Salt Lake City, UT - Smith's Ballpark
 

The latest in this little project is Smith's Ballpark in Salt Lake City. It claims to have the best backdrop in baseball, and after looking at pictures for the last day, I kinda have to agree.

The park is at over 4000 feet and a little small, so it plays like Coors Field. It's particularly generous to left handed batters.

New zip file can be found here

ZIP File can be found here



https://i1279.photobucket.com/albums...psmk6odjgi.png

Day
https://i.imgur.com/i3RZrar.png

Night
https://i.imgur.com/fK83vL7.png
Also, thanks to eriqjaffe for letting me use his scoreboard in right field. I think it added the right pop to the model.

A little bit later, but here is Dunkin Donuts Park. It's a pretty beautiful stadium with an interesting history - apparently the original contractors were fired after the park opened a year late, and it almost didn't come to pass. I'm glad it did though - it looks pretty great.

The stadium is also on a pretty narrow block, so I spent a lot of time on Clem's looking at Baker Bowl/Shibe Park for inspiration, including the double decker outfield bleachers.

The park plays hitter friendly, particularly because it is so small, and is pretty home run friendly.

New zip file can be found here

Original zip file can be found here


http://i1279.photobucket.com/albums/...psa4lquf4c.png

Day
https://i.imgur.com/T3b0hEt.png

Night
https://i.imgur.com/SCfYT1y.png

Thanks for Dunkin Donuts Park. I live 20 miles from Hartford. Now Chompers and Chew Chew (the mascots) have a place in the OOTP world.

Hmm... Speaking of New England minor league ballparks... or at least concept ballparks... Just throwing it out there. https://goo.gl/images/r6Dy1Z

Boise Cascade Ballpark - Boise, ID
 

This one is actually based off of some concepts for a new minor league park in Boise. I took a few liberties with the structure of the park, but kept the field shape and location.

The park is at elevation, so it plays pretty hitter friendly, especially for left handed batters.

New zip file can be found here

Original File can be found here

http://i1279.photobucket.com/albums/...psww5rtz4w.png

Day
https://i.imgur.com/vAhbk73.png

Night
https://i.imgur.com/RQQh3a3.png

Outstanding work as always. Everybody. You, Silvam, EriqJaffe, anyone else I forgot. It makes the game so much more enjoyable

Durham Athletic Park - Durham, NC
 

Here's Durham Athletic Park, home of the Durham Bulls. It's technically based on Durham Bulls Athletic Park (turns out they are two separate stadiums), but you know, making things more neutral and all that. The stadium is situated in a mixed use area, which I tried to reflect in the surrounding buildings.

The park plays slightly hitter friendly, particularly with the short walls (only 305 to left, but with a 32 foot barrier there.) In general it is more friendly to righties than lefties.

New zip file can be found here

Original Zip File can be found here

http://i1279.photobucket.com/albums/...ps8evg98nl.png

Day
https://i.imgur.com/ltWSxS3.png

Night
https://i.imgur.com/p6d7J5z.png

Thanks! It's a lot of fun for me - I've always been a bit of a ballpark nerd, so it's fun to create stadiums and parks that I (and others) can use. Thank you for your feedback and encouragement in the process. :)

Shaw Park - Winnipeg, MB
 

Jparker2112 gave me some help in identifying Canadian cities that could use parks, so I'll be mixing them into this process as we go. This one is from Winnipeg - Shaw Park. It's a traditional quarter circle outfield on a pretty narrow block, so I changed the right field side (making it more open air.)

The field plays pretty neutral, with the usual Canadian depression of home runs and extra base hits.

New zip file can be found here

Original Zip File can be found here

http://i1279.photobucket.com/albums/...ps0jepeyw6.png

Daytime

https://i.imgur.com/kpIeWA0.png

Nighttime

https://i.imgur.com/ua5Dm34.png

Thanks for these!

Polar Park - Worcester
 

So.... initially I looked at those pictures and was like, I have no idea how those fit together. But, I set off making the stadium ... and then realized it was five different concepts... so I merged some of them together and added a few of my own ideas and, well here you go.

Polar Park follows the outline of Fenway (it turns out that Boston apparently is having all of its minor league stadiums reflect the Boston outfield, which simultaneously makes sense and makes me a bit sorry for all those citizens shelling out to make sure Boston left fielders are marginally better) and the park factors are pretty identical - low homer, slightly batter friendly, lots of doubles, no triples. (Also, thanks again to Eriqjaffe for the hand operated scoreboard.)

New zip file can be found here

Original Zip File can be found here.


http://i1279.photobucket.com/albums/...ps2nep9m2r.png

Day
https://i.imgur.com/bXwarXC.png

Night
https://i.imgur.com/qlkB1BR.png

Also, I'm going to start a new thread to better organize these stadiums and solicit input from y'all. You can find it here. This expanded well beyond what I thought it would when I started out with Portland last month - thanks everyone for the feedback along the way!

I cant believe you actually DID IT!!!!! WOW!!


Seriously, I just tossed the pictures up there half kidding... thinking it's kind of impossible to put that one together. I didn't think you were really going to try it.


I'm amazed!!! Again, OUTSTANDING work. You are a juggernaut with these parks. Can't thank you enough.

Having been to the Shrine on Airline for a few Zephyrs games over the years, I would say the Shrine is a functional ballpark and nothing more. I have not been back since they rebranded as the BabyCakes, and I live about 45 minutes from the park. That's how unremarkable that park is.

Is the centerfield wall missing?

No - the wall in center field is a chain link fence, which shows up in sketchup but appears invisible in OOTP because of how it renders the stadiums. The team that created the Howard Terminal sketches prioritized a park-like feel, and as such they made the center field wall a see through fence:

https://securea.mlb.com/assets/image...24x576/cut.jpg

In the latest iteration they added the batter's eye in center field, and I haven't added that in yet (or the new bullpens.)

nielsoncp, first off, I want to thank you for your amazing work. I'm using a few of your stadiums, including this one, in my new fictional league and it's really brought my league to life. :flowers:

I'm having display issues with only this stadium, and I'm wondering if you (or anyone else) can help me out. I don't know if it's a problem with the stadium or my settings. The issue is the "sky" appears to "slice" through the background and hide some of the stadium and skyline. I've attached a screenshot showing what I mean - note that there appears to be a hard edge to this, which you can see under the scoreboard near the 10TV logo.

Is this something I need to adjust on my end, or is it part of the stadium file? I'm playing windowed mode, 1920 x 1080.

Thanks for letting me know Boof. I probably won't have a chance to take a look in depth until the middle of June - I have a pretty heavy travel schedule ahead, but I'll try to take a look and figure out what's happening.

The top picture says San Antonio, but the bottom one doesn't. Also, the park is supposed to be in Brooklyn, isn't it? Just wondering, that's all. CD out.

Columbus seems to be printed upside-down from the way it probably should be on the third base-side dugout in this picture. Just noticed something you may not have caught yet here, that's all. CD out.

Graphics on the dugout roofs in these pictures seem to be upside-down from likely preferred orientations. Just thought you should know, that's all. CD out.

Thanks CD. A lot of the parks in this thread have errors in them - it was part of my learning process at the time. The models are all fixed now, but I decided I didn't want to put the time into fixing all the pictures. At some point I may go back and update, but for now they will stay put.

Thank you, fine sir, for the updated information. Keep up the great work, in any case, I hope. I'll be looking for the other parks mainly or totally featuring Low's logos for certain teams I'm going to be adding soon to the relevant dynasty or dynasties, for sure, just so you know. May you and yours all stay as safe and all as possible, in these challenging times. Lord willing, of course, that is. CD out.

Graphics upside-down on third base-side dugout here. Just thought you should know, if you haven't already corrected the relevant graphics, that's all. CD out.