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MLB Power Rankings: Top 30 stadiums of all time

By Joshua Sadlock

Aug 14, 2016; Chicago, IL, USA; The sun sets over Wrigley Field during the game between the Chicago Cubs and the St. Louis Cardinals. Mandatory Credit: Caylor Arnold-USA TODAY Sports
Aug 14, 2016; Chicago, IL, USA; The sun sets over Wrigley Field during the game between the Chicago Cubs and the St. Louis Cardinals. Mandatory Credit: Caylor Arnold-USA TODAY Sports /
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Apr 4, 2017; Arlington, TX, USA; General view of the field before the game between the Texas Rangers and Cleveland Indians at Globe Life Park in Arlington. Mandatory Credit: Kevin Jairaj-USA TODAY Sports
Apr 4, 2017; Arlington, TX, USA; General view of the field before the game between the Texas Rangers and Cleveland Indians at Globe Life Park in Arlington. Mandatory Credit: Kevin Jairaj-USA TODAY Sports /

27. Globe Life Park

  • Year Opened: 1994
  • Capacity: 48,114
  • Defining Features: old-style grandstands, grassy berm, vintage bunting

It is only out of pure craziness and greed that the Texas Rangers are leaving a perfectly good ballpark in Globe Life Park for a new tax-payer funded park in a few years. There is absolutely nothing wrong with this stadium, and it has some of the most unique design characteristics in baseball.

Globe Life Park is perfectly aligned with the retro craze that swept baseball in the 1990s. The pavilion roofs over the right field stands are reminiscent of the columns and roofs that marked most stadiums built in the 1920s and 30s. An office building is built into the stadium in center field, but its architectural features fit perfectly with the stadium.

When home runs are hit to dead center, fans can spill out of the bleachers to chase the ball on the grassy berm that makes up the batter’s eye. So far, no children have been bowled over and injured by over aggressive man boys trying to get their hands on a souvenir. There are plenty of home runs to chase, as the stadium turns into a launching pad in the hot summer air of Arlington.

With the Dallas-Arlington-Fort Worth Metroplex flush with cash, someone would have paid up to build a new stadium if the team pushed for a move hard enough. Arlington buckled in the end, and the Rangers will get a new stadium even though they do not need one.

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