Automatic stadium capacity increases

phenom · 02-13-2019, 08:47 AM

I'd like the option of having the sim automatically upgrade stadium seating capacity. I want to see stadiums increase in size, or even be replaced, without having to manually do so if I choose not to.

This is for fictional leagues.

Le Grande Orange · 02-13-2019, 10:25 PM

I would say the matter of stadiums goes well beyond just capacity increases.

There's the whole question of different styles of stadiums, from the early all-wood constructions which had limited seating capacities as a result, to the concrete and steel era which ushered in the first large parks, then the upgrades to those parks which added upper sections and seats, the addition of lights to allow night games, the shift to the multipurpose, symmetric parks which added yet more seats, then the renaissance of asymmetric, old-style parks which actually reduced seating capacity compared to prior eras. Add to all that the option of retractable roofs for some parks, or enclosed domes, and whether to use grass or turf, or even switching from one to another, depending on circumstances.

There's a lot that could be done in this area. (Clem's Baseball is an invaluable source for ballpark information, highly recommended).

mitchkenn · 02-14-2019, 10:44 AM

thanks ever so for the link to Clem's Baseball .... wow! what a resource.

Le Grande Orange · 02-14-2019, 01:05 PM

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Originally Posted by mitchkenn

thanks ever so for the link to Clem's Baseball .... wow! what a resource.

It's excellent. I've based a lot of my ideas of what could be done with stadiums on the material available there.

phenom · 01-23-2020, 09:41 AM

Bump for OOTP21, please

phenom · 11-11-2020, 08:42 AM

Bump again

RyMACtizzle · 02-09-2021, 01:53 PM

At the very least, the Minimum Fan Attendance setting should correlate to minimum stadium capacity for each league, you can always set it higher but the minimum capacity has a threshold.

02-13-2019, 08:47 AM	#1
phenom Hall Of Famer Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Near the Great Wall. On the GOOD side. Posts: 3,711	Automatic stadium capacity increases I'd like the option of having the sim automatically upgrade stadium seating capacity. I want to see stadiums increase in size, or even be replaced, without having to manually do so if I choose not to. This is for fictional leagues. __________________ reported Last edited by phenom; 02-13-2019 at 09:16 AM.

02-14-2019, 10:44 AM	#3
mitchkenn Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jan 2015 Location: Oregon, not by design Posts: 2,853	thanks ever so for the link to Clem's Baseball .... wow! what a resource. __________________ "This is my opening farewell " - Jackson Browne “They make a desolation and call it peace.” ― Agha Shahid Ali "Maybe she just has to sing, for the sake of the song - And who do I think that I am to decide that she's wrong." - Townes Van Zandt "I saw a young man leaning on his wooden crutch - He called out to me, 'Don't ask for so much' And a young woman leaning in her darkened door She cried out to me, 'Why not ask for more?' " - Leonard Cohen "Hello darkness, my old Friend ...." - Paul Simon Before Mays, before DiMaggio, there was Oscar Charleston. "All the lies about Babe Ruth are true." - Waite Hoyt Avatar is the late great Townes Van Zandt. rip.

01-23-2020, 09:41 AM	#5
phenom Hall Of Famer Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Near the Great Wall. On the GOOD side. Posts: 3,711	Bump for OOTP21, please __________________ reported

11-11-2020, 08:42 AM	#6
phenom Hall Of Famer Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Near the Great Wall. On the GOOD side. Posts: 3,711	Bump again __________________ reported

02-13-2019, 10:25 PM	#2
Le Grande Orange Hall Of Famer Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Up There Posts: 15,403	I would say the matter of stadiums goes well beyond just capacity increases. There's the whole question of different styles of stadiums, from the early all-wood constructions which had limited seating capacities as a result, to the concrete and steel era which ushered in the first large parks, then the upgrades to those parks which added upper sections and seats, the addition of lights to allow night games, the shift to the multipurpose, symmetric parks which added yet more seats, then the renaissance of asymmetric, old-style parks which actually reduced seating capacity compared to prior eras. Add to all that the option of retractable roofs for some parks, or enclosed domes, and whether to use grass or turf, or even switching from one to another, depending on circumstances. There's a lot that could be done in this area. (Clem's Baseball is an invaluable source for ballpark information, highly recommended).

02-09-2021, 01:53 PM	#7
RyMACtizzle Minors (Double A) Join Date: Apr 2017 Posts: 196	At the very least, the Minimum Fan Attendance setting should correlate to minimum stadium capacity for each league, you can always set it higher but the minimum capacity has a threshold.