Lexington Park WIP

[dfswans]

Hi All, I am a big fan of all the work that goes into the 3D models on these forums. Thanks to silvam's tutorials, I have started work on my first ballpark and wanted to share my progress.

The Triple-A St. Paul Saints played at Lexington Park from 1897 through 1956. In this model, I am recreating how the stadium appeared in the later years. I am too young to have seen any games there, but have enjoyed cheering on the Saints at the wonderful Midway Stadium and now CHS Field.

This will take me some more time to finish, but very excited to use this as I love historical full minors sims and quite a few AAA parks are available to use. On a personal note, my father who recently passed attended games here as a small child and that was part of my inspiration.

Lots of history here also. Ted Williams visited this park during the season he played with the Minneapolis Millers and on multiple occasions hit home runs off of the Coliseum beyond the fence in left center. Willie Mays visited with the Millers in 1951, and Duke Snider and Roy Campanella played here with the Saints prior to getting called up to the Dodgers.

I will add some additional details and get the files posted soon. If I'm feeling ambitious, I may also create a 1920s/1930s version of the park by taking out the lights, changing the advertisements to be appropriate for the period, and pushing the right field fence all the way out to 365 feet at the pole. There was also a hill in front of the 12 foot fence so it required quite a poke to go deep out there.

Thanks to all of you who contribute to this community!

[micropterus58]

Looks good.

[Ty Cobb]

Looks promising!

[thehef]

Very cool!

[oosl]

Originally Posted by dfswans

Hi All, I am a big fan of all the work that goes into the 3D models on these forums. Thanks to silvam's tutorials, I have started work on my first ballpark and wanted to share my progress.

The Triple-A St. Paul Saints played at Lexington Park from 1897 through 1956. In this model, I am recreating how the stadium appeared in the later years. I am too young to have seen any games there, but have enjoyed cheering on the Saints at the wonderful Midway Stadium and now CHS Field.

This will take me some more time to finish, but very excited to use this as I love historical full minors sims and quite a few AAA parks are available to use. On a personal note, my father who recently passed attended games here as a small child and that was part of my inspiration.

Lots of history here also. Ted Williams visited this park during the season he played with the Minneapolis Millers and on multiple occasions hit home runs off of the Coliseum beyond the fence in left center. Willie Mays visited with the Millers in 1951, and Duke Snider and Roy Campanella played here with the Saints prior to getting called up to the Dodgers.

I will add some additional details and get the files posted soon. If I'm feeling ambitious, I may also create a 1920s/1930s version of the park by taking out the lights, changing the advertisements to be appropriate for the period, and pushing the right field fence all the way out to 365 feet at the pole. There was also a hill in front of the 12 foot fence so it required quite a poke to go deep out there.

Thanks to all of you who contribute to this community!

Hi there. Did you ever finish and post the files for this park?

[niu354]

I'd love to use this ballpark if you are finished with it.

[thehef]

Originally Posted by niu354

i'd love to use this ballpark if you are finished with it.

+1!