When the Los Angeles Dodgers unveiled plans for a Dodger Stadium renovation, much of the attention understandably went to forthcoming eye-popping additions such as a center field plaza, overhauled pavilions and elevators and escalators.
The $100 million project is bringing about several other noteworthy changes, however, including doing away with the batter’s eye set up that’s been in place for multiple decades. “We’ve got a corrugated metal that’s going to be 80-feet wide on the permanent building,” Dodgers senior vice president of planning and development Janet Marie Smith said.
She’s overseeing the renovations and is renowned for not only her previous work in around Chavez Ravine but also the Baltimore Orioles’ construction of Oriole Park at Camden Yards, the Atlanta Braves converting Olympic Stadium into Turner Field, and the preservation and expansion of Fenway Park.