in order to see the game, unlike in Camden Yards. Second the hardware was painted in retro colors to capitalize the open feeling of the stadium. And as Camden Yard and The Ballpark at Arlington, The Jake boasts state of the art audio, visual, and multimedia capabilities to enhance the ballpark experience.Another retro style characteristic, which it shares in common with Camden Yards and The Ballpark at Arlington, is the wide-open picnic area with tables shaded by trees and shrubs.Jacobs Field combines the retro look with a more industrial style of architecture which is more prevalent in Cleveland, especially at the beginning o the century. This gives The Jake a look that separates it from the other two retro style ballparks.With the ushering in of the Sports Construction Era, with the conception of Camden Yards, and continuing with The Ballpark at Arlington, and Jacobs Field we see a return to the good old days of ballparks. The design and layout of these three revolutionary ballparks more closely resembles a park than a stadium. This is in part by designers abandoning the old bowl style stadium such as the Astrodome or the Kingdome, and switching to the open, free flowing nostalgic scenery reminiscent of the golden age of baseball. The modern ballparks of today combine the feeling of the past with the comforts of todays technology and comfort. The Sports Construction Era was initiated by the design and construction of Oriole Park at Camden Yards in 1992, and continued with the building of The Ballpark in Arlington, and Jacobs Field in 1994.This radical new style of ballpark design has been such a hit with the entire baseball community that teams such as Detroit, Houston, San Francisco, Milwaukee, Cincinnati, and Pittsburgh, all of who are scheduled to build new stadiums in the near future, plan to mimic the style of ballpark which Baltimore, Texas, and Cleveland had been so brave in pioneering. So what is the result of this new style o...
