Danish firm BIG has released visuals for a new baseball stadium in Oakland, California, and a separate masterplan to redevelop the city's Coliseum sports ground.
The ballpark will provide a new home for the Oakland Athletics Major League Baseball (MLB) team – also known as the Oakland A's sited at Oakland's harbourside Howard Terminal.
BIG's stadium for the Oakland A's baseball team aims to bring fans as close to the home plate as possibleThe stadium design includes an undulating roofline topped with a grassy park, which will offer views of the water and street below.
"Our design for the A's new home at the heart of Oakland's revitalised waterfront seeks to return the game to its roots as the natural meeting place for the local community," said BIG founder Bjarke Ingels. The park-topped structure will open onto a public promenade along the waterfrontStadium seating for 27,000 will rise up the angled sides of the structure, framing the bowl and bringing spectators as close to the home plate as possible.
On top, the elevated park – complete with trees and a winding pathway – will provide standing space for 10,000 additional fans, and meet the ground at the waterfront.
The site at Howard Terminal will also include cafes, shops, offices, gyms and residences"We are bringing the 'park' back in 'ballpark'," said Ingels. "An elevated treelined promenade frames the ballpark on all sides, dipping down to meet the public squar...