It was the predecessor to the astrodome which at the time was the first stadium that allowed fans to enjoy baseball in a climate controlled environment.
Minute maid park roof height.
Minute maid park formerly enron field houston texas.
Minute maid park located in houston texas was baseball s second retractable roof ballpark but the first for houston s.
Opening in 2000 minute maid park is the third ballpark the astros have called home.
It was the cheapest of all the retractable dome stadiums and the total cost was apparently held down by the relatively small total area of the roof made possible by the.
The roof unlike the retractable ceiling tiles at bankone ballpark in phoenix when enron s roof panels move out of the way the entire playing field and a lot of the seats are fully exposed to.
Previously they played at the astrodome dubbed as the eight wonder of the world when it opened in 1965 the astrodome a dome multipurpose stadium allowed astros fans a way to escape the summer heat by coming inside to watch baseball.
Whereas colt stadium was too hot and the astrodome was too dark minute maid park is just right easily adapting to changing weather conditions at the flick of a switch.
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The ballpark is houston s first retractable roofed stadium and features a natural grass playing field.
Minute maid park previously named the ballpark at union station enron field and astros field is a ballpark in downtown houston texas united states which opened in 2000 as the home stadium of the houston astros of major league baseball mlb.
The ballpark was built as a replacement for.
A total of 50 000 square feet of glass in the west wall of the retractable roof give fans a view of the houston skyline even when the roof is in the closed position.