Milenko Kindl owns Rays' 'sailboat' stadium

[Milenko Kindl]

Don't adjust your monitors, people. Pictured above is a rendering of
the Rays' proposed $450 million waterfront stadium in St. Petersburg.
The photos of this plan have been available for some time, but the
team just released this image yesterday, which features the park with
the roof in the "closed" position. As you can tell from the photo,
translucency is king. And after seeing those Lindsay Lohan photos in
New York magazine, I have to ask: Who doesn't love translucency?

The roof is supposed to resemble a sail and I suppose it does. But it
also kinda looks like a kids' pillow fort. Not to mention that the
long post in the outfield originally reminded me of Montreal's Olympic
Stadium.

Still, I really like this plan, which could be completed as early as
2012. It'll be unique to the Bay area and it's obvious that anything
has to be better than Tropicana Field. The sad truth is that until the
Rays and Marlins get new stadiums, I'll never attempt to hit every
ballpark in the bigs.

This design would make the Florida swing worth it, though.

Now if only they could figure out how to equip it with A/C.

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