Globe Life Field

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This article is about the Texas Rangers' current home ballpark. For their former home ballpark, see Globe Life Park in Arlington.
Globe Life Field
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Globe Life Field in June 2020
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Location in Texas##Location in the United States
Location 734 Stadium Dr. Arlington, Texas, U.S.
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Owner City of Arlington
Operator Texas Rangers
Executive suites TBA
Capacity 40,300[1]
Field size Baseball:[2]
Left field: 329 ft (100 m)
Left center: 372 ft (113 m)
Center field: 407 ft (124 m)
Right center: 374 ft (114 m)
Right field: 326 ft (99 m)
Backstop: 42 ft (13 m)
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Surface Shaw Sports B1K (Artificial Turf)
Construction
Broke ground September 28, 2017 (2017-09-28)[3]
Opened May 29, 2020 (2020-05-29) (high school graduation)[9]
July 21, 2020 (2020-07-21) (exhibition game)
July 24, 2020 (2020-07-24) (regular season)
Construction cost $1.1 billion[3]
Architect HKS, Inc.[4]
VLK Architects[5]
Structural engineer Walter P Moore[6]
Services engineer ME Engineers[7]
General contractor Manhattan Construction Company[8]
Tenants
Texas Rangers (MLB) 2020–present

Globe Life Field is a baseball park in Arlington, Texas. Since 2020, it is the home ballpark of the Texas Rangers of Major League Baseball (MLB).[10] Globe Life and Accident Insurance Company, a subsidiary of McKinney-based Globe Life,[11] owns the naming rights for the facility through 2048.[12] The new ballpark is located across the street just south of Globe Life Park in Arlington, the Rangers' former home ballpark.

History

Background

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Construction site in 2017. AT&T Stadium is visible in the background.

On May 20, 2016, the Rangers announced that they would vacate Globe Life Park in Arlington. The new stadium will be constructed in a public/private partnership and have a retractable roof.[13] The ballpark was approved on the following Election Day.[14] HKS, Inc. was announced as the architect on January 5, 2017.[4]

On January 31, 2019, the Rangers announced that the playing surface of Globe Life Field will be carpeted with synthetic grass supplied by Shaw Sports Turf, making them one of only five major league teams to play its home games on artificial turf.[15][16]

The Rangers cited weather as the reason why attendances at Globe Life Park were lower than in other baseball stadiums in major metropolitan areas, since it was prone to high temperatures and rain delays. Therefore, the Rangers proposed that their new ballpark should be constructed with a roof. Unlike its predecessors, the new stadium's center field will face northeast, instead of southeast.[17]

A new shopping mall, a Loews Hotel, and a ballpark village are planned to go along with the new stadium. Globe Life Park in Arlington will then be renovated for football and soccer use.

The plans to build the stadium have generated a mixed reaction. The new stadium will offer a more comfortable environment to watch baseball but will extend existing taxes used to pay for AT&T Stadium. According to The Dallas Morning News, "The deal calls for the city to issue $500 million in bonds to help pay for the stadium. A half-cent of sales tax, 2% hotel occupancy tax and 5% car rental tax would pay off those bonds over an estimated 30 years. Voters also approved a ticket tax of up to 10% and parking tax of up to $3 at the new stadium. That money would be used for some of the Rangers' portion of the debt, which was criticized by the opposition campaign."[18]

On December 14, 2019, a section of the under-construction roof caught fire. [19]

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Globe Life Field in June 2020

Opening

Globe Life Field was originally scheduled to open on March 23, 2020, but due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the start of the 2020 Major League Baseball season was delayed for several months.[20] Globe Life Field opened for a high school graduation on May 29, 2020.[9]

On July 24, 2020, the Rangers hosted its first regular season game against the Colorado Rockies. The Rangers played two exhibition games against the Rockies on July 21 and 22 at Globe Life Field.[21]

2020 MLB postseason

Because of the COVID-19 pandemic, Major League Baseball announced on September 15, 2020, that they will implement a playoff bubble starting with the second round. Globe Life Field and Minute Maid Park in Houston will share the National League Division Series second-round playoff series, with one series in Houston and the other in Arlington. The National League Championship Series and the 2020 World Series will be played exclusively in Arlington.[22]

National Finals Rodeo

The Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association announced that the National Finals Rodeo will move from Las Vegas to Arlington in 2020.[citation needed]

Dimensions

The marked dimensions of Globe Life Field pay extensive homage to Rangers history, honoring all of the team's retired numbers plus key seasons in team history:[23]

Location Distance (in feet) Honoree Significance
Left field line 329 Adrián Beltré Retired #29
Left field just inside line 334 Nolan Ryan Retired #34
Left field power alley 372 1972 Rangers First season in Arlington
Deepest distance (to left and right of centerfield) 410 Michael Young Retired #10
Center field (straightaway) 407 Iván Rodríguez Retired #7
Right field power alley 374 1974 Rangers First winning season in Arlington
Right field line 326 Johnny Oates Retired #26
Home plate to backstop 42 Jackie Robinson Number 42 retired throughout MLB

Public reaction

After the Rangers unveiled Globe Life Field in June 2020, the look of its exterior was criticized and ridiculed online for its ugliness, especially compared to initial renderings of the ballpark.[24]

See also

References

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