A’s have signed a binding agreement to purchase land for a future ballpark in Las Vegas.

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FWIW, Fenway doesn't have On deck circles. But the rest of it is concerning. I expect the final result will look about 10% like this. Maybe the dimensions?

It also looks like it seats, maybe 20,000 fans? Looks like 10 rows in the lower deck in LF, same in the 2nd deck.

At least the empty bleachers in Right Center seem accurate, with 3 chairs that are empty and a whole mess of empty benches
Um yes it does

 

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I think those are the fungo hitting circles. A player standing there during an at-bat would be a serious distraction.
 

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Fenway on-deck batters are on the track between the dugouts and the plate
I know.

I’m asking if other stadiums have both fungo and on deck circles.

edit: to be honest I always thought the Fenway circles were more like ceremonial on deck circles. Non-functioning.
 

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Didn't Fenway have on deck concrete pads close to the dugouts until Varitek broke his elbow diving for a foul ball?
https://www.espn.com/mlb/news/2001/0607/1211098.html

As Varitek fell, his right hand hit the rubberized mat in the on-deck circle, which is placed over gravel.



"With the mat there, yeah, (my hand) did stick. But to say if it wasn't there I wouldn't have stuck, I don't know," he said. "I would have done it again. It's a freak thing."
 

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The swingin' Vegas A's should just play their games inside The Sphere. There's 20k seats in there, should be more than enough. Balls that hit the roof could be in play, like in Tampa's "ballpark".

 

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It also looks like it seats, maybe 20,000 fans? Looks like 10 rows in the lower deck in LF, same in the 2nd deck.

At least the empty bleachers in Right Center seem accurate, with 3 chairs that are empty and a whole mess of empty benches
It's supposed to seat around 30,000. It will probably only do that once, opening day of the first season. Day 2 will likely be under 5,000
 

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It's supposed to seat around 30,000. It will probably only do that once, opening day of the first season. Day 2 will likely be under 5,000
It was initially proposed to seat 30,000 with the team making money with attendance at 2.5 million. When it was pointed out that selling out all 81 home games would leave them short, they said capacity will actually be larger. So it's been a real top-notch proposal from the jump.