he crowd to see the t.v. replays. The fourth aspect that helps create the retro atmosphere at Camden Yards is the color scheme in the park. The seats are all green, and each one has the 1890 Orioles club seal on it. The wall in left field is home to green ivy that was brought over from Memorial Stadium. The green seats and the ivy growing on the left-center wall help the park to look both open and natural, much like the first ballparks did at the beginning of baseball. Finally, the last characteristic of Camden Yards that make it a retro style park is that it is located in downtown Baltimore. In the young days of baseball most of the ballparks were in the city since that is where a majority of the population lived. Lack of transportation also played a big role in building a ballpark downtown during the beginning days of baseball. Most people walked to the games, so it was important for the first ballparks to be relatively close to the population. The reason the designers of Camden Yards chose to build it downtown was in conjunction with an urban renewal project that was rebuilding, and beautifying the downtown area of Baltimore known as the Inner Harbor. The next ballpark in the Construction Era is The Ballpark at Arlington.The Ballpark in Arlington was based on the retro deign of Camden Yards, however many improvements were built in to the stadium with the lessons learned from the construction of Camden Yards.As with Camden Yards, The Ballpark in Arlington was built with an all brick front with a rustic color to simulate a more retro look. The Ballpark was built right near the center of Arlington adjacent to Six Flags over Texas(#1) for the same reasons as Baltimore. One article described the ballpark, as The Ballpark In Arlington is fan and player friendly with modern amenities that Rangers fans hadnt seen in 20 years of play in Arlington Stadium outside the park(#1). Like Camden Yards there are certain aspects of The Ballpark in Arli...
