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Originally Posted by mthq
^I was just about to say that upon seeing Target Field. Like Cirrus, I read all this discussion about the retro era but Target didn't look retro at all when I decided to take a look at the stadium for myself. I think a more appropriate term would be open aired when discussing the current trend.
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it's best to think of it as just the modern era of ball park design, kicked-off by US cellular field in 1991, which was definitely not retro when it opened, but it was the first baseball-only facility built by an MLB team in over a generation. and since then, every single other MLB ball park that has been built has been a baseball-only facility, regardless of whether or not it's been wrapped with retro detailing or covered with a retractable roof.