I read back through the SFGiants58's Defunct Saga thread and decided I wanted to do a few more ballparks related to his concepts. The first is Fairgrounds Park, which was renamed Cardinal Park when St. Louis moved their minor league team there in the 1980s.
Apparently Charles Finley tried to relocate the then Kansas City A's to Louisville in 1964.
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He went so far as to negotiate with the city about expanding the rinky-dink Fairgrounds Stadium to over 30,000 seats and plan out profit division for the venue.1 However, the AL once again told Finley that he couldn't move the team and that he had to resume the increasingly toxic lease negotiations with Kansas City.
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The actual Fairgrounds Park was torn down this year, but fortunately Google Maps hasn't updated yet, so I was able to make a model. I added some extra seating in right, and to me the park feels a bit like a transition between the modern county stadium/dodger stadium models and the eventually triumphant concrete donuts of the 1970s.
In real life was used for both baseball and football (as well as marching band concerts) so it has wonky dimensions that clearly benefit left handed batters.
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