Overview
Major League Baseball’s World Series is scheduled to begin at Globe Life Field in Arlington, Texas, on October 20. This is the first neutral-site Fall Classic in MLB history. Walter P Moore served as the structural engineer for Globe Life Field, which was opened for the 2020 MLB season and is the home ballpark of the Texas Rangers.
2 360-degree open-view concourses, the first MLB ballpark with two such concourses
3 Video boards provide an immersive experience for fans
12 Number of minutes it takes for the retractable roof to open
18 Number of 100-ft-tall architectural arches made of brick and Texas limestone
31 Number of months taken to complete the stadium
70 Percent of seating is between the foul poles
70 Number of feet the field level is below street level
100 Foot tall glass curtainwall provides views into the park from left field
600 In feet, the stadium has the longest retractable roof panel in the U.S.
4,000 In feet, the length of the soil nail wall (more than 250,000 square feet of total area), the largest permanent soil wall in North America
16,000 Tons of structural steel used for the ballpark’s bowl and concourse structure
19,000 Tons of structural steel used for the ballpark’s roof structure
120,900 Total square feet covered by ETFE transparent roof material
300,000 Size of the single-panel retractable roof in square feet
1.8 Million square feet, the total floor area of the venue
(Sources: Walter P Moore, Manhattan Construction)
