LoanDepot Park

LoanDepot Park
LoanDepot Park in November 2024
LoanDepot Park is located in Miami
LoanDepot Park
LoanDepot Park
Location in Miami
LoanDepot Park is located in Florida
LoanDepot Park
LoanDepot Park
Location in Florida
LoanDepot Park is located in the United States
LoanDepot Park
LoanDepot Park
Location in the United States
Former namesMarlins Park (2012–2020)
Address501 Marlins Way
LocationMiami, Florida, United States
Coordinates25°46′41″N 80°13′11″W / 25.77806°N 80.21972°W / 25.77806; -80.21972
Public transitBus interchange Free City of Miami Trolley from
Metro interchange Metrorail (Miami-Dade County) Civic Center
Bus interchange Marlins Shuttle[1] from
Metro interchange Metrorail (Miami-Dade County) Culmer
ParkingFour main parking garages and six surface lots
OwnerMiami-Dade County
OperatorMiami Marlins LP
Capacity36,742
37,442 (with standing room)[2]
34,000 (football)[3]
Record attendance37,446 (March 11, 2017 World Baseball Classic. USA vs Dom. Rep.)[4]
Field sizeLeft field line – 344 ft (105 m)
Left-center power alley – 386 ft (118 m)
Center field – 400 ft (120 m)
Right-center power alley – 387 ft (118 m)
Right field line – 335 ft (102 m)
Backstop: – 47 ft (14.3 m)
Acreage928,000 sq ft (86,200 m2)
Surface
  • Grass (2012–2019)
  • Shaw Sports B1K (2020–present)[5]
Construction
Broke groundJuly 1, 2009 (Start of construction preparations)
July 18, 2009 (Ceremonial groundbreaking)[6]
OpenedMarch 5, 2012 (High school baseball game)
March 6, 2012 (exhibition game)
April 1, 2012 (spring training game)
April 4, 2012 (regular season)
Construction costUS$634 million[7]
($841 million in 2023 dollars[8])
ArchitectPopulous[9]
Project managerInternational Facilities Group[10]
Structural engineerBliss & Nyitray, Inc (bowl and track)
Walter P Moore (roof)
Services engineerM-E Engineers, Inc.[11]
General contractorHunt/Moss Joint Venture
Main contractorsMARS Contractors Inc.[12]
John J. Kirlin, LLC.[13]
Structal – Heavy Steel Construction, A division of Canam Group (roof)[14]
Tenants
Miami Marlins (MLB) (2012–present)
Miami Beach Bowl (NCAA) (2014–2016)

LoanDepot Park (officially stylized as loanDepot park, and named Marlins Park until 2021) is a retractable roof stadium located in Miami, Florida, United States. It is the ballpark of Major League Baseball's Miami Marlins.[15] It is located on 17 acres (6.9 ha) on the site of the former Miami Orange Bowl in Little Havana about 2 miles (3 km) west of Downtown Miami. Construction was completed in March 2012 for the 2012 season.

LoanDepot Park was LEED certified as the greenest MLB park in 2012.[16] The building is the sixth MLB stadium to have a retractable roof. With a seating capacity of 37,442,[2] it is the third-smallest stadium in Major League Baseball by official capacity, and the smallest by actual capacity. The facility hosted a second-round pool of the 2013 World Baseball Classic, a first-round pool of the 2017 World Baseball Classic, the 2017 Major League Baseball All-Star Game, and the championship game of the 2023 World Baseball Classic. The park also hosts soccer matches, fundraising galas, and other events during the winter. It also hosted the Miami Beach Bowl from 2014 through 2016.

The stadium is designed in a neomodern form of baseball architecture.

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