You can argue the new Comisky began the age of the new old styled park. Except this one was straight by the book. They took everything form the old Comisky and transferred it, and added some new seats. It bings the nostalgia of being almost the same as the old, yet is new and good for a new generation.
And then there's the view...ever notice that unlike almost every other park, pictures of Comiskey are taken from the outfield in, not with the diamond pointed out? With the great CHA towers of despair casting such a wonderful backdrop, I'm sure that next years All-star game will have the doods at fox scrambling to replace the behind-the-plate angle. See, i'm not even a native chicagoian but have allready picked up on the sillyness of Comiskey...could have built 15x better park if they waited just a few years and went towards Aurora. The charm of the place is that it replicated a large part of Old Comiskey, but Old Comiskey wasnt too fantastic either.
neighborhoods change... stadiums last a while by the end of that stadiums life, that area could be the new wrigleyville those CHA buildings could be gone (actually, i expect them to be gone by the end of Comiskey) nothing wrong with them building it where they did or having it face the direction it does... probably much cheaper than it could have been if built elsewhere and a much large upside potential to the area besides, it already has lower crime figures than around wrigley
well i liked that photo... i don't know personally that stadium.... but i think it looks nice with that picture... and with this one too...
take note of their upper deck in the picture that nacional posted most places have upper decks that will overlap the deck below to some degree... instead of NONE
i don't mind st. louis building on the other side of the river... but having the other side of the river location be in chicago is pushing it... at least i would think so
i do happen to know several cardinal fans living there... they did so just to give chicago some more people use to winning