Baseball is one of the most popular sports in the USA. But despite its many packed stadiums, there were many concepts and proposals that didn?t make it into execution. Vividseats.com rendered some of these ideas, so here are seven never-built baseball stadiums reimagined in today?s cities.

Brooklyn Dome (Brooklyn Dodgers)

The Dodgers? future could have been quite different if this 1956 design was passed. Envisaged for a site in downtown Brooklyn between Atlantic and Flatbush Avenues, it would have been the first domed stadium in the world, using a lightweight aluminum structure to cover the field in poor weather. However, city planners disagreed with the redevelopment of the plot, and so the team?s majority owner, Walter O?Malley, relocated the team to Los Angeles instead. Courtesy of vividseats.com
Rays Ballpark (Tampa Bay Rays)

The Tampa Bay Rays? management suggested this design in 2007. It would have sat on Al Lang Field, just opposite Demens? Landing and the Mahaffey Theater. Its light, airy design, with a sail-like retractable roof and an open side overlooking the water, was intended to seat 34,000 spectators. The plan did gain momentum and was scheduled to open in 2012, but was shelved in 2008 after running into funding problems.
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Chicago Domes (White Sox)

The Chicago Domes proposal came in 1985 from firm Skidmore, Owings & Merill. It was a dual concept design, housing both a baseball stadium with a capacity of 54,000 and a football ...