(04-12-2014 08:42 PM)panama Wrote:  

(04-12-2014 05:27 PM)chargeradio Wrote:  The left field fence at Turner Field is 335 feet from home plate. The cheap option would be to put one corner of the field (specifically, the back corner of the end zone) where home plate is now. Since a football field will need about 375 feet down the third base line counting buffer space, some of the left field seats in the lower bowl will need to be removed. This could be a relatively simple operation since one bullpen is just beyond the left field foul pole, and there is dead space behind the batter's eye in center field. If the sideline bench area isn't deep enough with the sideline in the third base line, just shift the field a few feet further into the outfield.

If there was no intention of using it for baseball ever again, a new grandstand could be built in right field.

Remove the jumbotron and seats and build the stadium back out into the courtyard that was part of COS.

Would be way too wide - remember, that stadium had an Olympic track. Plus, there is a building that houses the Braves offices built into the left field stands - that could be used for Athletics.

Also, the sideline should run down the first base line, not the third. Right Field is where the upper deck wraps around into the outfield, so you would want that closer to the action, not further away.