Marlins new ballpark

by **phatj** » Mon Dec 21, 2009 13:55:11

Arsham's second project hits close to home for the up-and-coming artist. As a child, he attended Miami Dolphins and University of Miami football games at the Orange Bowl. What stood out to him was the actual lettering of Orange Bowl on the building.

To commemorate the grounds, Arsham has decided to replicate the lettering on the former football stadium.

"His take was the letters fell off the side of the stadium, and embedded themselves on the east side of the plaza of the new ballpark," Spring said. "Essentially, you have full-scale letters, spelling Orange Bowl that are scattered across the eastern plaza of the building."

The letters actually are on the ground. Some are embedded in the staircases. The way they're stationed, the letters can spell out different words. They can spell ORANGE BOWL or GAME or WON, depending on where people are standing.

There's no "M" in ORANGE BOWL. How are you supposed to spell GAME WON?

by **Ace Rothstein** » Mon Dec 21, 2009 13:59:35

phatj wrote:
Arsham's second project hits close to home for the up-and-coming artist. As a child, he attended Miami Dolphins and University of Miami football games at the Orange Bowl. What stood out to him was the actual lettering of Orange Bowl on the building.

To commemorate the grounds, Arsham has decided to replicate the lettering on the former football stadium.

"His take was the letters fell off the side of the stadium, and embedded themselves on the east side of the plaza of the new ballpark," Spring said. "Essentially, you have full-scale letters, spelling Orange Bowl that are scattered across the eastern plaza of the building."

The letters actually are on the ground. Some are embedded in the staircases. The way they're stationed, the letters can spell out different words. They can spell ORANGE BOWL or GAME or WON, depending on where people are standing.

There's no "M" in ORANGE BOWL. How are you supposed to spell GAME WON?

it says game or won .........you can flip the W to make M ??

by **jerseyhoya** » Mon Dec 21, 2009 14:01:31

There's no M in Orange Bowl but there are two in monumentally pretentious douchebag

by **jerseyhoya** » Mon Dec 21, 2009 14:02:37

Also: two M's in Miami

by **philliesphhan** » Mon Dec 21, 2009 14:05:43

Orange isn't even a Marlins team color. I know it's the former site of the Orange Bowl but who cares? It's supposed to be a NEW stadium.

by **joe table** » Mon Dec 21, 2009 14:18:13

Bernie Kosar signs futures contract to be Head Parking Attendant. He's actually there right now standing in the construction site, getting ready

by **phatj** » Mon Dec 21, 2009 14:20:50

jerseyhoya wrote:There's no M in Orange Bowl but there are two in monumentally pretentious douchebag

Start drinking early today?

by **jerseyhoya** » Mon Dec 21, 2009 14:32:34

phatj wrote:
jerseyhoya wrote:There's no M in Orange Bowl but there are two in monumentally pretentious douchebag

Start drinking early today?

I don't like modern art and wouldn't want letters randomly scattered around a stadium where I was attending a sporting event.

Especially when the team can't afford to keep arbitration eligible players. Who is paying for this crap? Taxpayers or Loria?

by **Houshphandzadeh** » Mon Dec 21, 2009 14:39:03

jerseyhoya wrote:I don't like modern art

I don't think you know what that means

by **jerseyhoya** » Mon Dec 21, 2009 14:48:40

Houshphandzadeh wrote:
jerseyhoya wrote:I don't like modern art

I don't think you know what that means

I know I don't know what it means. You have to deal with people ignorantly complaining about art they don't like, I get to be frustrated by people misusing the term neoconservative, English teachers have to read my horrendous grammar and prose. We all have our crosses to bear.

Website · by **Wolfgang622** » Mon Dec 21, 2009 15:05:11

philliesphhan wrote:Orange isn't even a Marlins team color. I know it's the former site of the Orange Bowl but who cares? It's supposed to be a NEW stadium.

The Marlins did indicate they would be chaning their uniforms when the moved into the new stadium, so maybe orange will be one of their colors.

Website · by **Wolfgang622** » Mon Dec 21, 2009 15:07:30

phatj wrote:What function do those columns serve?

I know they support the roof, but they look like the monorail supports from DisneyWorld in the picture.

by **phatj** » Mon Dec 21, 2009 15:19:31

jerseyhoya wrote:
phatj wrote:
jerseyhoya wrote:There's no M in Orange Bowl but there are two in monumentally pretentious douchebag

Start drinking early today?

I don't like modern art and wouldn't want letters randomly scattered around a stadium where I was attending a sporting event.

Especially when the team can't afford to keep arbitration eligible players. Who is paying for this crap? Taxpayers or Loria?

Ha. I thought you were calling me a monumentally pretentious douchebag. Which, while true, seems a bit rude.

by **phatj** » Mon Dec 21, 2009 15:20:20

Houshphandzadeh wrote:
jerseyhoya wrote:I don't like modern art

I don't think you know what that means

If it means something other than "art which is modern" I call shenanigans.

by **kruker** » Mon Dec 21, 2009 15:25:40

At least it's not that Britto douchebag. His nonsense is all over the place down here. It's downright offensive to look at.

by **jerseyhoya** » Mon Dec 21, 2009 15:30:56

phatj wrote:
jerseyhoya wrote:
phatj wrote:
jerseyhoya wrote:There's no M in Orange Bowl but there are two in monumentally pretentious douchebag

Start drinking early today?

I don't like modern art and wouldn't want letters randomly scattered around a stadium where I was attending a sporting event.

Especially when the team can't afford to keep arbitration eligible players. Who is paying for this crap? Taxpayers or Loria?

Ha. I thought you were calling me a monumentally pretentious douchebag. Which, while true, seems a bit rude.

I was really confused by the drinking comment. It makes more sense now. Sort of.

by **Houshphandzadeh** » Mon Dec 21, 2009 15:31:12

jerseyhoya wrote:
Houshphandzadeh wrote:
jerseyhoya wrote:I don't like modern art

I don't think you know what that means

I know I don't know what it means. You have to deal with people ignorantly complaining about art they don't like, I get to be frustrated by people misusing the term neoconservative, English teachers have to read my horrendous grammar and prose. We all have our crosses to bear.

werd

by **swishnicholson** » Mon Dec 21, 2009 15:41:18

What do you guys want, a statue of Orestes Destrade out front?

People can quibble over choices made, but to me the designs I've seen:

1. Are fun
2. Recognize what was present before
3. Are unique and appropriate to their setting

That's a pretty good score.

by **TheBrig** » Mon Dec 21, 2009 16:09:35

swishnicholson wrote:What do you guys want, a statue of Orestes Destrade out front?

Well it doesn't have to be Destrade. Brett Barberie would be fine as well.

by **phatj** » Mon Dec 21, 2009 16:13:36

swishnicholson wrote:What do you guys want, a statue of Orestes Destrade out front?

People can quibble over choices made, but to me the designs I've seen:

1. Are fun
2. Recognize what was present before
3. Are unique and appropriate to their setting

That's a pretty good score.

So you like the dancing seamonkeys animatronic homerun whatchamacallit? It looks, as others have suggested, like something out of Monty Python, which doesn't really scream "Miami" to me.

The scattered letters just seem contrived.

I will say that I like the overall architecture, at least from the concepts I've seen. It avoids the new cookie cutter look which many new ballparks have, without looking totally bizarre (like the new Arizona Cardinals stadium). And I like this:

It's like being on a moving walkway that doesn't move!

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