Bank of the West Ballpark, home of the San Francisco Fire
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Bank of the West Ballpark is a bad situation for the Fire. It was originally designed as an all-purpose field, not just baseball, as it has hosted seven sports since it opened. The location is not ideal, and the centerfield view isnt exactly pleasing, either. The team is pushing for a new field, hopefully by the bay, but the city doesnt want to pay the money, and the fans don't particularly want a publicly funded stadium. Their window in San Francisco may be closing, but the hope is that the recent championship will provide some fuel for that fire.
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I went into this park thinking of the multi-purpose stadiums of the 60's and 70's with a lot of functional, brutalist concrete and metal. The stadium has been partially retrofitted to be a baseball-only facility, bringing the stands in line more with the shape of the infield, but those efforts didn't extend all the way to the outfield, which still retains its' donut-shaped heritage. A half-hearted attempt at a view was implemented at some point, leaving a gap in the donut in straight center. Several sections of the upper deck in the outfield are tarped over to artificially lower the capacity and make the attendance figures look a little better.
I opted to stay away from a distinctive downtown skyline for this part going with a panorama of some hills as seen from nearby Daly City.
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