Danish architecture studio BIG has designed a baseball stadium in Las Vegas with a massive metal shell and the "largest cable-net glass wall in the world".
Sited on the Las Vegas Strip, the ballpark was designed by BIG in collaboration with engineering firm HNTB for Major League Baseball team the Athletics (The As), which is moving from Oakland, California, following the 2024 season.
BIG is designing a stadium for the Athletics in Las Vegas
The covered ballpark will contain seating to accommodate 33,000 people. Its massive dome will be clad in "shimmering" metal and made up of five overlapping forms, with a glass wall hanging from one end that the studio said will be the "largest cable-net glass wall in the world" if completed. The design of the dome's shell was informed both by baseball pendants ? the flags carried by fans ? and by the shape of the armadillo, a desert animal indigenous to the American Southwest.
BIG founder Bjarke Ingels said the shape also responds to the environmental conditions of the desert city, with all direct sunlight blocked by the metal exterior, while light will enter through the glass wall, which frames views of the Strip.
It will be made from five interlocking shells
"Our design for the new Vegas home for the A's is conceived in response to the unique culture and climate of the city," Ingels said. "Five pennant arches enclose the ballpark ? shading from the Nevada sun while opening to the soft daylig...