Oriole Park at Camden Yards Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ==Design and features== [[Image:Babe Ruth statue.jpg|thumb|upright=1|Susan Luery's 1996 statue of [[Babe Ruth]], ''[[Babe's Dream (sculpture)|Babe's Dream]]'']] Camden Yards was built on land that once served as the [[rail yard]] for the [[Baltimore and Ohio Railroad]]'s [[Camden Station]]. The view from much of the park is dominated by the former [[Baltimore & Ohio Warehouse at Camden Yards]] behind the right-field wall. Some seats in the stadium have a good view of the downtown [[Baltimore, Maryland|Baltimore]] [[skyline]]. The bullpen area was designed after many write-in designs were submitted by the public. Its unique two-tiered design was a first in major league parks. A picnic area is located above and behind the bullpens. Rows of picnic tables covered by orange umbrellas are available for fans to sit and eat. Many trees are located there, too. Many fans at home games view the game from behind the railing behind the bullpens. Until the 2012 season, the [[Mid-Atlantic Sports Network]]'s pre- and post-game shows before Orioles home games were televised in an outdoor studio behind the bullpens. [[Bronze sculpture]]s of the six Orioles greats whose uniform numbers were retired by the ballclub were unveiled individually in the walking zone of the area behind the bullpens throughout the [[2012 Baltimore Orioles season|2012 season]].<ref name="baltimore.orioles.mlb.com">{{cite web|url=http://baltimore.orioles.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20120426&content_id=29720788&vkey=pr_bal&c_id=bal|title=Orioles Legends Celebration Series |publisher=Major League Baseball Advanced Media|date=April 26, 2012|access-date=January 22, 2013}}</ref> The statues were created by [[Antonio Tobias Mendez]] and cast at the locally based New Arts Foundry.<ref>Jensen, Brennen [http://citypaper.com/news/heavy-metal-man-1.1352570 "Heavy Metal Man"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120826215054/http://citypaper.com/news/heavy-metal-man-1.1352570 |date=2012-08-26 }} ''Baltimore City Paper'', July 31, 2012</ref> On the street there is a statue of [[Babe Ruth]] entitled, ''[[Babe's Dream (sculpture)|Babe's Dream]]'', created in 1996 by sculptor Susan Luery.<ref>[http://susanluery.com/Biography/biography.htm Biography of Susan Luery] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927132842/http://susanluery.com/Biography/biography.htm |date=2007-09-27 }}, the sculptor of the Babe Ruth statue. URL last accessed July 6, 2006.</ref> In the same courtyard, one will find sculptures indicating the retired jersey numbers of the Baltimore Orioles. The stadium is the first major league park to have an outfield wall made up entirely of straight wall segments since [[Ebbets Field]]. The playing field is {{convert|16|ft}} below street level. The stadium contains 4,631 club seats and 72 luxury suites. Every seat in the ballpark is green, except for two β one in left field which marks the spot of Cal Ripken's 278th career home run, breaking Ernie Banks' all-time record among shortstops, and one in right field, which marks the spot of Eddie Murray's 500th career home run. Camden Yards lights spell out "GO ORIOLES" all throughout the month of September. ===Seating capacity=== {| class="wikitable" |- ! scope="row" style="{{Baseball primary style|Baltimore Orioles}};"|Years ! scope="row" style="{{Baseball primary style|Baltimore Orioles}};"|Capacity |- ! scope="row" style="{{Baseball secondary style|Baltimore Orioles}};"|1992β1996 | <div style="text-align:center;">48,041</div> |- ! scope="row" style="{{Baseball secondary style|Baltimore Orioles}};"|1997β2000 | <div style="text-align:center;">48,079</div> |- ! scope="row" style="{{Baseball secondary style|Baltimore Orioles}};"|2001β2004 | <div style="text-align:center;">48,190</div> |- ! scope="row" style="{{Baseball secondary style|Baltimore Orioles}};"|2005β2010 | <div style="text-align:center;">48,290</div> |- ! scope="row" style="{{Baseball secondary style|Baltimore Orioles}};"|2011β2021 | <div style="text-align:center;">45,971</div> |} ===Ballparks influenced by Camden Yards=== [[File:Oriole Park Conway Street.JPG|thumb|upright=1|Main entrance from Russell Street.]] Since its opening day in 1992, Camden Yards was a success and fan favorite. Attendance jumped from an average of 25,722 over the last 10 years of [[Memorial Stadium (Baltimore)|Memorial Stadium]]'s tenure to an average of 43,490 over the first 10 years of Camden Yards' existence.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.baseball-almanac.com/teams/baltatte.shtml|title=Baltimore Orioles Attendance Records (1901 - 2018) by Baseball Almanac|website=www.baseball-almanac.com}}</ref> Due to its success, many other cities built traditional-feeling asymmetrical ballparks with modern amenities (such as skyboxes) in a downtown setting. Many of these stadiums, like Camden Yards, incorporate "retro" features in the stadium exteriors as well as interiors; these parks have been dubbed [[Baseball park#Retro-classic ballparks|"retro-classic"]] parks. Other parks, known as [[Baseball park#Retro-modern ballparks|"retro-modern"]] parks, have combined "retro" exteriors with more modern interior elements. [[Image:Oriole Park at Camden Yards, O's vs Mariners, 8-1-2014.jpg|thumb|upright=1|The Orioles hosting the [[Seattle Mariners]] on August 1, 2014]] The park also ended a quarter-century trend of multi-purpose stadiums in which baseball and football teams shared the same stadium. Although intended to cut costs, the fundamentally different sizes and shapes of baseball and football fields made this concept fundamentally inadequate for either sport. By the 2012 season, all but two teams played in baseball-only parks. Retro-classic parks include: *[[Coors Field]] in [[Denver]] (1995) *[[Oracle Park]] in San Francisco (2000) *[[Comerica Park]] in [[Detroit]] (2000) *[[PNC Park]] in [[Pittsburgh]] (2001) *[[Citizens Bank Park]] in [[Philadelphia]] (2004) *[[Busch Stadium]] in [[St. Louis, Missouri|St. Louis]] (2006) *[[Citi Field]] in [[Queens]], New York City (2009) *[[Yankee Stadium|New Yankee Stadium]] in [[The Bronx|The Bronx, New York City]] (2009) *[[Guaranteed Rate Field]] in [[Chicago]] (1991/2011) **This park opened in 1991 as the last of the so-called [[Baseball park#Modern ballparks|"modern" ballparks]]. It was heavily renovated from 2001 to 2011 into a retro-classic park. Retro-modern parks include: *[[Progressive Field]] in [[Cleveland]] (1994) *[[Angel Stadium of Anaheim]] in [[Anaheim, California|Anaheim]] (1966/1998) **Angel Stadium opened in 1966 as a modern park. From 1979 to 1980, it was converted into a multi-purpose park shared with the [[National Football League|NFL's]] [[Los Angeles Rams]]. After the Rams moved to [[St. Louis, Missouri|St. Louis]] after the 1994 NFL season, the stadium was extensively renovated a second time from 1996 to 1998, with the most significant change being the removal of almost all of the seats added for football. The final result was a retro-modern park. *[[Chase Field]] in [[Phoenix, Arizona|Phoenix]] (1998) *[[T-Mobile Park]] in [[Seattle]] (1999) *[[Minute Maid Park]] in [[Houston]] (2000) *[[American Family Field]] in [[Milwaukee]] (2001) *[[Great American Ball Park]] in [[Cincinnati]] (2003) *[[Petco Park]] in [[San Diego]] (2004) *[[Nationals Park]] in Washington, D.C. (2008) *[[Target Field]] in [[Minneapolis]] (2010) *[[Truist Park]] in [[Cumberland, Georgia]] (2017) *[[Globe Life Field]] in [[Arlington, Texas]] (2020) [[LoanDepot Park]] in [[Miami]] (opened in 2012), was the first since Camden Yards not classified as a "retro" park, whether of the classic or modern variety. Marlins owner [[Jeffrey Loria]] specifically rejected the retro model for the new park, desiring a facility that reflected the 21st-century culture of Miami. [[Populous (company)|Populous]], which designed both Camden Yards and LoanDepot Park, was willing to listen; the lead designer for Marlins Park would later say the company was "waiting for a client willing to break the [retro] mold."<ref>{{cite web |url=http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20120403&content_id=27877064&vkey=news_mia&c_id=mia|title=Richard Justice: Marlins Park a work of art in every facet | marlins.com: News|first=Richard|last=Justice|publisher=MLB Advanced Media, L.P.|date=April 3, 2012|access-date=June 18, 2012}}</ref> Stadium planners are labeling LoanDepot Park the first example of [[contemporary architecture]] in MLB. Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. 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