In only three months, Globe Life Field has gone vertical, way vertical with steel beams stretching from the main concourse to the upper deck. The process of putting the retractable roof in place will begin in earnest next month.
Some 800 to 850 workers are on site 24 hours a day for six days a week. All concrete is poured around 1 a.m., so that cement mixers and other large vehicles aren’t clogging morning rush-hour traffic.
Ground was broken 50 weeks ago, and there are roughly 80 weeks to go until the new home of the Texas Rangers opens its doors for the first time.