Baseball Field Construction Photos and Updates
12/21/2007 12:00:00 AM | Baseball
Follow construction at the Wilpon Baseball and Softball Complex with photos and updates. The seating bowl at baseball's historic Ray Fisher Stadium, built in the early 1920s, will be upgraded and a new two-story addition to house barrier-free seating, a press area, improved public restrooms, concession areas and team administrative functions will be built. A new team clubhouse and indoor hitting facility also will be erected during the project.
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| 12/21/07 :: Exterior The brick and wrought iron front entrance of Fisher Stadium is an impressive site and complements the architecture of Michigan's athletic campus. | 12/21/07 :: Exterior The wrought iron gates that encase the front plaza entrance are being installed. | |
| 12/21/07 :: Third Base Line Looking down along the third base line from the third floor of the stadium. Bushes and trees inside the wrought iron gates line the sidewalk and exterior. Seating areas are also new and run along the plaza areas on the first and third base sides. | 12/21/07 :: First Floor On the first floor of the addition to Ray Fisher Stadium, there is a kitchenette area, a video room, and administrative and coaches offices. | |
| 12/21/07 :: Third Floor The windows along the right side of the hallway face out to the Ross Academic Center and Yost Ice Arena. The first doorway on the left leads into the third base suite. Coach Maloney's office suite is the second door, followed by the radio and television booth entrances. | 12/21/07 :: Third Base Suite Looking out onto the field from inside the third base suite. | |
| 12/21/07 :: Locker Room From the north side of the Michigan locker room, facing south. One of the 30-inch lockers can be seen just behind the ladder. | 12/21/07 :: Locker Room Facing north inside the locker room. | |
| 12/21/07 :: Indoor Hitting Facility The two pitching mounds are complete and the FieldTurf is down inside the hitting facility. To the left of the mounds will be the screen for the video hitting system. | 12/21/07 :: Indoor Hitting Facility Looking from the pitching mounds, facing north toward the three batting cages. | |
| 12/21/07 :: Indoor Hitting Facility The retractable doors along the west side will be used during the summer months for ventilation. | ||
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