“We told the groups, ‘You saw renderings in the newspaper, but wad those up for now.’”
In some ways, it was obvious from the beginning that the renderings were not feasible. They appeared to show the ballpark on a much larger plot of land than the nine acres the A’s have. Schrock also acknowledged that a retractable roof, which the first renderings showed, is not likely to come on a stadium built on such a small plot.
“The real interesting problem about the Tropicana site is we have a footprint that’s basically constrained within nine acres,” Schrock said. “Traditionally [with] big, retractable roofs, you move off of the footprint.”. Schrock said the A’s will be flexible for “a unique seating capacity,” which could go up to 33,000 seats.
“That really puts us in a sweet spot for a lot of other events aside from just baseball,” Schrock said. “So we want to make sure the way that the seating bowl is designed has the flexibility to accommodate multiple events and that it’s a really fun place for fans to come and watch a game.” Schrock told the Review-Journal that two groups are finalists to design the team’s stadium: a combined effort from the firms Bjarke Ingels Group, which designed the Howard Terminal renderings for the A’s in Oakland, and HTNB, which helped designed the Raiders’ Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas; and Gensler, a global architect firm that has a history of designing sports venues and has a Las Vegas office.
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