Park Name: The Alamodome Opened: 1993 In Use (Baseball): 2013-2017 Address: 100 Montana Street, San Antonio, Texas 78203 Dimensions: 339' (L), 400' (C), 272' (R) As The Alamodome is primarily configured as a football stadium the area directly behind home plate features limited seating. Where there is usually prime seating at a ballpark is instead taken up by the concrete corner support pole. The football setup means that stands running along the first base line stretch all the way down to the field while the fans on the third base side sit high above ground level. The stands can be moved to accommodate different building setups, so some seats can be folded flat for storage. The roof of The Alamodome features lots of catwalks and supports, meaning balls can and do get stuck in the structures. The stadium hosts only 2 baseball games a year during the Rangers' "Big League Weekend". Artificial turf in individual squares is brought in and laid down to create the playing field. Dirt cutouts in the turf provide sliding pits around the bases and a natural pitcher's mound, but the warning tracks are colored turf. The unique field setup leads to wide swaths of foul territory which include bullpens in play next to the dugouts. Cloth foul poles stretch down from the ceiling. The confines of the football field setup mean its a short 272 feet to the 16 foot tall wall in right field. The outfield fence decreases in height several times as it moves from the shallow right field to the deeper left field. The scoreboard sits in the right field corner of the stadium. A basketball scoreboard sits unused at the roof of the building. The Texas Rangers on the field during Big League Weekend at The Alamodome. The Rangers used the dome for a pair of Spring Training games each year from 2013-2017, the only times the stadium has been used for baseball. |
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