eriqjaffe's 3D Stadiums

[eriqjaffe]

Originally Posted by dlefe

Every single one worked perfectly in my new OOTP22 game. The only one that I had an issue with, was the Las Vegas one, but if you read my note above, you'll see what I had to do.

BTW I just updated Las Vegas Ballpark with a .prk file that should import the proper 2d images

[eriqjaffe]

Skipping around a bit...

TD Ballpark, home of the Dunedin Blue Jays and Spring Training (and temporary regular season) home of the the Toronto Blue Jays

Opened in 1990, this park can trace its history farther back as it was built on the same site as Grant Field, which had been built on the same site in 1930. In fact, Dunedin Stadium at Grant Field (as it was known at the time) used the same field and clubhouses as its predecessor. Due to the ongoing pandemic the Toronto Blue Jays, after playing their "home" games in Buffalo's Sahlen Field in 2020, have started the 2021 season playing their home games in TD Ballpark as well.

https://www.mediafire.com/file/i2z03...lpark.zip/file

[silvam14]

Originally Posted by eriqjaffe

Skipping around a bit...

TD Ballpark, home of the Dunedin Blue Jays and Spring Training (and temporary regular season) home of the the Toronto Blue Jays

Opened in 1990, this park can trace its history farther back as it was built on the same site as Grant Field, which had been built on the same site in 1930. In fact, Dunedin Stadium at Grant Field (as it was known at the time) used the same field and clubhouses as its predecessor. Due to the ongoing pandemic the Toronto Blue Jays, after playing their "home" games in Buffalo's Sahlen Field in 2020, have started the 2021 season playing their home games in TD Ballpark as well.

https://www.mediafire.com/file/i2z03...lpark.zip/file

Wow, this is gorgeous! thanks!

[reme]

Thank you ! Looks great as usual. I've been hoping you would do a spring training field. i used to live in Palm Harbor which is next to Dunedin, so know this park and the phillies stadium, Bright House field which changed to Spectrum and now is Baycare park, which was only a few minutes away.
Thanks again !

[Isedelyod]

Amazing as usual. Thanks you for taking on this request.

[eriqjaffe]

A quick note, I messed up a bit with TD park and didn't upload a version with animated crowds - that's fixed, the above link should now link to the updated version.

[Ktulu]

TD looks awesome!

[eriqjaffe]

Taking a quick detour from real parks:

Rogers Field, fictional home of the Toronto Blue Jays

While working on TD Ballpark, I came across a series of gorgeous renders of a fictional Toronto stadium by a Flickr user named Wylie Poon:

https://www.flickr.com/photos/wyliepoon/

I asked him if I could convert the park for use in OOTP and he kindly gave me his permission. Instead of my synopsis, I'll just let Wylie describe the park:

Fantasy design for a major league ballpark in Toronto’s East Bayfront neighbourhood. The design was inspired by a report that the current home of the Toronto Blue Jays, Rogers Centre (SkyDome) is being considered for demolition and redevelopment as a new ballpark. If that plan falls through, a waterfront site would be considered for ballpark development.

This fantasy waterfront ballpark is located in the East Bayfront neighbourhood which is currently under development. The site is south of Queen’s Quay East, west of the new Cherry Street alignment. The site is just east of the future Quayside community (previously designed by Google’s Sidewalk Labs). Immediately south of the site is the Keating Channel at the point where it enters Toronto Harbour, opposite of which will be the new Villiers Island community in the Toronto Port Lands. The ballpark design incorporates the Victory Silos currently sitting on the site (which will be preserved in Waterfront Toronto plans) – this design shows a brewery building built just south of the silos, separated from the ballpark by a public plaza. This gives the ballpark a similar relationship to a brewery as the current Rogers Centre is to the Steam Whistle Brewery in the John Street Roundhouse.

The ballpark has estimated seating of 34,000, smaller than the average Major League Baseball ballpark. The smaller capacity provides an intimate atmosphere to fans. The ballpark has a mix of retro architecture borrowing from the heritage of the Distillery District and the Port Lands, and more modern architecture. Public plazas are located on the east side of the ballpark and on the southeast corner. A public walkway (not closed during stadium events) separates the ballpark from Keating Channel. Fans can enter the building via main entrances on the northwest corner and east side of the building, leading into large naturally-lit atriums. The east atrium also has direct access (via pedestrian bridges) to the Waterfront East LRT stop and the infill GO/Ontario Line station at Cherry Street.

Just like the current Rogers Centre (SkyDome), this ballpark incorporates a retractable roof that can provide a totally enclosed playing environment in inclement weather. On days with good weather, two sliding roof panels are parked over a fixed roof panel on the north side of the ballpark. On cold days or in inclement weather, the two roof panels slide out to cover the field. The large panel that covers the south end of the field has glazing on the south end, allowing natural light to enter the building even when the ballpark is totally enclosed.

The ballpark design also maximizes the view towards Keating Channel and Toronto Harbour, allowing interaction between the ballpark and the waterfront. Three large windows with movable glazed panels are built into the south wall of the ballpark. On good weather days the panels slide away, allowing breeze from the harbour to blow into the ballpark. During poor weather, the panels slide in to close the windows and enclose the ballpark, but the glazed panels still allow natural light to enter the playing field. Fans can look out the south side of the ballpark to see the skyline of the future Villiers Island community. Fans on the upper deck will be able to look out to Toronto Harbour and even the Toronto Islands.

In the outfield there is a standing room drinking/dining area (similar to the current WestJet Flight Deck) just below the centre field scoreboard. Fans in this area have access not only to view the game on the field, but they can also access an outdoor patio on the east side of the building with views of the new Cherry Street Bridge, Keating Channel and Villiers Island. This area is connected to the rest of the stands by a bridge, whose design reflects the old Cherry Street Lift Bridge which used to cross Keating Channel.

The playing field will be natural grass, which will grow due to the natural lighting coming from the south side of the ballpark. The field is asymmetrical, designed to fit in with the site conditions. The distance from home plate to the right field wall will be 310’ (same distance as to the left field “Green Monster” at Boston’s Fenway Park). Home run balls to right field will have to clear the right field wall, which ranges from 27’ to 34’ in height. Any home run ball that clears the right field wall, goes through a window on the south side of the ballpark, goes over the public walkway just outside the stadium, and ends up in Keating Channel will be declared a “splash hit” and will be counted on a counter on the right field wall (similar to Oracle Park in San Francisco).

https://www.mediafire.com/file/yyzwj...Field.zip/file

I have also made what I am calling a "lite" version of the park - it's the same stadium with the entire Villiers Island portion of the model replaced by a more traditional day/night skyline image, which makes the park easier to place in a different city. Note that while I call it the "lite" version, it's actually a larger download due to the size of the skyline texture.

https://www.mediafire.com/file/xeezb..._Lite.zip/file

In deference to Wylie I am not including a SketchUp model in either version.

[dishnet34]

That looks awesome! Wonderful work on the model, and kudos to Wylie for the original design!

[Ty Cobb]

Sweet park!

[The Game]

gonna use that for several teams.

[bdvorak11]

Awesome park !! Any chance on making something similar for the Expos ??

Thanks again for all of your great stadium work !

[curt]

Originally Posted by eriqjaffe

Skipping around a bit...

TD Ballpark, home of the Dunedin Blue Jays and Spring Training (and temporary regular season) home of the the Toronto Blue Jays

Opened in 1990, this park can trace its history farther back as it was built on the same site as Grant Field, which had been built on the same site in 1930. In fact, Dunedin Stadium at Grant Field (as it was known at the time) used the same field and clubhouses as its predecessor. Due to the ongoing pandemic the Toronto Blue Jays, after playing their "home" games in Buffalo's Sahlen Field in 2020, have started the 2021 season playing their home games in TD Ballpark as well.

https://www.mediafire.com/file/i2z03...lpark.zip/file

Is there a way to replace the games Spring Training Park with this one?

[NYMike44]

Add NBT Bank Stadium to your list of ballparks to redo. They just underwent a 25 million dollar renovation, and the stadium looks completely different than the one your currently have.

[jg2977]

I tried Rogers Field last night. It looks spectacular but the gameplay is very choppy, whereas all of my other parks, whether they are mods or the ones that come with the game, are very smooth. I play OOTP on a 2-year old iMac. Is there anything that I can do to make gameplay in Rogers Field smoother?

[eriqjaffe]

Originally Posted by NYMike44

Add NBT Bank Stadium to your list of ballparks to redo. They just underwent a 25 million dollar renovation, and the stadium looks completely different than the one your currently have.

Thanks, I'll put it on the list. Probably won't be a high priority because something's better than nothing.

Originally Posted by jg2977

I tried Rogers Field last night. It looks spectacular but the gameplay is very choppy, whereas all of my other parks, whether they are mods or the ones that come with the game, are very smooth. I play OOTP on a 2-year old iMac. Is there anything that I can do to make gameplay in Rogers Field smoother?

Not sure, really. I didn't experience any choppiness when I was testing it out, but I'm not using a Mac.

[eriqjaffe]

Back to AA now...

Arvest Ballpark, home of the Northwest Arkansas Naturals

This park was built specifically to lure a minor-league team to the area. They wound up getting the Wichita Wranglers to relocate, and the club can trace its affiliation with the Royals back to 1995.

https://www.mediafire.com/file/qnm83...lpark.zip/file

[clamel]

Another great one. They just keep coming. BIG THANKS

Hey, if one don't use them in the correct team, many of these smaller AA-ballparks are just great to put in as Spring Ballpark instead of the weird looking "standard" coming with the game.

One can also easily get one of them as a "standard" ballpark used when any team haven't got a ballpark dedicated already.

Just loving these smaller ballparks you are doing.

[zappa1]

Thank you so much for your parks. I just started a 40 team fictional league and you helped me cover them all with your parks.

[silvam14]

Wow!