Globe Life Field
Baseball park in Arlington, Texas / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Dear Wikiwand AI, let's keep it short by simply answering these key questions:
Can you list the top facts and stats about Globe Life Field?
Summarize this article for a 10 year old
SHOW ALL QUESTIONS
Not to be confused with Globe Life Park, the ballpark used by the Texas Rangers from 1994 to 2019.
Globe Life Field is a retractable roof stadium in Arlington, Texas, United States. It is the ballpark of Major League Baseball's Texas Rangers.[9] It is located just south of the Rangers' former home ballpark, Globe Life Park (originally known as The Ballpark in Arlington and renamed Choctaw Stadium after the Rangers' departure and subsequent reconfiguration).
Quick Facts Full name, Location ...
Full name | Globe Life Field |
---|---|
Location | 734 Stadium Dr. Arlington, Texas, U.S. |
Coordinates | 32°44′50.5″N 97°5′3″W |
Elevation | 278 feet (85 m) |
Owner | Texas Rangers |
Executive suites | 120 |
Capacity | 40,300 |
Record attendance | 43,598 (Concert; Morgan Wallen; October 8, 2022) |
Field size | Baseball:[1] Left field: 329 ft (100 m) Left center: 372 ft (113 m) Center field: 407 ft (124 m) Right center: 374 ft (114 m) Right field: 326 ft (99 m) Backstop: 42 ft (13 m) |
Acreage | 270 |
Surface | Shaw Sports B1K (Artificial Turf) |
Scoreboard | 111 feet wide and 40 feet tall |
Construction | |
Broke ground | September 28, 2017 (September 28, 2017)[2] |
Opened | May 29, 2020 (May 29, 2020) (high school graduation)[3] July 21, 2020 (July 21, 2020) (exhibition game) July 24, 2020 (July 24, 2020) (regular season) October 12, 2020 (October 12, 2020) (open to fans) |
Construction cost | $1.1 Billion USD |
Architect | HKS, Inc.[4] VLK Architects[5] |
Structural engineer | Walter P Moore[6] |
Services engineer | ME Engineers[7] |
General contractor | Construction Manager: Manhattan Construction Company[8] |
Main contractors | Manhattan Construction Company |
Tenants | |
Texas Rangers (MLB) (2020–present) | |
Website | |
https://www.mlb.com/rangers/ballpark |
Close