TEXAS RANGERS SET SIGHTS ON 2020 FOR NEW STADIUM
Retractable-roof venue will help give shelter to fans from the summer heat. By R.V. Baugus
With eyes pointed toward the future, the Texas Rangers Baseball Club Park that has been in existence since 1994 and will employ HKS, Inc. to design the $1 billion structure. “It all started with the city of Arlington’s willingness to work with
us to try to come up with the resources and partnership to build the facility,” said Rob Matwick, the Rangers’ executive vice president for business operations. Once a master agreement was negotiated last May to authorize the city to go to the state and put language on a ballot, the wheels were in motion. Voters overwhelmingly approved a package of taxes last November to help pay for the new stadium. said. “We were obviously very successful, which was gratifying to have citizens and the community as well. Now we are on to the design and executing the plan.” - ciding on Dallas-based HKS to serve as the architect of record. done projects of this scale and complexity,” Matwick said. “We had have to look any further than AT&T Stadium to see the great work they did there.” Matwick’s reference was to his next-door neighbor where the Dallas
- lines Center, the downtown Dallas venue that plays home to the Dallas “We know they are very competent and capable,” Matwick said. skill set and one of his biggest strengths is as a listener. Bryan didn’t bring a lot of preconceived ideas to us in terms of how he thought we should work this project. They really listened to us and the feedback
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we provided in the interview phase. That impressed us and our profes- sional ownership. The fact they are local also brought a lot to bear.” Veteran sports facility management and construction development
development, and will oversee the construction management and de- velopment for the stadium. Hill was instrumental in the construction of the original stadium in 1994 and was most recently the project exec- California.
About The Ballpark Matwick is not one to mince words about the sweltering Texas sum- mer heat. It only takes eyeballs (and some pity) to see people fanning themselves as they watch a game that often starts in near triple-degree ideal if the goal is to enjoy a night out watching a baseball game. “From a team standpoint, weather is always something we deal with,” Matwick said. “We know it’s hot here in this area. It’s hard to ask people to sit in 90- to 100-plus degree heat and really enjoy that experience. That’s a big consideration for us. “I hate to keep going back to the weather, but we had a game last
August against Colorado that we played in the afternoon because of travel. It was 107 degrees. That impacts business. Typically, on any game, you can expect about a 10 percent no-show rate just because things come up and life gets in the way. On a game like that, our no- show goes up to 20 to 25 percent, which impacts business and hurts per caps. That particular game, the no-show was 50 percent. So, we think we can solve that as well. “We want to be like most teams these days and want the building to
be able to be utilized year-round. We have some limitations at Globe To that end, The Cordish Companies will serve as developers of
dining, entertainment, hotel, and a convention facility. That $250 mil- lion project recently broke ground and is expected to open in 2018.
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