1 minute ago, Kyyle23 said:

Swisher is truly the most offensive of all of them

Should have added coke boogies to his nostrils.

6 minutes ago, WhiteSox2023 said:

Should have added coke boogies to his nostrils.

That or a sex doll next to him lol

4 hours ago, Falstaff said:

Every time I see the railyards I question how the hell do you shoehorn a ballpark in there.

The Amtrak site alone is not wide enough for a ballpark. It's ~500 ft. wide and I'd say they'd need a minimum of 600 ft. even with an urban, asymmetrical, short RF fence design. But two options are to:

1) build the far western edge of the stadium over the Metra tracks similar to what was done at Target Field (see below); or
2) Purchase something like 100 ft. of land from Metra/BNSF and have them shift the active rail line slightly to the west.

Option 1 is definitely feasible since, as shown above, it's been done elsewhere. There are even examples in Chicago of structures sitting right above active train tracks. I have no idea if option 2 is feasible. Metra would have to agree to it and they'd have to have enough remaining land for their maintenance yard.

6 minutes ago, 77 Hitmen said:

The Amtrak site alone is not wide enough for a ballpark. It's ~500 ft. wide and I'd say they'd need a minimum of 600 ft. even with an urban, asymmetrical, short RF fence design. But two options are to:

1) build the far western edge of the stadium over the Metra tracks similar to what was done at Target Field (see below); or
2) Purchase something like 100 ft. of land from Metra/BNSF and have them shift the active rail line slightly to the west.

Option 1 is definitely feasible since, as shown above, it's been done elsewhere. There are even examples in Chicago of structures sitting right above active train tracks. I have no idea if option 2 is feasible. Metra would have to agree to it and they'd have to have enough remaining land for their maintenance yard.

I think I read in one of the last Crain's articles that they are actively talking with BNSF too.

30 minutes ago, 77 Hitmen said:

The Amtrak site alone is not wide enough for a ballpark. It's ~500 ft. wide and I'd say they'd need a minimum of 600 ft. even with an urban, asymmetrical, short RF fence design. But two options are to:

1) build the far western edge of the stadium over the Metra tracks similar to what was done at Target Field (see below); or
2) Purchase something like 100 ft. of land from Metra/BNSF and have them shift the active rail line slightly to the west.

Option 1 is definitely feasible since, as shown above, it's been done elsewhere. There are even examples in Chicago of structures sitting right above active train tracks. I have no idea if option 2 is feasible. Metra would have to agree to it and they'd have to have enough remaining land for their maintenance yard.

Have you measured Fenway on Google Earth and compared it?

Your measurements are off a bit too. They've got about 570' to the river wall. See below for Fenway. They'll definitely have enough room with a setup as Fenway, but in right field.

I agree that it is a bit tight though. At a minimum you'd want a road on the west side of the field and a Riverwalk area on the east. Those two things complicate it. An extra 30' would be ideal.

Edited 15 hours ago15 hr by ron883

3 hours ago, ron883 said:

Have you measured Fenway on Google Earth and compared it?

Your measurements are off a bit too. They've got about 570' to the river wall. See below for Fenway. They'll definitely have enough room with a setup as Fenway, but in right field.

I agree that it is a bit tight though. At a minimum you'd want a road on the west side of the field and a Riverwalk area on the east. Those two things complicate it. An extra 30' would be ideal.

Even better if they have 570' from the river to the edge of the active train tracks and the BNSF/Metra property. I don't think a Fenway Green Monster-type wall there is something they'd want because that would totally wall off the stadium from the riverfront, so it seems that even 570' is still a little short of what they'd need. That's why my guess is that they would do either a partial build over the Metra tracks like at Target Field or buy some of the Metra land (if there's enough room to compress Metra's operations there).

Edited 11 hours ago11 hr by 77 Hitmen