Juan Rodriguez reports Marlins President David Samson toured Nationals Park yesterday. Samson: "We walked around and saw all the little details that [co-Owners] Mark Lerner and Ted Lerner attended to, and we leave here with a to-do list that numbers 6,000." Joining Samson on the tour were Miami-Dade County Manager George Burgess and Assistant Rau Baker, as well as Marlins Vice Chair Joel Mael, CFO Michel Bussiere, Senior VP/Stadium Development Claude Delorme, President of Baseball Operations Larry Beinfest, General Counsel Derel Jackson and Senior VP/Communications & Broadcasting P.J. Loyello, along with reps from architect HOK (South Florida SUN-SENTINEL, 4/10).
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Writer Feels Citi Field Will Provide
Better Fan Experience Than Shea Stadium |
NOTES: The Red Sox are installing on the Fenway Park roof enough solar panels to provide 37% of the hot water needed at the ballpark. The installation, scheduled for a May finish, will reduce "annual carbon dioxide emissions by roughly 18 tons." The project is being spearheaded by National Grid (BOSTON GLOBE, 4/10)....On Long Island, Anthony Rieber wrote of Citi Field, "You can't miss it. It's everywhere. It's gorgeous, really, with its red brick outer shell and upper-deck seats. ... If Citi Field lives up to its early visual promise, the fan experience will be 1,000 times better than at Shea [Stadium]" (NEWSDAY, 4/9)....St. John's Univ.'s Carnesecca Arena will undergo a $5M "interior renovation this summer as part of a multiphase upgrade." The enhancements will include a new court and a "renovated seating bowl with 800 chairback seats" (AP, 4/9).
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